Sang Mook Lee

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Associate Professor of Finance, Management Division
Main Building, 200 D

Sang Mook Lee received his Ph.D. from Temple University (2014) and his MBA from the Ohio State University (2007). Prior to joining Penn State Great Valley, he gained professional experience as a senior manager at the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation and as a fixed income trader at the Asian Banking Corporation, one of the prestigious investment banks in Korea. He has been successful in publishing papers in many prestigious journals, including Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of World Business, Long Range Planning, Journal of Business Ethics, Business & Society, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Business Research since he joined PSGV. He teaches multinational managerial finance, financial markets and institutions, financial derivatives, and fixed income securities. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®).

Awards

2018 Early Career Research Grant from Penn State Great Valley

2016 Research Grants ($5,000) from Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation.

2007 MBA Sponsorship, Korea Deposit Insurance Corp.

Select Publications From the Past 5 Years 
 

1.   Shoham, A., Frynas, J. G., Arslan, A., Bazel-Shoham, O., Lee, S. M., Khan, Z., & Tarba, S. (2024). The interrelationships between corporate political activity and corporate environmental performance: the role of language diversity. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00728-0 (Listed in UDT 24 and FT 50)

2.  Bazel-Shoham, O., Lee, S. M., Munjal, S., & Shoham, A. (2024). Board gender diversity, feminine culture, and innovation for environmental sustainability. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 41(2), 293-322. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12672

3.  Daniel, N. D., Lee, S. M., & Naveen, L. (2024). Information discovery by analysts. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, https://doi.org/10.1177/0148558X241237296

4.  Lee, S. M., Park, J. C., & Song, H. (2024). The capital market consequence of sustained abnormal Audit fees: Evidence from stock price crash risk. British Accounting Review, 56(6), 101387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2024.101387

5.  Chatjuthamard, P., Lee, S. M., Kim, Y. S., Jiraporn, P., & Potosky, D. (2024). Climate change and shareholder value: Evidence from textual analysis and Trump's unexpected victory. Journal of Business Research, 180, 114728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114728

6.  Bazel-Shoham, O., Lee, S. M., Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., & Alon, I. (2023). IP protection and ownership in cross-border acquisitions. International Business Review, 32(3), [102101]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102101

7.  Krishnan, J., Lee, S. M., Son, M., & Song, H. (2022). Social Capital and Internal Control Material Weaknesses. Accounting Horizons, 36(4), 133-155. https://doi.org/10.2308/HORIZONS-16-153

8.  Chintrakarn, P., Treepongkaruna, S., Jiraporn, P., & Lee, S. M. (2020). Do LGBT-Supportive Corporate Policies Improve Credit Ratings? An Instrumental-Variable Analysis. Journal of Business Ethics, 162(1), 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-4009-9 (Listed in FT 50)

9.  Shoham, A., Lee, S. M., Khan, Z., Tarba, S. Y., & Ahammad, M. F. (2020). The effect of board gender diversity on cross-listing. Journal of Corporate Finance, 65, [101767]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101767

10. Jiraporn, P., Potosky, D., & Lee, S. M. (2019). Corporate governance and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-supportive human resource policies from corporate social responsibility, resource-based, and agency perspectives. Human Resource Management, 58(3), 317-336. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21954(Listed in FT 50)

B.B.A., Sung Kyun Kwan University

MBA, Ohio State University, 2007

Ph.D., Temple University, 2014