Seok-Woo Kwon

Seok-Woo Kwon

Positions

Professor

Haskayne School of Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation [ENTI]

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 403.220.6646

Location

Office: SH470

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Management and Organization, University of Southern California, 2003

Master of Arts Communications Management, University of Southern California, 1990

Master of Arts Cultural Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1989

Bachelor of Arts (with high distinction) Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1987

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Biography

Seok-Woo Kwon's research focuses on entrepreneurship, knowledge management, and organization theory, and his work has been cited over 23,000 times.

Kwon earned his PhD from the University of Southern California, his MA from the University of Chicago, and his BA with honors from the University of Michigan. Before joining UCalgary in 2016, he taught at Temple University, the University of California at Riverside, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Southern California.

His research has been published in top-tier journals, including Academy of Management Review, American Sociological Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Management Science, and Organization Science. He has received multiple prestigious awards, including the W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship and the Academy of Management Review Decade Award. He was also one of the inaugural recipients of the Robert K. Merton Visiting Research Fellowship at Linköping University.

Research

Areas of Research

Entrepreneurship

Awards

  • Robert K. Merton Fellowship in Economic Sociology, Linkoping University, Sweden. 2019
  • W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work, American Sociological Association. 2014