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Research interests
Employment relations and work organisation in East Asia; Internal labour markets and their changes; changes in employment relations and work organisation in the service industry; flexible work arrangements and related policy studies; changes in collective bargaining systems; labour market intermediaries.
Research interests (short)
Employment relations and work organisation in East Asia and in the service industry; Internal labour markets; flexible work arrangements; collective bargaining systems; labour market intermediaries.
Biographical details
Hyunji Kwon joined the department in January 2009 as a Lecturer in International Human Resource Management and Comparative Employment Relations. Hyunji obtained her PhD in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Her research centres on comparative employment relations and human resource management in the customer service sectors. Her recent research interest relates to examinations of the influence of institutional changes and actors’ choices on the evolving internal labor markets and the use of flexible work arrangements in Korean banking. She has been conducting comparative research on gendered labor markets in East Asia.
Before joining the Department at King’s College London, Hyunji worked at the Korea Labor Institute where she conducted several research projects analysing the growth of flexible work arrangements and its impacts on worker outcomes and seeking its policy implications.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
- 7 Article
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It's all in the mix: Determinants and consequences of workforce blending in call centers
Kwon, H. & Van Jaarsveld, D. D., Aug 2013, (E-pub ahead of print) In: HUMAN RELATIONS. 66, 8, p. 1075-1100 26 p., N/A.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Employer Strategies and Wages in New Service Activities: A Comparison of Co-ordinated and Liberal Market Economies
Batt, R., Nohara, H. & Kwon, H., Jun 2010, In: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 48, 2, p. 400 - 435 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
13 Citations (Scopus) -
The Effects of Institutional and Organizational Characteristics on Work Force Flexibility: Evidence from Call Centers in Three Liberal Market Economies
Van Jaarsveld, D. D., Kwon, H. & Frost, A. C., Jul 2009, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 62, 4, p. 573 - 601 29 p., N/A.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus) -
한국적 유연조정 산별교섭의 양상과 전망: 금융산별교섭 사례를 중심으로
Translated title of the contribution :Strategic inter-dependence and Coordinated Collective Bargaining in the Korean Banking Industry Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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비정규 일자리 결정의 동태성과 성별 비정규직 비중의 격차분석
Translated title of the contribution :State Dependence of Contingent Work and Its Role in Explaining the Gender Difference in Contingent Work Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Organisational restructuring and employment patterns in the banking sector: the UK and Germany in comparative perspective
Edwards, T. (Primary Investigator), Doellegast, V. (Co-Investigator) & Kwon, H. (Co-Investigator)
1/05/2011 → 30/04/2014
Project: Research