2022 PhD in Business Administration, Arizona State University
Management and Entrepreneurship

2016 MS in Business Administration, Seoul National University
Strategy and International Business

2010 BBA in Business Administration, Seoul National University
Minor: Music Theory

Biography:

Professor Jeon’s research takes the perspective of social hierarchy and inequality to explain strategic and entrepreneurial phenomena. His work was published in Strategic Management Journal and Organizational Research Methods. He received his bachelor's degree and master’s degree from Seoul National University and his doctorate from Arizona State University. Professor Jeon received Dare to Care Endowed Scholarship and won multiple reviewer awards from conferences, including Academy of Management and Strategic Management Society.

Research Interests:

Organization rankings; Status hierarchies and disparities; Collaborations and credit allocation; Research methodologies (big data, machine learning, and social network)

Publications:

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

• Jeon, C., Bundy, J. N., & Shen, W. (2025) Tiered status hierarchies and competitive actions. Strategic Management Journal, 46(9): 2237-2273
• Park, E., Lange, D., & Jeon, C. (2025) How shareholder litigation risk influences firm orientation toward stakeholders. Strategic Management Journal, 46(5): 1149-1182
• Certo, S. T., Jeon, C., Raney, K., & Lee, W. (2024) Measuring what matters: Assessing how executives reference firm performance in corporate filings. Organizational Research Methods, 27(1): 140-166

Non-referred Publications

• Jeon, C. (2016) Organizational culture as “How” not “What.” The Magazine of Human Resources Management, 321: 21 (In Korean)

Grants and Awards:

• Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Reviewing Award, Academy of Management – Organization and Management Theory Division, 2025
• Early Career Research Excellence Award, Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, 2025
• Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Society – Strategic Leadership & Governance Interest Group, 2023
• Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Reviewing Award, Academy of Management – Organization and Management Theory Division, 2021
• Dare to Care Endowed Scholarship (by Dr. Anne Tsui), 2020
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Society – Strategic Leadership & Governance Interest Group, 2020
• Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Society – Strategic Leadership & Governance Interest Group, 2019

Teaching:

• MGMT 878: Theoretical Foundations in Entrepreneurship Research
• ENTR 651: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• ENTR 350: Value Creation
• ENTR 351: Introduction to Evidence Based Entrepreneurship
• MGBU 499: Business Policy