Dr Jimi Kim

Dr Jimi Kim

Senior Lecturer
Business School
School of Management and Governance

https://sites.google.com/view/jimi-kim

Dr. Jimi Kim is a senior lecturer at the School of Management and Governance, UNSW Business School. Her research interests include sustainability, corporate governance, and ESG. She has been exploring what drives organizations to integrate the interests of stakeholders into strategy formulation. She received her Ph.D. from Temple University, Philadelphia, and B.A. with Great Honors from Korea University. Prior to joining academia, Jimi worked as a manager for over five years, executing mergers and acquisitions, and global investments.

  • Books | 2024
    Choi JJ; Kim J, 2024, Responsible Firms CSR, ESG, and Global Sustainability, Emerald Group Publishing
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Choi J; Kim J, 2024, 'Responsible Firms and Global Sustainability: Toward an Integrated Framework', in Responsible Firms: CSR, ESG, and Global Sustainability, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, U.K., http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1569-3767202423
  • Journal articles | 2024
    DesJardine MR; Kim J; Bansal P, 2024, 'The Downside of Growth: Examining the Relationship Between Firm Growth and Social Responsibility', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.12792abstract
    Journal articles | 2023
    Choi JJ; Kim J; Shenkar O, 2023, 'Temporal Orientation and Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Evidence', Journal of Management Studies, 60, pp. 82 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12861
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kim J; Jo H, 2022, 'Controlling owner type, state capitalism, and corporate social responsibility in Africa', Corporate Governance: An International Review, 30, pp. 765 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/corg.12404
    Journal articles | 2022
    Pope S; Kim J, 2022, 'Where, When, and Who: Corporate Social Responsibility and Brand Value—A Global Panel Study', Business and Society, 61, pp. 1631 - 1683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00076503211019315
    Journal articles | 2018
    Choi JJ; Jo H; Kim J; Kim MS, 2018, 'Business Groups and Corporate Social Responsibility', Journal of Business Ethics, 153, pp. 931 - 954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3916-0
  • Conference Papers | 2024
    DesJardine MR; Kim J; Bansal P, 2024, 'The Downside of Growth: Examining the Relationship Between Firm Growth and Social Responsibility', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.12792abstract
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Chiti Zadeh A; Ray PK; Kim J, 2023, 'How do Latecomer Firms Upgrade their Activities in the Global Value Chain?', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2023.16231abstract
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Kim J; Park C, 2022, 'A Network Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.15212abstract
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Kim J; Park C, 2022, 'A network perspective on corporate social responsibility: Network centrality and the role of insider directors', presented at 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA, 05 August 2022 - 10 August 2022
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Kim J; Jo H, 2021, 'Controlling Owner Type, State Capitalism and Social Responsibility in Weak Institutional Settings', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, pp. 14068 - 14068, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.14068abstract
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Kim J; Park C, 2021, 'A network perspective on corporate social responsibility: Effects of interlock network structure of inside and outside director', presented at STR Korean Young Scholar Seminar, Virtual, 16 July 2021
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Kim J, 2021, 'Private Equity and Venture Capital: Social and Environmental Practices and Financial Performance', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, pp. 12813 - 12813, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.12813abstract
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Kim J; Jo H, 2020, 'Impact Investing or Rent Extraction? Controlling Ownership and Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa', in Academy of International Business Annual Meeting Proceedings, presented at Academy of International Business
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kim J; Choi JJ; Jo H, 2019, 'Controlling Ownership and Environmental Sustainability', in Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.19520abstract
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Kim J; Choi JJ; Jo H, 2018, 'Ownership, institutions and sustainability practices', in Academy of International Business Annual Conference US-West, presented at Academy of International Business Annual Conference US-West
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Choi JJ; Kim J; Shenkar O, 2017, 'Time Horizon and Corporate Social Responsibility: Multi-layered Evidence from around the World', in Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.11952abstract
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Kim J; MB S; Anu W, 2017, 'The Effect of Corporate Governance on Response to Technological Discontinuities', in Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, presented at Academy of Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.14910abstract

Honors and Awards

2023-2024 Dean's Research Fellowship 

2020-2021 Research Prize of the CEIBS-Cathay Cross-Border Private Equity Research Fund 

2018 Best Dissertation Award, Finalist, 78th Academy of Management ONE division

2016 Best Paper Award, PhD Sustainability Academy, Ivey Business School and Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS)

2016 Best Paper Award, Finalist, 76th Academy of Management IM Division

2014 Annual Fox research competition, Runner-up, Temple University

2012-2014 Presidential Fellowship, Temple University

Presentations and Seminars

 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, 2024)  

 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting (Seoul, Korea 2024)

 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, 2023)  

 Australian National University (Canberra, 2023)

 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA, 2022)  

 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Virtual, 2021) 

 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting (Virtual, 2020)

 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, 2019)

 Academy of International Business West Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, 2018)

 Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business (Blacksburg, VA, 2017)

 University of New South Wales, Business School (Sydney, NSW, 2017)

 University of Sydney, Business School, (Sydney, NSW, 2017)

 Society of Business Ethics Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA, 2017)

 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA, 2016)

 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, 2016)

 Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting (Berlin, 2016)

 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting (Bengaluru, 2015)