Sae-Seul Park
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management | Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Sae-Seul Park
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
saeseul [dot] park [at] rotman [dot] utoronto [dot] ca
Faculty Profile
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About
I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management. I research strategic human capital and knowledge transfer through two interconnected streams. In one stream, I investigate how the interplay of incentives and individual differences in human capital shape organizational knowledge flows by influencing behaviors related to knowledge sharing, knowledge sourcing, and digital information systems use. In the second stream, I examine how the development and deployment of human capital affect organizational performance, investigating the influence of factors such as training and professionalization on frontline decision making that ultimately affects organizational performance. Across these projects, I leverage fine-grained digital trace data to construct unobstrusive behavioral measures that capture individual-level efforts and processes not visible through traditional outcome-based measures.
I received my Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, and my MA and BBA from Seoul National University. To non-Korean speakers, I go by Sae (pronounced “say”).
Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Park, S-S., Lee, S. & Hahl, O. (2025). Mitigating Ingroup Bias in Regulatory Firms: The Role of Inspector Professionalism. Strategic Management Journal, 46(8): 1829-2048.
- Nominated for Best Conference Paper Prize and Best Research Methods Prize at the SMS Annual Conference (2021)
- Argote, L., Guo, J., Park, S-S., & Hahl, O. (2022). The Mechanisms and Components of Knowledge Transfer within Organizations. Organization Science, 33(3), 1232-1249.
Working Papers (draft available upon request)
- Park, S-S. How Individual Incentives Reconfigure Informal Knowledge Sharing: Evidence from Digital Trace Data.
- Finalist for Best Paper Award (Strategic Human Capital IG) and nominated for Best Conference Paper Prize and Best PhD Paper Prize at the SMS Annual Conference (2022)
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Park, S-S. To Search or Satisfice: The Unintended Effects of Performance Incentives on Digital Knowledge Use.
- Hahl, O. & Park, S-S. Who Strives When It Matters? Individual Professionalism and Effort After Crisis.
Selected Work in Progress
- Park, S-S. Incentives, Tenure, and the Dynamics of Information Search on Digital Systems.
- Campbell, E.L. & Park, S-S. Gender Effects on Knowledge Sourcing through Digital Tools vs. Social Channels.
- Park, S-S. Work Disruptions and the Dynamics of Intrafirm Knowledge Flows.
Equal contribution across all coauthored papers.
Teaching
University of Toronto, Rotman Commerce
- RSM 392 (Strategic Management)
- Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025