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Soonhee Kim is an associate professor of public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University and a senior research associate in the Campbell Institute of Public Affairs. A native of Cheongjoo, South Korea, Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Ewha Women’s University; M.P.A. degrees from Korea University and the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany; and a Ph.D. in public administration from the University at Albany. Kim’s research and teaching interests include public management, human resources management, electronic government, and leadership development. <>

Her articles appear in a number of journals, including Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Public Performance and Management Review, Public Personnel Management, Journal of Public Affairs Education, International Public Management Review, the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, International Journal of Electronic Government Research, the Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Information Systems Journal, the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and Asian Journal of Women’s Studies.

Her current research projects examine globalization and its impact on local government collaborative leadership and management capacity building strategies for enhancing transparency, citizen participation, and accountability, collaborative networks in local governments, e-government performance and leadership, and citizen trust in government in several countries in the Asian region.

The Future of Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Service Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective, O’Leary, Rosemary,

Soonhee Kim, and David M. Van Slyke, Editors, Georgetown University Press, Forthcoming

Recent Publications

· Kim, Soonhee. “The Impact of Human Resource Management on State Government IT Employee Turnover Intentions”, Public Personnel Management. Forthcoming

· Kim, Soonhee. “Collaborative Leadership and Local Governance” In O’Leary, Rosemary, Soonhee Kim, and David M. Van Slyke, The Future of Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Service Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective. Forthcoming

· Kim, Soonhee. “Local Electronic-Government Performance in South Korea: Do Leadership and Management for Results Matter?” International Public Management Review. Feb/March 2009

Kim, Soonhee. (with Jennifer Greenwood O’Connor), “Assessing Electronic-Recruitment Implementation in State Governments: Issues and Challenges,” Public Personnel Management. Spring 2009

· Kim, Soonhee. “Local E-Government Leadership and Innovation” The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 2008; 30(2)

· Kim, Soonhee. (with Hyun-Joon Kim, & Jooho Lee), “Linking Local E-Government Development Stages to Collaboration Strategy,” International Journal of Electronic Government Research. 2008; 4(3): 36-56

· Kim, Soonhee (with Brad Wright), “IT Employee Exhaustion: Toward an Integrated Model of Antecedents and Consequences,” Review of Public Personnel Administration. June 2007, 27(2): 147-170

· Kim, Soonhee. “A Comparative Study of Family-Friendly Policies and Benefits in Public Organizations: South Korea and the United States,” The Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Spring 2007, 21(2):1-17

· Kim, Soonhee. (with Hyangsoo Lee), “The Impact of Organizational Context and IT on Employee Knowledge- Sharing Capabilities,” Public Administration Review, May/June 2006, 66 (3): 370-385.