Jang Yong Suk
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Jang.
Jang Yong Suk( Hangul: 장용석, born July 3, 1968 in Seoul, Korea ) is an Korean sociologist who is best known for his work in organizations, new institutionalism and comparative political and economic sociology, particularly his research on the spread of theoretical and empirical exploration of the expansion of modern accounting as a global and institutional practice.
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[edit] Biography
Jang received his bachelor's degree in Sociology with Summa Cum Laude from Yonsei University in 1993, and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2001, where he stood under the influence of John W. Meyer and Mark Granovetter. He achieved renown with studies on organizations and institutions: The Myth and Critics of Institutionalized Organizational Structure:A Cross-National Comparative Study of Ministerial Differentiation and its Economic Effects, 1951-1990 (2001) and Transparent Accounting as a World Societal Rule (2006). He is currently an Assistant Professor at Korea University, and has previously worked at Stanford University and University of Utah as an Assisant Professor.
[edit] Bibliography
- Jay M. Shafritz, J. Steven Ott, Yong Suk Jang (2004) Classics of Organization Theory, (ISBN 0-53-463156-8)
[edit] See also
- List of sociologists
- New institutionalism
- Economic sociology
- Mark Granovetter
- Park Gil Sung
- List of Stanford University people
