Tobin Im
| Tobin Im[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 7, 1961 |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Fields | Public Administration |
| Institutions |
Seoul National University George Washington University l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Alma mater | l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris |
| Known for | Government Competitiveness |
Tobin Im(born Jan 7, 1961) is a scholar of public administration and a professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University. He specializes in public management, organization theory, and comparative administration.
Career
Im received his B.A. and M.P.A. from Seoul National University in 1983 and 1985. He completed his Ph.D. at the l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po), earning his sociology doctorate in 1993. He joined the Seoul National Univ. faculty in 1999. He was a visiting professor at the George Washington University (2000), Chinese Young Men’s College (2001), University of Otago (2002), l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (2005), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (2006).[9] and George Mason University(2012). He is a member of Korean Association of Public Administration,[10] for which he serves as president in 2015.[11]
Research interest
Im is currently studying government competitiveness,[12] winning research grant by Korea Research Foundation. He creates a new concept, government competitiveness, which has been interchangeably used with a host of similar concepts, such as national competitiveness, government efficiency, and government effectiveness. Im serves as director of Center for Government Competitiveness developing a GC indicator which makes cross-national analyses available.
Publications
- Im, Tobin (1993). "L'administration de l'etat face a la decentralisation : l'évolution du système d'action des prefectures". Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris: 364–370.
- Im, Tobin (2003). "Bureaucratic Power and the NPM Reforms in Korea". International Review of Public Administration. 8 (1): 89–102. doi:10.1080/12294659.
- Im,Tobin (2008). "An Exploratory Study of Time Stress and Its Causes among Government Employees". Public Administration Review. 69 (1): 104–115. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.
- Im,Tobin & Lee, Seung Jong (2012). "Does Management Performance Impact Citizen Satisfaction?". The American Review of Public Administration. 42 (4): 419–436. doi:10.1177/0275074011408589.
- Ho, A. & Im, T (2013a). "Challenges in Building Effective and Competitive Government in Developing Countries: An Institutional Logics Perspective". The American Review of Public Administration. first published online.
- Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, Gregory Porumbescu, Boram Hong and Tobin Im (2013b). "The Effect of Transparency on Trust in Government: A Cross-National Comparative Experiment". Public Administration Review. 73 (4): 575–586. doi:10.1111/puar.12047.
- Tobin Im, Wonhyuk Cho, Greg Porumbescu and Jungho Park (2013c). "Revisiting Confucian Bureaucray: Roots of the Korean Government's culture and competitiveness". Public Administration and Development. 33 (4): 286–296. doi:10.1002/pad.1656.
- Tobin Im, Jesse W.Campbell & Seyeong Cha (2014). "Internet, Trust in Government, and Citizen Compliance". Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 24 (3): 741–763. doi:10.1093/jopart/mus037.
References
- ↑ "Domestic Politics in South Korea; Staying Power". The Economist. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ↑ "외국 이론만 학문인가 " [Korea has to build her own theory in public administration] (in Korean). The Joongang Ilbo. 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "새 총리에 바란다 ① 자기반성 ② 책임총리 ③ 사회통합 ④ 개혁전념 " [Hopes for new prime minister] (in Korean). The MK news. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "[서울시장 보선 D-16]박원순 무소속 후보 공약 검증 리포트 " [A Report on the Mayor of Seoul; did he fulfill his pledge?] (in Korean). The Dong-A daily news. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "Morning Wave In Busan Special Interviews: "Do we trust our government?"". Basan e-FM. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ↑ "국회 미래연구원 설립은 시대착오적" [Anachronistic Future institute of National Assembly] (in Korean). Daily Korea. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ↑ "을미년 국회가 꼭 해야 할 일" [National Assembly's Things to be done by next year] (in Korean). The MK Opinion. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ↑ "[이슈토론]해양경찰청 해체" [[Debate]Dissolution of Korean Cost Guard] (in Korean). The MK Opinion. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ↑ "Indianapolis, Indiana University-Purdue University".
- ↑ "Korean Association of Public Administration".
- ↑ "임도빈 한국행정학회 회장 당선" [Tobin Im is elected president of Korean Association for Public Administration] (in Korean). Yunhap News Agency. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
- ↑ "Korea lags OECD average in disaster management". The Korea Herald. 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
External links
- Tobin Im’s faculty profile at Seoul National University
- 2015 International Conference of KAPA (Korean Association of Public Administration)