Shinjae Won

Shinjae Won serves as an Assistant Professor at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where her research bridges labor economics, organizational behavior, and strategic management. Her work investigates how labor market dynamics, organizational status, and career mobility shape executive outcomes and firm performance.

Her research focuses on:

• Labor market mechanisms, including financial aid effects on student performance and human capital valuation
• Executive career trajectories, particularly how inter-organizational moves influence promotion outcomes
• Strategic advantages derived from organizational status (e.g., hiring from elite firms like Goldman Sachs)
• Emerging intersections of AI with entrepreneurship and research methodology

Analysis of her publication record reveals a methodological evolution from traditional labor economics toward computational approaches, including NLP applications for strategy research. Her highly cited 2015 Strategic Management Journal paper (129 citations) established foundational insights on organizational status effects, while recent work examines AI commercialization and generalist career paths in managerial labor markets.

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