- Phone:
- 765-455-9539
- Email:
- hyunhur@iu.edu
- Campus:
- IU Kokomo
Main Building (KO), Room 174G
Main Building (KO), Room 174G
Biography
Hyunkang (H.K.) Hur, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business at Indiana University Kokomo. He joined the School of Business at Indiana University Kokomo in 2016. He earned a Ph.D. in Public Management and Policy Analysis from Indiana University Bloomington.
Professor Hur’s research interests are public/private management, human resource management, organizational behavior, public program evaluation, employee work attitudes and behavior, work motivation, quantitative research methods, and meta-analysis.
Dr. Hur’s publications include numerous articles in referred journals, including Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Administration, Governance, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Public Personnel Management, Public Money & Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Social Justice Research, International Journal of Public Administration, International Journal of Public Sector Management, and Journal of Management & Organization. He has received the Best Paper Award for Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, and the Kenneth J. Meier Award for the Best Paper in Public Administration, Bureaucratic Politics, and Public Policy at the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference.
Education
Ph.D, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2015
Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Concentrations: Public Management/Public Policy Analysis
Outside Minor: Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management (Kelly School of Business)
MPP, University of Maryland, College Park, 2009
Major: Public Policy
BA, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Korea, 2005
Major: Public Administration & Business
Area of Expertise:
Public/Private Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Program Evaluation, Quantitative Analysis
Publications:
- Hyunkang Hur & Gordon Abner. (2024). What Makes Public Employees Want to Leave Their Job: A Meta-Analysis of Turnover Intention Predictors Among Public Sector Employees, Public Administration Review. 84(1):115-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13601
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur. (2024). Politicization, bureaucratic closedness in personnel policy, and turnover intention” Governance. 37(3):993-1014. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.128212024 Winner of the Kenneth J. Meier Award for the Best Research Paper on Bureaucratic Politics, Public Administration, and Public Policy from Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
- Eloy Oliveira, Gordon Abner, Shinwoo Lee, Kohei Suzuki, Hyunkang Hur, & James L. Perry (2024). What Does the Evidence Tell Us About Meritocracy and Government Performance? Public Administration.102(2):668-690. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12945
- Chae Young Chang, Hyunkang Hur, & Daewoo Lee. (2024). Too much of a Good Thing? Looking for the Inverted U-Shaped relationship between organizational tenure and perceived performance. Public Organization Review. 24(1):315-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00672-3
- Hyesong Ha & Hyunkang Hur. (2024). Public Agents’ Empowerment and Rule-Breaking Behaviors: Evidence from Panel Analysis of U.S. Federal Agencies. Public Organization Review. 24(1):407-431.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11115-023-00743-z
- Hyunkang Hur. (2023). Job insecurity and its effect on organizational performance: Does Senior Executive Services (SES) accountability make a difference? International Journal of Public Administration. 46(12): 876-888. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2022.2043367
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur. (2022). Revisiting the Old Debate: Citizens’ perceptions of meritocracy in Public and Private Organization,” Public Management Review. 24(8):1226-1250. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2021.1895545
- Hyunkang Hur. (2022). Job Security Matters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Job Security and Work Attitudes. Journal of Management & Organization, 28(5):925-955. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2019.3
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young Chang, & Hyunkang Hur. (2021). Political consequences of income inequality: Assessing the relationship between perceived distributive fairness and political efficacy in Asia,” Social Justice Research. 34(3):342-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-021-00371-2
- Hyunkang Hur. (2020). The role of inclusive work environment practices in promoting LGBT employee job satisfaction and affective commitment in the US federal workforce. Public Money & Management, 40(6):426-436. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1681640
- Hyunkang Hur & James L. Perry. (2020). Job Security Rule Changes and Employee Organizational Commitment. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 40(4):641-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X19842622
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur. (2020). Bureaucratic Structures and Organizational Commitment: Findings from a Comparative Study of 20 European Countries. Public Management Review, 22(6):877-907. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1619813
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young, Chang, & Hyunkang Hur. (2020). Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: New evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 42(2): 66-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/23276665.2020.1755873. 2020 Best Article Award for the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration (APJPA)
- Hyunkang Hur. (2019). Impact of “U.S. Veterans’ Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014” on Employee morale and work behavior: Does “Creating an at-will workplace” lead to better outcomes? Journal of Public Affairs 19 (2), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1916
- Hyunkang Hur & Hyesong Ha. (2019). The Link between Perceptions of Fairness, Job Training Opportunity and At-Will Employees’ Work Attitudes: Lessons from U.S. Georgia State Government. European Journal of Training and Development43(3/4), 375-397. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-09-2018-0090
- Hyunkang Hur. (2018). The Unintended Consequences of Pay-for-Performance Rule Change: U.S. Department of Defense’s National Security Personnel System. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 31(6):654-671. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-09-2016-0147
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry. (2016). Evidence-Based Change in Public Job Security Policy: A Research Synthesis and Its Practical Implications. Public Personnel Management. 45(3):264-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091026016663234
- Gordon Abner & Hyunkang Hur.(2023). What Keeps Public Employees in their Jobs? It’s Not Just Pay. Government Executive. https://www.govexec.com/management/2023/01/what-keeps-public-employees-their-jobs-its-not-just-pay/381709/
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur (2018). Bureaucratic Structures and Organizational Commitment of Senior Public Officials: Evidence from a Cross National Study of 20 European Countries. The Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg, QOG Working Paper Series9:1-41
Awards/Honors:
- 2025 Indiana University Kokomo Spring Grant-in-Aid
- 2024 Indiana University Kokomo Senior Faculty Scholarship Award
- 2024 School of Business Dean’s Research Award for Excellent Academic Achievement
- 2024 Indiana University Kokomo Summer Faculty Fellowships
- 2024 Kenneth J. Meier Award for the Best Research Paper on Bureaucratic Politics, Public Administration, and Public Policy from the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
- 2023 Indiana University Overseas Conference Grant
- 2022 Indiana University Kokomo Summer Faculty Fellowships
- 2021 Indiana University Kokomo Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award
- 2020 Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration (APJPA) Best Article Award
- 2020 Indiana University Overseas Conference Grant
- 2019 Indiana University Kokomo Junior Faculty Scholarship Award
- Hyunkang Hur & Gordon Abner (2025) “Organizational commitment to public organizations: A meta-analysis of the antecedents, correlations, and consequences of organizational commitment among public sector employees” Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Seoul, South Korea, June 2025
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur (2025) “Ideological Alignment and Employee Turnover Intention Among Cross-National Civil Servants: Using Multilevel Analysis” Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Seoul, South Korea, June 2025
- Hyunkang Hur & Gordon Abner (2025) “Organizational commitment to public organizations: A meta-analysis of the antecedents, correlations, and consequences of organizational commitment among public sector employees” Korean Association of Public Administration (KAPA) Annual International Conference, Sejong, South Korea, June 2025
- Hyunkang Hur & Gordon Abner (2025) “Organizational commitment to public organizations: A meta-analysis of the antecedents, correlations, and consequences of organizational commitment among public sector employees” American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), Washington D.C., April 2025
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur (2024) Politicization, ideological alignment, and mistreatment among civil servants.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2024
- Hyunkang Hur & Gordon Abner (2024) “Organizational commitment to public organizations: A meta-analysis “American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2024
- Eloy Oliveira, Gordon Abner, Shinwoo Lee, Kohei Suzuki, Hyunkang Hur, & James L. Perry (2023) “What Does the Evidence Tell Us About Meritocracy and Government Performance?” American Political Science Association (APSA), Los Angeles, September 2023
- Hyunkang Hur & Gordon Abner (2023) “Organizational commitment to public organizations: A meta-analysis of the antecedents, correlations, and consequences of organizational commitment among public sector employees” Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Utrecht, Netherlands, June 2023
- Eloy Oliveira, Gordon Abner, Shinwoo Lee, Kohei Suzuki, Hyunkang Hur, & James L. Perry (2023) “What Does the Evidence Tell Us About Meritocracy and Government Performance?” Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH) Annual Conference, Astana, Kazakhstan, May 2023
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur (2023) “Bureaucratic Structure and Turnover Intention: Evidence from Cross-National Analysis” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2023
- Hyunkang Hur, Chae Young Chang, & Daewoo Lee (2022) “Telework and Its Effect on Public Employee Work Attitudes and Behavior before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic” Korean Association of Public Administration (KAPA) Annual International Conference, Yeosu, Korea, June 2022
- Kohei Suzuki & Hyunkang Hur (2022) “Bureaucratic Structure and Turnover Intention: Evidence from Cross-National Analysis” Korean Association of Public Administration (KAPA) Annual International Conference, Yeosu, Korea, June 2022
- Hyunkang Hur & Kohei Suzuki (2022) “Bureaucratic Structure and Turnover Intention: Evidence from Cross-National Analysis” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2022
- Chae Young Chang, Hyunkang Hur, & Daewoo Lee (2022) “Telework and Its Effect on Public Employee Work Attitudes and Behavior before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2022
- Hyunkang Hur& Gordon Abner (2022) “What Makes Public Employees Want to Leave Their Job? A Meta-Analysis of Turnover Intention Predictors” American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, March 2022
- Chae Young Chang, Hyunkang Hur, & Daewoo Lee (2022) “Telework and Its Effect on Public Employee Work Attitudes and Behavior before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic” American Society for Public Administration(ASPA) Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, March 2022
- Hyunkang Hur, Chae Young Chang, & Daewoo Lee (2021) “Too Much a Good Thing: Looking for an Inverted U-Shaped Relationship between Organizational Tenure and Organizational Performance in U.S. Federal Government” American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, April 2021
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young Chang, & Hyunkang Hur (2021) “Political Consequences of Income Inequality: Assessing the Relationship between Perceived distributive Fairness and Political Efficacy in Asia” Midwestern Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, April 2021.
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young Chang, & Hyunkang Hur (2021) “Political Consequences of Income Inequality: Assessing the Relationship between Perceived distributive Fairness and Political Efficacy in Asia” Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Annual Conference, April 2021.
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young Chang, & Hyunkang Hur (2021) “Political Consequences of Income Inequality: Assessing the Relationship between Perceived distributive Fairness and Political Efficacy in Asia” Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, January 2021.
- Hyunkang Hur, Chae Young Chang, & Daewoo Lee (2020) “Too Much a Good Thing: Looking for an Inverted U-Shaped Relationship between Organizational Tenure and Organizational Performance in U.S. Federal Government” Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA), November 2020
- Suzuki, Kohei & Hyunkang Hur (2020) “Bureaucratic Structure and Turnover Intention: Evidence from Cross-National Analysis” Public Management Research Conference (PMRC)*, Honolulu, HA, June 2020.
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young, Chang, & Hyunkang Hur (2020) “Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: New evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference*, Chicago, IL, April 2020
- Daewoo Lee, Chae Young, Chang, & Hyunkang Hur (2020) “Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: New evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries” American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference*, Anaheim, CA, April 2020
- Hyunkang Hur and Gordon Abner (2019) “What Makes Public Employees Want to Leave Their Job: A Meta-Analysis of Turnover Intention Predictors Among Public Sector Employees” Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM), Denver, CO, November 2019.
- Kohei Suzuki and Hyunkang Hur (equal contributions) (2019) “Revisiting the Old Debate: Citizen’s Perception of Procedural Justice in Public and Private Organizations” American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington D.C., August 2019.
- Hyunkang Hur and Kohei Suzuki (equal contributions) (2019) “Revisiting the Old Debate: Organizational Procedural Justice in Public and Private Organizations” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2019.
- Hyunkang Hur (2019) "Job Insecurity and Its Effect on Organizational Performance: Does Senior Executive Services Accountability Make a Difference?" American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Washington D.C., March 2019.
- Kohei Suzuki and Hyunkang Hur (equal contributions) (2018) “Bureaucratic Structure and Organizational Commitment of Senior Public Officials: Evidence from Cross-National Study of 20 European Countries” XXII IRSPM Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland. April 2018.
- Hyunkang Hur and Kohei Suzuki (equal contributions) (2018) “Bureaucratic Structure and Organizational Commitment of Senior Public Officials: Evidence from Cross-National Study of 20 European Countries” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2018.
- Hyunkang Hur and Kohei Suzuki (2017) “Bureaucratic Structure, New Public Management, and Work Orientation of Public Sector Employees: Evidence from Cross-National Analysis” European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, Oslo, Norway. September 2017.
- Hyunkang Hur and Kohei Suzuki (2017) “Bureaucratic Structure, New Public Management, and Work Orientation of Public Sector Employees: Evidence from Cross-National Analysis” American Political Science Association (APSA), San Francisco, California. September 2017.
- Hyunkang Hur (2017) “A meta-analysis of turnover intention predictors among public sector employee: why do they leave? Why do they stay?” American Political Science Association (APSA), San Francisco, California. September 2017.
- Hyunkang Hur (2017) “Impact of “The 2014 Department of Veteran Affairs Management Accountability Act” on employee morale and work behavior: Does “Creating an at-will workplace” lead to better outcomes?” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2017.
- Hyunkang Hur (2017) “Impact of “Veterans’ Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014” on employee morale and work behavior: Does “Creating an at-will workplace” lead to better outcomes?” 3rd Annual Faculty Research Symposium, Indiana University Kokomo, March 2017.
- Daewoo Lee, Louis Fucilla, and Hyunkang Hur (2017) “Government Trust in East Asia: Does Globalization Matter?,” Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), New Orleans, Louisiana. January2017.
- Louis Fucilla, Hyunkang Hur, and Daewoo Lee (2016) “Antecedents of Trust in Government in Asia: Does the Civil Service Matter,” American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 2016.
- Louis Fucilla, Hyunkang Hur, and Daewoo Lee (2016) “Antecedents of Trust in Government in Asia: Does the Civil Service Matter,” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2016.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2015) “Job Security and its Outcomes: Moderating Effects of Public-Private Differentials,” American Political Science Association (APSA), San Francisco, September 2015.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2014) “The Relationship between Job Security and Work Attitudes: A Meta-Analysis Examining Competing Theoretical Models,” American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington, D.C., August 2014.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2014) “The Impact of Job Security Rule Change on U.S. Federal Employee Organizational Commitment,” Academy of Management (AoM), Philadelphia, PA, August 2014.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2014) “Revisiting the Public Job Security: Thirty Years of Research and an Agenda for the Future,” Academy of Management (AoM), Philadelphia, PA, August 2014.
- Hyunkang Hur (2014) “Explaining Employee Work Attitudes and Behavior in Federal Government: Examining Roles of Fairness, Empowerment, and Potential Growth Opportunity in At-Will Employment Practices,” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2014.
- Hyunkang Hur (2013) “Three Essays on Public Job Security,” Academy of Management (AoM), Doctoral Student Professional Development Consortium Public & Nonprofit (PNP) Division, Lake Buena Vista, FL, August 2013.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2013) “The Impact of At-Will Employment Practices on Federal Employee Job Satisfaction,” Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Madison, WI, June 2013.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2103) “Searching for the Inverted U-Shaped Relationship between Job Security and Employee Work Attitudes: A Meta-Analysis,” Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Madison, WI, June 2013.
- Hyunkang Hur and James L. Perry (2012) “An Agenda for Research on Pubic Job Security,” The 5th International Conference on Public Management in the 21st Century, Macau, China, October 2012.