Turner Business recently spoke with incoming assistant professor of management information systems, Insung Hwang, about his current research endeavors. According to Hwang, "My research focus is about the future of work. Specifically, I am studying how automation and other IT software and tools transform the various natures of work using machine learning and econometric methods." Although this new post in the Turner College's Department of Management and Marketing is Hwang's first tenure-track position, he is not new to the world of academic research. His research program dates at least as far back as 2013, with a publication in the Journal of the Korean Data & Information Science Society. That study, co-authored with Sangun Park of Yonsei University, develops an empirical distribution function-based goodness-of-fit test statistic. Hwang's current research examines whether information technology leads to specialization and/or urban agglomeration of jobs.
The long-awaited journal review being conducted by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) has been released and there are a number of news items that relate to faculty in the Turner College. One of these is the ABDC's decision to now include Compensation and Benefits Review in its journal rankings. This is big news for the Turner College as its editor, Phil Bryant , is a professor of management in the Turner College. The ABDC is proposing that the journal enter its system for the first time as a C-rated journal. Acting Turner College Dean Tesa Leonce sits on the journal's editorial board, while Turner College management professor Mark James has guest-edited an issue of the journal. Published by SAGE, Compensation & Benefits Review is the leading journal for senior executives and professionals who design, implement, evaluate and communicate compensation and benefits policies and programs. The journal supports compensation and benefits specialists and academic ex...
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