Research

1.  Baek, J. (forthcoming). Motivated to exhaustion? Public service motivation, curvilinear strain, and the buffer of collaborative culture. International Public Management Journal.

2. Baek, J., & Han, Y. (2026). The double edge of public service motivation: Promoting and preventing unethical pro-organizational behavior through organizational identification and ethical leadership. Review of Public Personnel Administration, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X261438161

3. Park, J. W., Baek, J., & Cho, Y. J. (2025). Does performance rating discrepancy mediate the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and job satisfaction? A comparative study of public and private sectors. Public Personnel Management, 55(2), 224-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260251369528

4. Baek, J., & Cho, Y. J. (2024). How do perceptions of government justice affect social inclusion? Focusing on the mediating effects of trust in government and trust in society. The Korean Journal of Public Administration, 33(1): 1-32.

5. Baek, J., & Cho, Y. J. (2023). Determinants of innovative behaviors of public officials in South Korea. Korean Public Administration Review, 57(4): 29-65.

6. Baek, J., & Cho, Y. J. (2023). Does citizenship pressure sustainably promote organizational citizenship behavior? Focusing on the mediating role of job exhaustion. Korean Public Personnel Administration Review, 22(4): 99-127. 

1.  Baek, J., O’Halloran, J., III, & Chen, Y.-C. No perfect rule: Bounded rationality, procedural masking, and the dynamics of AI governance failure.

2.  O’Halloran, J., III, Baek, J., Choi, S., Burk, A., Chen, Y.-C., & Lee, J. Scale-of-model does not fix scale-of-place: A closed-book LLM knowledge audit of U.S. municipalities.

3. O’Halloran, J., III, Baek, J., Choi, S., Burk, A., Chen, Y.-C., & Lee, J. Posted, legible, known: One scale-stratification of the digital municipal state. 

Journal Manuscripts

1.  Baek, J., & O’Halloran, J., III. When values are translated: A Foucauldian account of algorithmic governance and the Minnowbrook tradition. R&R at Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.

2. Baek, J., & Jo, G. Digital Expansion and Uneven E-Participation: Vulnerable Groups, Participation Formats, and Computer and Mobile Platforms in Korea. Submitted to Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy. 

1. Baek, J., Choi, J., & Lee, J. When burden becomes demand: Administrative burden, policy feedback, and support for AI-enabled government. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Public Administration Review.

2. Baek, J., & Lee, J. When is algorithmic government legible? Citizen recognition of harm and algorithmic involvement. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Information Polity.

3. Sung, W., Baek, J., & Lee, J. The effects of telework, supervisory control, and flexibility-oriented culture on task performance in government organizations: Evidence from Korean civil servants. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Public Management Review.

4. Jong, J., Baek, J., & Lee, J. Who Feels Vulnerable to AI? Managerial Position and Workforce-Displacement Concerns in Public HRM. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Review of Public Personnel Administration.

5. Baek, J., & Lee, J. Routinized use of shared data: Evidence from government officials in Korea. Manuscript available upon request.

6. Baek, J. When do local governments formalize AI policy? Institutional pressures and perceived organizational benefits of AI. Manuscript available upon request.

7. Baek, J., & Moon, M. J. Navigating the shift: Exploring governmental and bureaucratic characteristics shaping public service delivery preferences. Manuscript available upon request.

8. Baek, J., & Hong, S. Designing for performance: How goal clarity and autonomy interact across public and private organizations. Manuscript available upon request.

9. Baek, J. Revisiting public leadership in the age of AI: E-leadership, public value, and algorithmic governance. Interview protocol finalized; data collection pending.

10. Baek, J. Constructing multi-dimensional accountability in AI-assisted decision making: A qualitative study of local government officials. Interview protocol finalized; data collection pending.

11. Baek, J. Accountability without control: A survey experiment on blame exposure and defensive responses to AI-assisted decision making. Research design in progress.