Research

1.  Baek, J. (2026). Motivated to exhaustion? Public service motivation, curvilinear strain, and the buffer of collaborative culture. International Public Management Journal, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2026.2710329 

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. (Revise and Resubmit)

2. Baek, J., & Jo, G. Digital Expansion and Uneven E-Participation: Vulnerable Groups, Participation Formats, and Computer and Mobile Platforms in Korea. (Under Review)

1. Baek, J., O’Halloran, J., III, & Chen, Y.-C. Beyond Transparency and Contestability: Directional Calibration and Accountability for Equity in Public AI Governance. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

2. 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.

3. Baek, J., & Lee, J.  From Organizational Conditions to Realized Benefits: Extending the IS Success Model for Shared Data in Government. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Government Information Quarterly.

4. Baek, J., Lee, J., Kim, P., & Sung, W. What Shapes AI Policy Formalization in Local Governments? Institutional Pressures and Perceived Organizational Benefits of AI. Manuscript in preparation for submission to American Review of Public Administration. 

5. Jong, J., Baek, J., & Lee, J. Who is Concerned about AI-induced Job Displacement in Local Government? The Roles of Organizational Power and Stages of AI Adoption. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Review of Public Personnel Administration.

6. Baek, J. Citizens, Customers, Partners—and Activists? Participation Repertoires and Bureaucratic Recognition in South Korea. Manuscript in progress.

7. 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 progress.

8. Baek, J., & Lee, J. When is algorithmic government legible? Citizen recognition of harm and algorithmic involvement. Manuscript in progress.

9. Baek, J. Constructing multi-dimensional accountability in AI-assisted decision making: A qualitative study of local government officials. Data collection in progress.

10. Baek, J. Revisiting public leadership in the age of AI: E-leadership, public value, and algorithmic governance. 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.