Sung Kim

Sung S. Kim is the Peter T. Allen Professor in the Department of Operations and Information Management at the Wisconsin School of Business.

His research covers broad issues related to online user behavior including habit, addiction, loyalty, switching costs, information privacy and security, gaming, community participation, and social networking. His research has appeared in Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Decision Sciences. He served as an associate editor of Information Systems Research.

He holds a B.S. in electronic engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, an M.S. in information systems from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a Ph.D. in information technology management with a minor in industrial and systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.]

Selected Published Journal Articles

• Khansa, L. & Kuem, J. & Siponen, M. & Kim, S. (2017). To Cyberloaf or Not to Cyberloaf: The Impact of the Announcement of Formal Organizational Controls. Journal of Management Information Systems (34), 141-176.
• Kuem, J. & Ray, S. & Siponen, M. & Kim, S. (2017). What Leads to Prosocial Behaviors on Social Networking Services: A Tripartite Model. Journal of Management Information Systems (34), 40-70.
• Choi, C. & Kim, S. & Jiang, Z. (2016). Influence of Firm’s Recovery Endeavors upon Privacy Breach on Online Customer Behavior. Journal of Management Information Systems (33), 904-933.
• Choi, C. & Jiang, Z. & Xiao, B. & Kim, S. (2015). Embarrassing Exposures in Online Social Networks: An Integrated Perspective of Privacy Invasion and Relationship Bonding. Information Systems Research (26), 675-694.
• Khansa, L. & Ma, X. & Liginlal, D. & Kim, S. (2015). Understanding Members’ Active Participation in Online Question-and-Answer Communities: A Theory and Empirical Analysis. Journal of Management Information Systems (32), 162-203.
• Ray, S. & Kim, S. & Morris, J. (2014). The Central Role of Engagement in Online Communities. Information Systems Research (25), 528-546.
• Ma, X. & Kim, S. & Kim, S. (2014). Online Gambling Behavior: The Impacts of Cumulative Outcomes, Recent Outcomes, and Prior Use. Information Systems Research (25), 511-527.
• Ma, X. & Khansa, L. & Deng, Y. & Kim, S. (2013). Impact of Prior Reviews on the Subsequent Review Process in Reputation Systems. Journal of Management Information Systems (30), 279-310.
• Ray, S. & Kim, S. & Morris, J. (2012). Online Users' Switching Costs: Their Nature and Formation. Information Systems Research (23), 197-213. doi: 10.1287/isre.1100.0340.
• Ray, S. & Ow, T. & Kim, S. (2011). Security assurance: How online service providers can influence security control perceptions and gain trust. Decision Sciences (42), 391-412.

Undergraduate Courses

Analysis and Design of Computer-Based Systems (INS 424), Fall 2006.

Analysis and Design of Computer-Based Systems (INS 424 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Computer-Based Data Management (INS 422), Fall 2001.

Computer-Based Data Management (MIS 422), Fall 2002.

Contemporary Topics (OIM 365), Spring 2002.

Contemporary Topics (OIM 365), Spring 2003.

Contemporary Topics (I S 365), Fall 2010.

Graduate Courses

Seminar-Data Processing (INS 872), Spring 2005.

Contemporary Topics (OTM 765 Section 1), Fall 2010.

Combined Undergraduate & Graduate Courses

Computer-Based Data Mgt (INS/INS 722/422 Section 1), Spring 2009.

Anal&Dsgn:Comptr-Based Sys (INS/INS 724/424 Section 1), Spring 2009.

Computer-Based Data Management (INS/INS 422/722), Spring 2002.

Contemporary Topics (OIM/OIM 365/765), Fall 2003.

Computer-Based Data Management (INS/INS 422/722), Spring 2003.

Contemporary Topics (OIM/OIM 765/365), Fall 2004.

Computer-Based Data Management (INS/INS 422/722), Spring 2004.

Contemporary Topics (OIM/OIM 365/765), Spring 2004.

Contemporary Topics (OIM/OIM 365/765), Spring 2005.

Computer-Based Data Management (INS/INS 722/422), Spring 2006.

Contemporary Topics (OIM/OIM 765/365), Spring 2006.

Analysis and Design of Computer-Based Systems (INS/INS 724/424), Spring 2006.

Computer-Based Data Mgt (INS/INS 722/422 Section 2), Fall 2009.

Contemporary Topics (INS/INS 765/365 Section 1), Fall 2009.

Contemporary Topics (INS/INS 365/765 Section 1), Spring 2010.

Computer-Based Data Management (INS/INS 722/422 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Analysis and Design of Computer-Based Systems (INS/INS 724/424 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Computer-Based Data Mgt (INS/INS 722/422 Section 1), Spring 2008.

Anal&Dsgn:Comptr-Based Sys (INS/INS 724/424 Section 1), Spring 2008.