Research Record

• Soft power is rare in world politics: Ruling out fear- and appetite-based compliance Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 2023, v.19 no.4, 476-486
  Scopus dColl.
• Capturing country images: a methodological approach Journal of International Communication, 2021, v.27 no.2, 237-257
  Scopus dColl.
• Determinants of Global Korea Scholarship students' word-of-mouth about Korea ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW, 2021, v.22 no.1, 15-29
  SSCI Scopus KCI dColl.
• Evaluations of people, affection, and recommendation for a host country: A study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6, 1292-1307
  Scopus dColl.
• Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, 2021, 44409
  SSCI Scopus dColl.
• Global Korea Scholarship students: Intention to stay in the host country to work or study after graduation Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6, 1323-1342
  Scopus dColl.
• International scholarship for social change? Re-contextualizing Global Korea Scholarship alumni’s perceptions of justice and diversity in South Korea Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6, 1359-1390
  Scopus dColl.
• Introduction to the special issue—Global Korea Scholarship: Empirical evaluation of a non-Western scholarship program from a public diplomacy perspective Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6, 1282-1291
  Scopus dColl.
• Satisfied or dissatisfied: The determinants of Global Korea Scholarship recipients’ satisfaction with life in Korea Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6, 1391-1414
  Scopus dColl.
• An Exploration of Korean Discourses on Public Diplomacy Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2020, v.19 no.1, 31-42
  Scopus dColl.
• Analyzing country images through networks: Case of South Korea Asian International Studies Review, 2020, v.21 no.2, 95-119
  Scopus KCI dColl.
• Impact of country image on relationship maintenance: a case study of Korean Government Scholarship Program alumni Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 2020
  Scopus dColl.
• Transferring Knowledge to Narrative Worlds: Applying Power Taxonomy to Science Fiction Films INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES, 2020, v.21 no.3, 258-274
  SSCI Scopus dColl.
• Rethinking Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy as a Nation Branding Project KOREA OBSERVER, 2019, v.50 no.1, 1-24
  SSCI Scopus dColl.
• The Boundaries of Public Diplomacy and Nonstate Actors: A Taxonomy of Perspectives INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES, 2019, v.20 no.1, 63-83
  SSCI Scopus dColl.
• Why and how do sojourners talk about Macao? Effects of perceived risk and expected benefit Asian International Studies Review, 2019, v.20 no.2, 29-51
  Scopus dColl.
• Branding Korea as "My Friend's Country": The Case of VANK's Cyber Public Diplomats KOREA OBSERVER, 2018, v.49 no.1, 51-81
  SSCI Scopus dColl.
• Editorial: Special issue on soft power and public diplomacy in East Asia Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2018, v.17 no.3, 1-4
  Scopus dColl.
• Why Do We Need Non-state Actors in Public Diplomacy?: Theoretical Discussion of Relational, Networked and Collaborative Public Diplomacy Journal of International and Area Studies, 2015, v.22 no.1, 57-77
  KCI dColl.
• [학술지논문] Rethinking Soft Power from the Power Recipient’s Perspective: Voluntary Compliance is the Key Journal of Public Diplomacy, 2023, v.3 no.1 , 1-17
• [학술지논문] Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, 2022, v.57 no.4 , 872-893
  SSCI
• [학술지논문] Capturing country images: a methodological approach Journal of International Communication, 2021, v.27 no.2 , 237-257
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] Determinants of Global Korea Scholarship students' word-of-mouth about Korea ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW, 2021, v.22 no.1 , 15-29
  SSCI
• [학술지논문] Determinants of Global Korea Scholarship students' word-of-mouth about Korea (vol 22, pg 15, 2021) ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW, 2021, v.22 no.3 , 579-582
  SSCI
• [학술지논문] Evaluations of people, affection, and recommendation for a host country: A study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6 , 1292-1307
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] Global Korea Scholarship students: Intention to stay in the host country to work or study after graduation Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6 , 1323-1342
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] International scholarship for social change? Re-contextualizing Global Korea Scholarship alumni’s perceptions of justice and diversity in South Korea Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6 , 1359-1390
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] Introduction to the special issue—Global Korea Scholarship: Empirical evaluation of a non-Western scholarship program from a public diplomacy perspective Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6 , 1282-1291
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] Journal of Public Diplomacy: Sunrise of a New Interdisciplinary Journal for an Emerging Academic Field Journal of Public Diplomacy, 2021, v.1 no.1 , 1-4
• [학술지논문] Satisfied or dissatisfied: The determinants of Global Korea Scholarship recipients’ satisfaction with life in Korea Politics and Policy, 2021, v.49 no.6 , 1391-1414
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] Analyzing country images through networks: Case of South Korea Asian International Studies Review, 2020, v.21 no.2 , 95-119
  Scopus
• [학술지논문] Transferring Knowledge to Narrative Worlds: Applying Power Taxonomy to Science Fiction Films INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES, 2020, v.21 no.3 , 258-274
  SSCI
• [저역서] Comprehensive Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula: Internal Dynamics in North Korea and South Korean Approaches Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, 266
• [저역서] Communicating with Purpose and Value: ASEF Public Diplomacy Handbook Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), 2021, 119
• [저역서] Developing State Inclusiveness Index: Conceptualization and Measurement National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021, 479
• [저역서] News Coverage about the US in Korea during Bush, Obama, and Trump Administration: Trump as an Outlier? Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, 308
• [저역서] The Future of the Korean Peninsula Korea 2032 and Beyond Routledge, 2021, 254
• [저역서] Developing State Inclusiveness Index: Conceptualization and Measurement 경제인문사회연구회, 2021, 381
• [학술발표] Capturing the Imagined Reality: Studying Country Images through the Case of Korea 2021 International Studies Association Annual Conference, 미국, 온라인, 2021-04-07 2021 International Studies Association Annual Conference Program, 2021

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