Hun Lee

Hun Whee Lee (lee.7313@osu.edu) holds the position of Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources at the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from Michigan State University, his M.S. in Human Resources from Seoul National University, and his B.A. in Business Administration from Yonsei University. His research examines how organizational leaders optimally leverage bottom-up contributions from their members. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Human Relations, and Human Resource Management. He serves on the editorial boards of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and the Journal of Applied Psychology. His research has appeared in popular press outlets such as Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. 

He currently serves as Research Director for Fisher Leadership Initiative, Faculty Fellow (Focus: Academic Leadership) of Office Academic Affairs (OAA), and Faculty Affiliate of Center on Responsible AI and Governance (CRAIG). He is the distinguished Denman Scholar of Principled Leadership Studies at the Fisher College of Business. He received two prestigious college awards: the 2023 Pace Setter Faculty Research Award and the Christine A. Poon and Michael F. Tweedle Faculty Award. The Ohio State University further recognized his exceptional potential by selecting him for the inaugural Provost Scholar Assistant Professorship cohort, a prestigious named professorship. Additionally, the Journal of Applied Psychology acknowledged his expertise and dedication to peer review with the 2022 Best Ad-Hoc Reviewer Award. In recognition of his contributions to leadership science, he received the 2025 Rising Star Early Career Award from the Network of Leadership Scholars. 

He has led multiple initiatives to advance knowledge exchange among scholars and to bridge academia with industry practice. He co-organized the inaugural Principled Leadership Conference, which brought together academics and business executives to translate cutting-edge research into actionable insights for organizational leaders. He also co-organized an industry-academic collaborative session on AI adoption, fostering dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI implementation. Most recently, he co-chaired the inaugural Fisher AI in Business Conference, which convened scholars and corporate leaders to explore human-centered AI innovation, and is currently co-organizing the Fisher AI Research Retreat, which aims to strengthen Fisher’s growing research community around AI and business. 

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