JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (Refereed)

21-Shim, K., Kim, Y., & Chang, C. (In press). Ethical Public Typology: How Does Moral Foundation Theory and Anti-Corporatism Predict Public Differences in Crisis?. Corporate Communications; An International Journal. [Scopus IF: 3.7] ISSN 1356-3289 

20-Hong, S., & Shim, K. (2023). Ethical Public Typology: How Does Moral Foundation Theory and Anti-Corporatism Predict Public Differences in Crisis? In press, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 31(1). 39-47.[SSCI Impact factor:4.391] ISSN 1468-5973*Shim. K is the corresponding author of this paper. 

19- Shim, K., & Cho, H. (2022). Latent profile analysis of ethical consumers in the United States and Malaysia. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 46(1), 249-267. [SSCI 2021 IF: 7.096]

 18-Shim, K., & Kim, J-N.(2021). The impacts of ethical philosophy on the corporate hypocrisy perception and communication intentions toward CSR. International Journal of Business Communication. 2021, 58(3) 386–409.[SJR Q1 1.82, Scopus 1.83 (CiteScore 2018), SSCI: 2 year impact factor 1.326] ISSN 2329-4884 https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488417747597 Issue published: July 1, 2021

17- Shim, K., Cho, H.C., Kim, S., & Yeo, S. (2021). Impact of moral ethics on consumers’ boycott intentions: A cross-cultural study of crisis perceptions and responses in the United States, South Korea, and Singapore. Communication Research, 48(3), 401-425.https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650218793565 ISSN 0093-6502 [SJR Q1 1.82, SSCI IF: 4.856] 4.856

16- Krishna, A., Kim, S., & Shim, K. (2021). Unpacking the Effects of Alleged Gender Discrimination in the Corporate Workplace on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Relational Perceptions. Communication Research, 48(3) 426–453. https://doi.org//10.1177/0093650218784483 ISSN 0093-6502 [SJR Q1 1.82, SSCI IF: 4.856 Issue published: April 1, 2021]

15- Yang, A., & Shim, K. (2020). Antecedents of Microblogging Users’ Purchase Intention Toward Celebrities’ Merchandise: Perspectives of Virtual Community and Fan Economy. Journal of Psychological Research. 2(02) DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v2i2.1646 *Shim. K is the corresponding author of this paper. 2630-5143

14- Chung, S., & Shim, K. (2020). Understanding Antecedents of Civic Engagement in the Age of Social Media: From the Perspective of Efficacy Beliefs. Journal of Psychological Research. 2(03) DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v2i3.1839 *Shim. K is the corresponding author of this paper.

13- Kang, S., Shim, K., & Kim, J. (2019). Social media posts on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explosion: A comparative analysis of crisis framing and sentiments in three nations. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 2(2), 259-290. https://doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.2.2.5

12- Shim, K. & Kim, S. (2019). Consumers’ ethical orientation and pro-firm behavioral response to CSR. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 8,127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-019-00091-6. [ESCI]

11- Lim, J. S., & Shim, K. (2019). Corporate Social Responsibility Beyond Borders: U.S. Consumer Boycotts of a Global Company over Sweatshop Issues in Supplier Factories Overseas, American Behavioral Scientist, 63(12). 1643–1664. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764219835241 [SSCI 2017 impact factor: 1.749, 5-year impact factor: 3.125, SJR Q1 0.84,] *Shim. K is the corresponding author of this paper.  Article first published online: March 28, 2019; Issue published: November 1, 2019

10- Shim, K., & Oh, S. (2019). Does Fear of Isolation Disappear Online? Attention-Seeking Motivators in Online Political Engagement. Media and Communication, 7(1), 128–138. ISSN: 2183–2439. DOI: 10.17645/mac.v7i1.1761 [SSCI IF: 2.456, SJR Q2 0.44, Scopus]

9- Shim, K., & Oh, S. (2018). Who creates the Bandwagon? The dynamics of fear of isolation, opinion congruency and anonymity-efficacy on social media in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. Computers in Human Behavior. 86, 181-189.ISSN 0747-5632 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.012 [SJR Q1 1.71, SSCI: 2017 impact factor: 3.356, 5-year impact factor: 4.417] September 2018

8- Shim, K., Chung, M, & Kim, Y. (2017). Does ethical orientation matter? Determinants of public reaction to CSR communication. Public Relations Review, 43, 817-828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2017.05.001 ISSN 0363-8111 [SJR Q1 1, SSCI: 5-year impact factor: 1.916] 2017.11.01.

7– Shim, K., & Yang, S. U. (2016). The effect of bad reputation: The occurrence of crisis, corporate social responsibility, and perceptions of hypocrisy and attitudes toward a company. Public Relations Review, 42, 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2015.11.009 ISSN 0363-8111 [SJR Q1 1, SSCI: 5-year impact factor: 1.916]

6- Shim, K. (2016). Subjectivity in media source perception: Fox news versus NPR. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 5(2), 177-197. https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms.5.2.177_1 ISSN 2001-0818 [ESCI]

5- Shim, K., Golan, G, J., Day, A., & Yang, S. U. (2015). Beyond the Western Masses: Demography and Pakistani Media Credibility Perceptions. International Journal of Communication, 9, 2282–2305.  ISSN 1932-8036 [SJR Q1 0.87, SSCI]

4- Shim, K, & Moon, B. (2015). The Effect of Biased Expectation of News Media on  Persuasion in a Government Crisis: Expectancy Violation Theory. Korean Journal of Advertising, 26(2), 343-359. ISSN 1225-0554 2015.02.23.

3- Shim, K. (2014). Impact of social media on power relations of Korean health Activism. Media and Communication, 2(2) 72-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v2i2.7 2014.07.24. ISSN: 2183–2439 [SSCI IF: 2.456, SJR Q2 0.44, Scopus]

2- Shim, K. (2013). Strategic corporate social responsibility and local health activism: An exploration into the case of Novartis’ issues management. Health Communication Research, 8, 81-119.

1- Shim, K. (2013). After Broadband Infrastructure Saturation: The Impact of Public Investment on Rural Social Capital. International Journal of Communication, 7, 26–47. ISSN 1932-8036 [SJR Q1 0.87, SSCI]

Invited presentations & Publications

Shim, K., Kim, Y., & Chang, C. (2022). Public’s Ethical Perception, Moral Outrage in Activism: Testing A Perceptual-Affective-Behavioral Model for Public Activism in Ethical Issues. Paper presented at the 72^nd ICA Conference, Paris, France, 29, May, 2022

J, S, Lim, & Shim, K. (2019) Corporate Social Responsibility Beyond Borders: U.S. Consumer Boycotts of a Global Company over Sweatshop Issues in Supplier Factories Overseas, Paper presented at in the 2019 AMS Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 29-31.

Kang, S., Shim, K., & Kim, J. (2018)News Coverage of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Explosion on Social Media: A Comparative Analysis of Framing and Sentiments in South Korea, the U.S. and China.Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, DC Washington, August 2018.

Hong, S., & Shim, K. (2018) Ethical Public Typology: How Does Moral Foundation Theory and Anti-Corporatism Predict Public Differences in Crisis? Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, DC Washington, August 2018.

Shim, K., & Lim, J. S. (2017). Do consumers’ moral foundations predict boycotts? Mediating roles of blame attributions and anger in driving US consumers’ anti-sweatshop boycotts. Full paper published in Proceedings of the Korean Academic Society for Public Relations’ 2017 Annual Conference, 26 May 2017 at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.

Shim, K. (2016). The Role of Ethical Orientation in Two Countries: Different Outcomes in Perception of Corporate Authenticity and Pro-Firm Behavior Intention. Abstract published in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Management, Education and Social Science, Dubai, UAE, June, 2016.

Shim, K. (2015). Ethical Consumers, The Myth or the Reality?: The Effects of Ethics in CSR on Corporate Authenticity and Pro-Firm Behaviours. Full paper published in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Corporate Strategy and Social Responsibility, Zurich, Switzerland, July, 2015

Shim, K. (2015)Hardcore Subcultures for Law-Abiding Citizens and Online Nationalism: Case Study on the Korean Internet Community ILBE Jeojangso: In W. Hofmeister, M. Sarmah & P. Rueppel (Eds.), Nationalism in Asia and Europe. Panorama – Insights into Asian and European Affairs 2 (165-175). Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Ltd.

Shim, K. (2012) The impact of social media on journalism: the era of neo-network journalism. The Journalism Research Institute (JRI) Occasional Paper, Rutgers University.