Dr Bora Kim
Academic and research departments
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy, Centre for Competitiveness of the Visitor Economy.About
Biography
Dr. Bora Kim joined Surrey as a Lecturer in Hospitality Management in 2020. She examines managerially-relevant questions in the tourism and hospitality industry from the perspective of strategic and financial management. Particularly, she examines how characteristics of executives and corporate governance influence managerial actions and firm performance. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and strategic leadership. Bora received her Ph.D. and MSc in hospitality management from the Pennsylvania State University on Fulbright scholarship funding and completed her BBA in hotel management at Kyung Hee University.
University roles and responsibilities
- Academic Integrity Officer
- Early Career Researcher (ECR) Representative for SHTM
- PhD Supervisor
My qualifications
News
In the media
ResearchResearch interests
- Corporate social responsibility
- Sustainability
- Food and plastic waste
- Strategic management
- Strategic leadership
- Corporate governance
- Quantitative research methods
Research interests
- Corporate social responsibility
- Sustainability
- Food and plastic waste
- Strategic management
- Strategic leadership
- Corporate governance
- Quantitative research methods
Teaching
- MAN2154: Applied Financial Management in Services (UG)
- MAN1110: Financial Accounting in Service Industry (UG)
- MAN3161: Dissertations Module (UG)
- MANM490: Accounting & Finance for the Service Industry (PG)
Publications
Highlights
Kim, B., & Lee, S. (2022). The impact of celebrity CEOs on restaurant firm performance: The moderating role of environmental dynamism. Journal of Business Research,139, 869-880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.031
Jang, S., Kim, B., & Lee, S. (2022). Impact of corporate social (ir) responsibility on volume and valence of online employee reviews: Evidence from the tourism and hospitality industry. Tourism Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104501
Nicolau, J. L., Shin, H., Kim, B., & O’Connell, J. F. (2022). The impact of loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity on airline revenue: Price sensitivity in cabin classes. Journal of travel research, 00472875221093014. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875221093014
Jolly, P., Van Hoof, H., Kim, B., Chen, F., Duran, M.E., Navas, A.C., Maldonado, G., Valle, J.G. (2021). Cultural Looseness and Tightness (CLT): A Study of Cultural Looseness and Tightness in the context of Latin America, PLoS ONE 16(1): e0246064. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246064
Kim, B., & Lee, S. (2020). The impact of material and immaterial sustainability on firm performance: The moderating role of franchising strategy. Tourism Management, 77, 103999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2019.103999
Kim, B., Lee, S., & Kang, K. H. (2018). The moderating role of CEO narcissism on the relationship between uncertainty avoidance and CSR. Tourism Management, 67, 203-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.01.018
Lee, S., Kim, B., & Ham, S. (2018). Strategic CSR for airlines: does materiality matter? International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 30(12), 3592-3608. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-10-2017-0697
Jung, S., Kim, J. H., Kang, K. H., & Kim, B. (2018). Internationalization and corporate social responsibility in the restaurant industry: risk perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 26(7), 1105-1123. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1421201
Kim, B., & Kang, K.H. (2013). Accounting Analysis for the Airline Industry: A Case Study of Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, Management Information Journal, 23(1), 1-17.