Jooho Lee

Bio

Dr. Lee is interested in conducting research on IT management in the public and nonprofit sectors, e-government, e-participation, social networks, collaboration, citizen trust in government, performance management, and human resource management.

His teaching interests are public organization theory and behavior, information management in the public sector, human resource management, and public administration and democracy. His research has appeared in scholarly journals such as Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Administration and Society, Government Information Quarterly, and International Journal of Electronic Government Research.

His current research projects include the citizen’s use of e-participation tools and social media in government, and antecedents and consequences of interpersonal and inteorganizational ties and networks in the public sector, and performance information use.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Choi, S., Lee, J., & Sung, W. (forthcoming). “Who benefits from the use of generative AI tools in government? Exploring the roles of organizational power and motivation on work performance,” Public Organization Review
• Sung, W., & Lee, J. (2025). A Comparative Case Study on the Relationship Between Technology-Enabled Business Innovations and Government Regulations Using Wilson’s Politics of Regulation Model in South Korea. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 27(5–6), 494–523. https://doi-org.leo/10.1080/13876988.2025.2586233
• Lee, J., & Dai, Y. (2025). Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Technology in the Public Policy Cycle: Comparative Applications, Opportunities, and Risks. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 27(5–6), 477–493. https://doi-org/10.1080/13876988.2025.2598371
• Kim, Y. & Lee, J. (2025). Review of Empirical Research on Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration: Effects, Adoption, and Evidence-Informed Recommendations. Informatization Policy, 32(2): 3-17. https://doi.org/10.22693/NIAIP.2025.32.2.003
• Robichau, R., Bryan, T., & Lee, J. (2025). A framework for linking evaluation learning to nonprofit accountability. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 54(1), 27–52. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08997640241230884
• Sung, W., & Lee, J. (2025). Socio-demographics and the citizens’ use of e-government services: A longitudinal analysis of the e-government survey data in Korea. Public Performance & Management Review, 48(3), 556–589. https://doi-org.leo.lib.unomaha.edu/10.1080/15309576.2025.2465747
• Votruba, A., PytlikZillig, L., Fleig-Palmer, Lee, J., M., Kappmeier, M. & Herzfeld, A. (2025). How Does Trust in Multiple Trustees Influence Disclosure of Workplace Conflict? Testing the Perceived Influence Model of Trust. Journal of Trust Research, 1-28 (selected as the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Trust Research). https://doi.org/10.1080/21515581.2025.2459143
• Lee, D., Kim, Y., & Lee, J. (2024). Do monetary or nonmonetary incentives promote citizens’ use of government crowdsourcing: A case of the City of Omaha’s 311-type of crowdsourcing platform? Public Administration, 102(4), 1492–1512. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12985
• Kim, Y., & Lee, J. (2024). Digitally vulnerable populations’ use of e-government services: Inclusivity and access. Asian Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 1–25. doi/full/10.1080/23276665.2024.2321569
• Sung, W., & Lee, J. (2024). Digital divide in citizens’ use of e-government services in Korea: A longitudinal data analysis. Government Information Quarterly, 41(2), 101938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2024.101938
• Eom, S.-J., & Lee, J. (2022). Digital government transformation in turbulent times: Responses, challenges, and future direction. Government Information Quarterly, 39(2), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2022.101690
• Kim, S., & Lee, J. (2019). Citizen participation, process, and transparency in local government: An exploratory study. Policy Studies Journal, 47(4), 1026–1047. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psj.12236
• Lee, J., & Kim, S. (2018). Citizens’ e-participation on agenda setting in local governance: Do individual social capital and e-participation management matter? Public Management Review, 20(6), 873–896. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2017.1340507
• Gao, X., & Lee, J. (2017). E-government services and social media adoption: Experience of small local governments in Nebraska State. Government Information Quarterly, 34(4), 627–634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2017.09.005
• Song, C., & Lee, J. (2016). Use of social media in government, perceived transparency, and trust in government. Public Performance & Management Review, 39(2), 430–453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2015.1108798
• Kim, S., & Lee, J. (2012). E-participation, transparency, and trust in local government. Public Administration Review, 72(6), 819–828. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2012.02593.x

Book Chapter

• Jooho Lee and M. Jae Moon. 2020. “E-government and Digital Governance,” in Chung-in Moon and M. Jae Moon (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Korean Politics and Public Administration, pp. 328-344, New York: Routledge
• Jooho Lee. 2017. “An Exploratory Study of E-Participation Technology Adoption by Citizens,” in Yu-Che Chen and Michael Ahn (eds.), Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government, pp. 284-300, New York: Routledge
• Hamm, Joe, Jooho Lee, Rick Trinkner, Twila Wingrove, Steve Leben, and Christina Breuer. “On the Cross Domain Scholarship of Trust in the Institutional Context,” In Shockley, Ellie, Tess Neal, Lisa PytlikZillig, and Brian Bornstein (eds.), Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Trust: Towards Theoretical and Methodological Integration, pp. 131-156, New York City: Springer Publishing.

Research Projects and Grants

Research Projects

Project Title: Considering the Effects of Variation in “Configurations of Trust”

(July 2022 – June 2023)

University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative Grant ($38,156)

Co-investigator with Dr. Lisa PytlikZillig (UNL), Dr. Ashley Votruba (UNL), Dr. Changsoo Song (UNL), Dr. Michelle Fleig-Palmer (University of St. Francis), and Dr. Mariska Kappmeier (University of Otago)

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