SIJUN KIM,
ph.d.

ABOUT ME

Sijun Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School. He received his doctoral degree in management at the University of Arizona. His research interests are primarily about voice and status, but they also expand to other topics such as transgressions, helping, gratitude, stressor appraisal, and diversity. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Social Psychological and Personality Science, and it has also been presented at multiple academic conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, the Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference, and the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Conference. He is also an editorial review board member of the Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

During his time at the University of Arizona, he was awarded the Stephen Robbins Doctoral Fellowship twice, the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award from his department, and the AKMS-Samsung Economic Research Institute Scholarship for Best Student Conference Papers. At Texas A&M University, he has been teaching multiple HRM classes. Further, he has experience teaching both in-person and online. In 2024, he received a merit award as well as a research grant from Mays Business School. Before starting his academic career, he worked as an HR manager at POSCO Daewoo (now called POSCO International), a global trading and project development company in South Korea.

APPOINTMENT

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor
(07/2023 ~ current)
Visiting Assistant Professor
(06/2022 ~ 05/2023)

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Ph.D. Management (2021)

KOREA UNIVERSITY

M.S. Management (2014)
B.B.A. Business Administration (2012)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Polin, B., Doyle, S. P., Kim, S., Lewicki, R. J., & Chawla, N. (2024). Sorry to ask but … how is apology effectiveness dependent on apology content and gender? Journal of Applied Psychology, 109, 339-361. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001128

Kim, H. Y.*, Kim, S.*, Howell, T. M.*, Doyle, S. P.*, Pettit, N. C., & Bizzarro, M. (2023). Are we essential, or sacrificial? The effects of felt public gratitude on essential worker recovery activities during COVID-19. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14, 218-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221077858
(Note: asterisk [*] denotes the equal contribution of the authors)

Doyle, S. P., Pettit, N. C., Kim, S., To, C., & Lount, R. B. Jr. (2022). Surging underdogs and slumping favorites: How recent streaks and future expectations drive competitive transgressions. Academy of Management Journal, 65, 1507-1540. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.1008

Kim, S., McClean, E. J., Doyle, S. P., Podsakoff, N. P., Lin, E., & Woodruff, T. (2022). The positive and negative effects of social status on ratings of voice behavior: A test of opposing structural and psychological pathways. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 951-967. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000945

McClean, E. J., Kim, S., & Martinez, T. M. (2022). Which ideas for change are endorsed? How agentic and communal voice affects endorsement differently for men and women. Academy of Management Journal, 65, 634-655. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.0492

BOOK CHAPTER

Doyle, S. P., Kim, S., & Kim, H. Y. (2024). The psychology of status competitions within organizations: Navigating two competing motives. In S. M. Garcia, A. Tor, & A. J. Elliot (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the psychology of competition (pp. 444-475). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190060800.013.19

SELECTED
RESEARCH Interests

Voice, Status,
Helping, Transgressions,
Leadership, Research Methods

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Academy of Management
(OB, HR, CM, RM Divisions)

Interdisciplinary Network for
Group Research (INGRoup)

Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (SIOP)

AWARDS AND HONORS

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Mays One-Time Merit Award (2024)

University of Arizona

Stephen J. Robbins Fellowship (2018, 2020)
AKMS-SERI Scholarship (2020)
Graduate Student Teaching Award (2020)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TEXAS A&M University

2024 Srping
MGMT 373: Managing Human Resources (first session: 24 students [evaluation of 4.46/5.0]; second session: 25 students [evaluation of 4.81/5.0])

2023 Fall
MGMT 425: Human Resources Selection (23 students; evaluation: 3.96/5.0)

2023 Spring
MGMT 373: Managing Human Resources (first session: 25 students [evaluation of 4.21/5.0]; second session: 23 students [evaluation of 4.34/5.0])

2022 Fall
MGMT 425: Human Resources Selection (24 students; evaluation: 4.3/5.0)
MGMT 373: Managing Human Resources (25 students; evaluation: 3.69/5.0)

2022 Summer
MGMT 373: Managing Human Resources (7 students; evaluation: 5.0/5.0)

University of Arizona

2020 Spring
MGMT 433: Strategic HR Management (35 students; evaluation: 4.24/5.0)

EXCERPTS FROM STUDENT TEACHING EVALUATION

“Professor Sijun gave us opportunities to take advantage of. For instance, for our written assignments, he gave students a chance to turn in a draft for critiques/feedback. It is not required, but, for the students who want to be better, they will partake. In addition, he does try to encourage questions and conversation. He also makes sure that everyone know what assignments are coming up, so we are prepared.”

“Professor Kim shows a lot of care towards his students. At the same time, he is not afraid to give valuable feedback.”

“Sijun is awesome! Always so kind and transparent with the students.”

“Sijun did a great job creating an interactive environment. I was especially pleased with the transition into remote classes, as I feel he did better than my other classes by adopting and using Zoom to its full capabilities.”

“The amount of time and preparation Sijun put into the class was apparent. The regular updates and clearly communicated requirements facilitated learning.”

“He always came prepared with all the material and excitement to teach the course. He was very respectful and was always very encouraging for all of us to participate and share our thoughts on course material and more.”

“He tries to make his class as engaging as possible and has done a very good job with the zoom transition. I would recommend this class to other management students.”

“I have loved taking Sijun's class! It's very clear that Sijun cares about the success and well-being of his students.”

AND…

I acknowledge the bottomless support I have received from my lovely spouse and companion, Injung, as she always helps me to thrive in my life.

- Sijun K.