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Assistant Professor of Management
BELC, Room S156
Gihyun Kim
Dr. Gihyun Kim is an Assistant Professor in the department of management at Bryant University, specializing in Organizational Behavior. She holds a Ph.D. in Organization Studies (OBHR) in Isenberg School of Management at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before earning her Ph.D., Dr. Kim earned her M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Yonsei University and B.A. in Psychology from Sogang University in South Korea. She received the Stanley Young Award from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division at the Academy of Management conference. Aside from her academic career, she worked as a project research analyst at Kia Motors and SK Leadership Center in South Korea.
Degrees Awarded
Ph D, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
MA, Yonsei University
BA, Sogang University
Ph D, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
MA, Yonsei University
BA, Sogang University
Selected Publications
Heaphy, E. D.,Baeken, A.,Kim, G., Disability and Relational Work, Routledge, 2024.
Heaphy, E. D.,Baeken, A.,Kim, G., Disability and Relational Work, Routledge, 2024.
Awards and Honors
Best Reviewer Award, 2022
Stan Young Award, 2022
Best Reviewer Award, 2022
Stan Young Award, 2022
Teaching Interests
Dr. Kim has taught Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Staffing (Workforce planning, recruiting, and selection) at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She now teaches MGT 200: Management Principles & Practice at Bryant. She is committed to teaching and mentoring students, emphasizing the importance of relationships and fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion.
Dr. Kim has taught Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Staffing (Workforce planning, recruiting, and selection) at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She now teaches MGT 200: Management Principles & Practice at Bryant. She is committed to teaching and mentoring students, emphasizing the importance of relationships and fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion.
Research Interests
Dr. Kim’s research focuses on understanding the perceptual and emotional mechanisms of employees. She is currently interested in workplace socializing, particularly in the context of disruptions to work arrangements, such as shifts to remote work, hybrid models, or returns to the office. She is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the recovery of workplace socializing and fostering positive work relationships. Dr. Kim is interested in revealing how our current workplace socializing, intended to foster opportunities to discover commonalities among colleagues, may instead accentuate differences and inadvertently promote exclusion, contrary to its intended purpose. Additionally, she is keen on investigating how Human Resource Management practices and managers can promote workplace socializing that fosters a sense of inclusion, especially among minority groups.
Dr. Kim’s research focuses on understanding the perceptual and emotional mechanisms of employees. She is currently interested in workplace socializing, particularly in the context of disruptions to work arrangements, such as shifts to remote work, hybrid models, or returns to the office. She is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the recovery of workplace socializing and fostering positive work relationships. Dr. Kim is interested in revealing how our current workplace socializing, intended to foster opportunities to discover commonalities among colleagues, may instead accentuate differences and inadvertently promote exclusion, contrary to its intended purpose. Additionally, she is keen on investigating how Human Resource Management practices and managers can promote workplace socializing that fosters a sense of inclusion, especially among minority groups.