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Sophia Soyoung Jeong

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  • Ph.D. in Business Administration, 2011, University of South Carolina, USA

  • M.A. in Business Administration, 2006, Ajou University, South Korea

  • B.A. in Business Administration, 2006, Ajou University, South Korea

  • Trust, Cooperation, Emotions, Ethical Decision Making, Prosocial Motivation

  • Assistant Professor, Management Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China

  • Executive Assistant to Chief Operations Officer, 2004 – 2005, Executive Office, AIG Life Insurance (Seoul, Korea)

  • Training and Development Specialist/Administrator, 2003 – 2004, Customer Service Center, AIG Life Insurance (Seoul, Korea)

  • Editorial reviewer board member of Journal of Organizational Behavior

  • Editorial board member of Scientific Reports

  • Internship Coordinator of College of Business, Zayed University, 2021- Present

  • Member, “Business Academy” Taskforce, College of Business, Zayed University, 2020 - Present

  • Member, Research Excellence Committee, College of Business, Zayed University, 2020 – Present

  • Faculty Advisor, Korean Club, Zayed University, 2019 – Present

  • Jeong, S.S. & Korsgaard, M.A. (2021). Group and individual-level consequences of group affect dispersion. Human Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267211038521

  • Henderson, A.A. & Jeong, S.S. (2021). Political affiliation dissimilarity: Exploring lone affiliate employees' work attitudes and experiences. Stress and Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3089

  • Kim, Y., Jeong, S. S., Yiu, D. W., & Moon, J.* (2020). Frequent CEO turnover and firm performance: The resilience effect of workforce diversity. Journal of Business. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04534-0

  • Jeong, S.S., Korsgaard, M.A. & Morrell, D. (2020). The dark side of bright traits: How context cues misdirect facets of conscientiousness. Personnel Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2019-0542

  • Jeong, S.S. & Alhanaee, D. W.* (2020). Prosocial motivation as a driver of social innovation in the UAE. Social Science Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12913

  • Jeong, S. S., & Sun, T. C, & Fu, P.P. (2020). Softening the hearts of business students: The role of emotions in ethical behaviors. Journal of Management Education, 44(3), 278-312. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562919895039

  • Buchan, N.R., Jeong, S. S., & Ward, A.K. (2017). Local reasons to give globally: Identity extension and global cooperation. Scientific Reports, 7, 15527. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15683-0

  • Korsgaard, M.A., Meglino, B.M., Lester, W.L, & Jeong, S.S. (2010). Paying you back or paying me forward: Understanding rewarded and unrewarded organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 277-290. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018137

  • Jeong, S.Y., & Yoon, J.K. (2010). Marketability, psychological contract, and work orientations among professionals and non-professionals in Korea. Korean Journal of Management, 18(3), 77-102.

  • Korsgaard, M.A., Jeong, S.S., Mahony, D.M., & Pitariu, A.H. (2008). A multilevel view of intragroup conflict. Journal of Management, 34, 1222-1252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308325124

  • Cluster Grant, Zayed University, R19071. ‘Incentivizing Innovation’, Participating Researcher, 2019 – Current.

  • Short-term Grant, Zayed University. Principal Investigator, 2020, AED 3,945, Completed.

  • Start-up Grant, Zayed University. Principal Investigator, 2018 to 2019, AED 15,000, Completed.

  • China National Science Fund, 71502078,‘Job Embeddedness of Middle Level Managers’, 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31, RMB 180,000, in Progress.

  • Research Grants Council, Hong Kong – Early Career Scheme. 499913, ‘Moral emotions: Where do they come from and are they good for organizations?’, 2013-07-01 to 2016-10-31, HKD 467,500, Completed.

  • RGC Grant Supplement, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4441118, 2013-07-01 to 2016-10-31, HKD 20,000, Completed.

  • Direct Grant, Faculty of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong, ‘When not everybody thinks so: Level-by-dispersion proposition’, 2015-2017, HKD 30,000, Completed.

  • Direct Grant, Faculty of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4057041, ‘Two faces of conscientiousness: Competing or complementing each other for ethical decision-making?’, 2013-2016, HKD 62,784, Completed.

  • Direct Grant, Faculty of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4057019, ‘Guilty or nervous? The role of emotional differentiation in cooperation at workplace’, 2012-2014, HKD 24,000, Completed.

  • Direct Grant, Faculty of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2070484, ‘Bringing morality back to business ethics’, 2012-2013, HKD 50,000, Completed.

  • National Science Foundation Grant, USA “Collaborative Research: Communication, Trust and Leadership in Virtual Organizations and Teams.” Research Assistant from grant writing stage. 2008 – 2012. USD191,000, Finished.

  • Darla Moore Fellowship, Moore School of Business, 2006 – 2011

  • W. Pierce Liles Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, University of South Carolina, 2010

  • Korea General Social Survey, Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Research Assistant, 2006

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