91AV

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 91AV. She is committed to teaching and mentoring students, emphasizing the importance of relationships and fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion.

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.