Joo Hun Han is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (with tenure) at the KAIST Business School at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and has previously served on the faculty of Rutgers University. His research examines the intersections among human resource practices, leadership, and business strategy, focusing on their combined effects on workforce and firm outcomes. His work has appeared in premier academic journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Organization Science.

He has received several prestigious awards from the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Association for Korean Management Scholars, and Maekyung Media Group, among others. Also, his work has been funded by leading research institutions and business organizations, such as Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Computershare Inc., and Morgan Stanely.

Education

Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Ph.D. in Business and Management (2014)

College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
M.S. in Business Administration (2008)
B.A. in Business Administration, & B.A. in Economics (2002), Summa Cum Laude

Career

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR), Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Associate Professor (with tenure), Human Resource Management, 2020-2023
Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management, 2014-2020

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Journal of Applied Psychology, 2021-present.
Personnel Psychology, 2020-present.
Journal of Management, 2017-present.
Human Resource Management, 2022-present.

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Strategy Science, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership

Industry Advisory Activities

Shinsegae Food Inc. Outside Director, 2024-present.

Publications (patents, etc.)

1. Jo, J., Chadwick, C., & Han, J. H. (2023) How the Human Resource (HR) Function Adds Strategic Value: The HR Function's Relational Activities, Human Capital Resources, and Firm Performance. Human Resource Management. DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22184

2. Makridis, C. & Han, J. H. (2021) Future of Work and Employee Empowerment and Satisfaction: Evidence from a Decade of Technological Change. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 173, 121-162.

3. Han, J. H., Liao, H., Han, J., & Li, N. (2021) When Leader-Member Exchange Differentiation Improves Work Group Functioning: The Combined Roles of Differentiation Bases and Reward Interdependence. Personnel Psychology. 74(1), 109-141.

4. Han, J. H., Shin, D.-J., Castellano, W. G., Konrad, A. M., Kruse, D. L., & Blasi, J. R. (2020) Creating Mutual Gains to Leverage a Racially Diverse Workforce: The Effects of Firm-Level Racial Diversity on Financial and Workforce Outcomes Under the Use of Broad-Based Stock Options. Organization Science. 31(6), 1515-1537.

5. Kehoe, R. R.*, & Han, J. H.* (2020) An Expanded Conceptualization of Line Managers’ Involvement in Human Resource Management. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(2), 111-129.

6. Han, J. H., Liao, H., Kim, S., & Han, J. (2020) Narcissism and Empowerment: How Narcissism Influences the Trickle-Down Effects of Organizational Empowerment Climate on Performance. Journal of Management Studies. 57(6), 1217-1245.

7. Han, J. H., Kang, S.†, Oh, I.-S., Kehoe, R. R., & Lepak, D. P. (2019) The Goldilocks Effect of Strategic Human Resource Management? Optimizing the Benefits of a High Performance Work System Through the Dual Alignment of Vertical and Horizontal Fit. Academy of Management Journal, 62(5), 1388-1412.

8. Oh, I.-S.*, Han, J. H.*, Holtz, B., Kim, Y.-J., & Kim, S. (2018) Do Birds of a Feather Flock, Fly, and Continue to Fly Together? The Differential and Cumulative Effects of Attraction, Selection, and Attrition on Personality-Based Within-Organization Homogeneity and Between-Organization Heterogeneity Progression Over Time. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(10), 1347-1366.

9. Han, J. H., Liao, H., Taylor, M. S., & Kim, S. (2018) Effects of High-Performance Work Systems on Transformational Leadership and Team Performance: Investigating the Moderating Roles of Organizational Orientations. Human Resource Management, 57(5), 1065-1082.

10. Oh, I.-S., Blau, G. J., Han, J. H., & Kim, S. (2017) Human Capital Factors Affecting Human Resource (HR) Managers’ Commitment to HR and the Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Value on HR. Human Resource Management, 56(2), 353-368.

11. Hong, Y., Liao, H., Raub, S., & Han, J. H. (2016) What It Takes to Get Proactive: An Integrative Multilevel Model of the Antecedents of Personal Initiative. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(5), 687-701.

12. Han, J. H., Bartol, K. M., & Kim, S. (2015) Tightening up the Performance? Pay Linkage: Roles of Contingent Reward Leadership and Profit-Sharing in the Cross-Level Influence of Individual Pay-for-Performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(2), 417-430.


(* denotes equal contributors; † denotes the coauthor as a doctoral student)

Research Areas

Strategic human resource management, leadership, compensation, human capital, diversity, teams

Leadership and Organization Management(BIZ508)

Executive MBA

Seminar in Organizational Behavior(BME986)

PhD

Publicity (Article/Column contribution & Media appearance)

Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/economy/kkr-private-equity-employee-ownership.html

Rutgers Launches “Shares Laboratory” to Study and Track Equity Compensation
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230418006163/en/Rutgers-Launches-%E2%80%9CShares-Laboratory%E2%80%9D-to-Study-and-Track-Equity-Compensation
https://njbiz.com/rutgers-launches-first-in-nation-effort-to-study-equity-compensation/

More U.S. workers bought their employers' stock in pandemic- study
https://www.reuters.com/business/more-us-workers-bought-their-employers-stock-pandemic-study-2021-11-04/

Rutgers Prof Joo Hun Han wins MK-AKMS Young Scholar Award
https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?sc=30800028&year=2019&no=623788

Studying Ways to Reshape the Workplace and Boost Middle Class Wealth
https://www.rutgers.edu/news/studying-ways-reshape-workplace-and-boost-middle-class-wealth#.Xc3FRldKiUk