PhD Student

Yonjeong Paik

Area: Organizational Behavior

Telephone: 82-10-4043-7321
E-mail: ypaik@rhsmith.umd.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Yonjeong Paik

Yonjeong Paik graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Seoul National University with Magna Cum Laude in 1999. She worked at Samsung Electronics and Korean Psychological Testing Institute. Before she joined in the doctoral program at the University of Maryland, she had completed the graduate program in OBHR at Seoul National University.

Dissertation title
Redefining Multidisciplinary Teams: An Institutional Approach

Dissertation Summary
Relying on institutional theory, I develop a multilevel model of the effects of two potential barriers on team member performance in multidisciplinary teams: institutional embeddedness, or the extent to which an individual is cognitively, affectively and normatively influenced by her discipline, and institutional hierarchy, or the degree of perceived status differences among disciplines in the team. I test the model using a data set from a large national research institute in South Korea.

Dissertation Chair: Myeong-Gu Seo

Dissertation Committee Members

Primary Research Areas

  • Multidisciplinary teams
  • Knowledge sharing
  • Team composition

Primary Teaching Interests

  • OB
  • HR

Selected Publications, Conference Presentations, and Work- in-Progress

Park, W., & Paik, Y. (2006). Negative effects of group-efficacy on group performance. Korean Management Journal, 35(5).

Work-in-Progress

Paik, Y., Seo, M., Jin, S. & Liao, H., “When and why does emotional intelligence matter in self-managing teams?”

Lee, E. & Paik, Y. “Variation of organizational identification in a strong culture: An occupational perspective”

 Tangirala, S., Paik, Y., Bartol, K., & Farh, C. “Valuation of new information under uncertainty and time pressure: The role of opinion comparison orientation”

Conference Presentations

Paik, Y., Seo, M., & Jin, S. (2012). “When and why does emotional intelligence matter in self-managing teams?” Presented in Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.

Paik, Y., Tangirala, S., Bartol, K., & Farh, C. (2009). “Valuation of new information under uncertainty and time pressure: The role of opinion comparison orientation,” Presented in Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Chicaco, IL.

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