So-Hyeon Shim's research while affiliated with The University of Hong Kong and other places

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Research on the field of creativity currently lacks a cumulative investigation of how and why emotional stability affects individuals’ creative processes and performance in the workplace. The present study investigates the mediating and moderating processes through which emotional stability is linked with creativity. We examine the indirect effects...
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Status inequality based on race in racially diverse groups has long been a serious problem in society and organizations; yet very little research has investigated ways of diminishing this status inequality, even in small groups where this inequality can undermine knowledge transfer and performance. I investigate the impact of a leader’s nonverbal b...
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Status within a group can be quickly achieved. Research has shown, for instance, that individual traits such as race, gender, or expertise influence individuals’ status and their team’s early interactions. The current research digs into the micro-behaviors of these early interactions by investigating the potent impact of a team leader’s nonverbal b...
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Two studies tested whether creating a sense-of-control mindset increases subjective well-being (SWB). In Study 1, people reflected either on aspects of their lives they could control or on aspects they could not control. Study 2 was a longitudinal study that allowed us to measure changes in SWB and to separate our manipulations of sense-of-control...

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... Employees upon perceiving their work to be meaningful and equipped with their values and ideals feel intrinsically motivated (Bakker and Demerouti, 2014). In addition, job crafting can provide perceived higher control over job tasks, which may have intimate association with self-directed motivation (intrinsic motivation) that provide confidence in one capabilities and competence (Park et al., 2021). Job crafting offers an opportunity to uplift feeling of enjoyment, meaningfulness (i.e. ...
... Consistent with this leveling effect of gaze, an intervention study showed that in diverse work teams with substantial disparities in members' influence, asymmetric influence was attenuated when a leader gave increased visual attention to low-status members in the group (Shim et al., 2021). Interestingly, in addition to these equity gains, the leader's greater visual attention toward low-status members also led to greater group information elaboration, which in turn enhanced group performance in a collective decision-making task. ...