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Prof. KIM You Jin

PhD - Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management (Michigan State University)
BA - Psychology & Business Administration (Yonsei University)

Associate Professor

Contact Information

E-mail:
Address:	10-254, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building City University of Hong Kong
Phone:	+852 34426648
Fax:	+852 34420309
y.kim@cityu.edu.hk

Research Areas

Social exchange relationships, Individual effectiveness and motivation at work

You Jin (YJ) Kim is an Associate Professor of management in the College of Business at City University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD from Michigan State University. Her primary research interests include organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), motives, proactive behavior and emotion in the workplace. Her research has been published in Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, and Journal of Organizational Behavior etc.

Selected Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews
Kim, You Jin; Lam, Chak Fu; Oh, Jo (Kyoungjo); Sohn, Wonbin / Employee Constructive Voice: An Integrative Review and a Dyadic Approach. January 2023; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 430–473 Jennings, Remy E.; Lanaj, Klodiana; Kim, You Jin / Self-compassion at work: A self-regulation perspective on its beneficial effects for work performance and wellbeing. 2023; In: Personnel Psychology. Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 279-309 Lee, Hun Whee; Chi, Nai-Wen; Kim, You Jin; Lee, Hanho; Lin, Szu-Han; Johnson, Russell E / Leaders’ responses to receipt of proactive helping: Integrating theories of approach–avoidance and challenge–hindrance. October 2022; In: Human Relations. Chong, SinHui; Van Dyne, Linn ; Kim, You Jin; Oh, Jo K. / Drive and Direction: Empathy with Intended Targets Moderates the Proactive Personality - Job Performance Relationship via Work Engagement. April 2021; In: Applied Psychology. Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 575–605 Chong, SinHui; Kim, You Jin; Lee, Hun Whee ; Johnson, Russell E.; Lin, Szu-Han (Joanna) / Mind your own break! The interactive effect of workday respite activities and mindfulness on employee outcomes via affective linkages. July 2020; In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Vol. 159, pp. 64-77 Guay, Russell P. ; Kim, You-Jin; Oh, In-Sue; Vogel, Ryan M. / The Interaction Effects of Leader and Follower Conscientiousness on Person-Supervisor Fit Perceptions and Follower Outcomes: A Cross-Level Moderated Mediation Model. August 2019; In: Human Performance. Vol. 32, No. 3-4, pp. 181-199 Kim, You Jin YJ; Van Dyne, Linn; Lee, Stephanie M. / A dyadic model of motives, pride, gratitude, and helping. December 2018; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 1367-1382 Oh, In-Sue; Han, Joo Hun; Holtz, Brian; Kim, You Jin; Kim, Seongsu / Do birds of feather flock, fly, and continue to fly together? The differential and cumulative effects of attraction, selection, and attrition on personality-based within-organization homogeneity progression over time. December 2018; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 1347-1366 Blau, Gary; DiMino, John; Kim, Y J / Testing Three-Item Versions for Seven of Young’s Maladaptive Schema and Wait Impact for Briefly Counseled Non-Urgent Clients. 2018; In: Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-13 OH, In-Sue; KIM, You Jin; KIM, Myeong Jin / Cautions about the Usefulness of Indirect Measures of Personality Based on Personnel Selection Methods. October 2017; In: European Journal of Personality. Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 476-477 BLAU, Gary; GAFFNEY, Mary Anne; KIM, You Jin; JARRELL, Sherry / Do Grading Assessment Learning Perceptions Correlate to Post-Graduation Outcomes?. 2017; In: Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. Vol. 7, No. 1-2, pp. 69-91 SCOTT, Brent A.; GARZA, Adela S.; CONLON, Donald E.; KIM, You Jin / WHY DO MANAGERS ACT FAIRLY IN THE FIRST PLACE? A DAILY INVESTIGATION OF “HOT” AND “COLD” MOTIVES AND DISCRETION. December 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 1571-1591 Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Kamdar, Dishan; Johnson, Russell E. / Why and when do motives matter? An integrative model of motives, role cognitions, and social support as predictors of OCB. July 2013; In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Vol. 121, No. 2, pp. 231-245 Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn / Cultural Intelligence and International Leadership Potential: The Importance of Contact for Members of the Majority. April 2012; In: Applied Psychology. Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 272-294

Journal Publications and Reviews

Kim, You Jin; Lam, Chak Fu; Oh, Jo (Kyoungjo); Sohn, Wonbin / Employee Constructive Voice: An Integrative Review and a Dyadic Approach. January 2023; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 430–473
Jennings, Remy E.; Lanaj, Klodiana; Kim, You Jin / Self-compassion at work: A self-regulation perspective on its beneficial effects for work performance and wellbeing. 2023; In: Personnel Psychology. Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 279-309
Lee, Hun Whee; Chi, Nai-Wen; Kim, You Jin; Lee, Hanho; Lin, Szu-Han; Johnson, Russell E / Leaders’ responses to receipt of proactive helping: Integrating theories of approach–avoidance and challenge–hindrance. October 2022; In: Human Relations.
Chong, SinHui; Van Dyne, Linn ; Kim, You Jin; Oh, Jo K. / Drive and Direction: Empathy with Intended Targets Moderates the Proactive Personality - Job Performance Relationship via Work Engagement. April 2021; In: Applied Psychology. Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 575–605
Chong, SinHui; Kim, You Jin; Lee, Hun Whee ; Johnson, Russell E.; Lin, Szu-Han (Joanna) / Mind your own break! The interactive effect of workday respite activities and mindfulness on employee outcomes via affective linkages. July 2020; In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Vol. 159, pp. 64-77
Guay, Russell P. ; Kim, You-Jin; Oh, In-Sue; Vogel, Ryan M. / The Interaction Effects of Leader and Follower Conscientiousness on Person-Supervisor Fit Perceptions and Follower Outcomes: A Cross-Level Moderated Mediation Model. August 2019; In: Human Performance. Vol. 32, No. 3-4, pp. 181-199
Kim, You Jin YJ; Van Dyne, Linn; Lee, Stephanie M. / A dyadic model of motives, pride, gratitude, and helping. December 2018; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 1367-1382
Oh, In-Sue; Han, Joo Hun; Holtz, Brian; Kim, You Jin; Kim, Seongsu / Do birds of feather flock, fly, and continue to fly together? The differential and cumulative effects of attraction, selection, and attrition on personality-based within-organization homogeneity progression over time. December 2018; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 1347-1366
Blau, Gary; DiMino, John; Kim, Y J / Testing Three-Item Versions for Seven of Young’s Maladaptive Schema and Wait Impact for Briefly Counseled Non-Urgent Clients. 2018; In: Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-13
OH, In-Sue; KIM, You Jin; KIM, Myeong Jin / Cautions about the Usefulness of Indirect Measures of Personality Based on Personnel Selection Methods. October 2017; In: European Journal of Personality. Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 476-477
BLAU, Gary; GAFFNEY, Mary Anne; KIM, You Jin; JARRELL, Sherry / Do Grading Assessment Learning Perceptions Correlate to Post-Graduation Outcomes?. 2017; In: Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. Vol. 7, No. 1-2, pp. 69-91
SCOTT, Brent A.; GARZA, Adela S.; CONLON, Donald E.; KIM, You Jin / WHY DO MANAGERS ACT FAIRLY IN THE FIRST PLACE? A DAILY INVESTIGATION OF “HOT” AND “COLD” MOTIVES AND DISCRETION. December 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 1571-1591
Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Kamdar, Dishan; Johnson, Russell E. / Why and when do motives matter? An integrative model of motives, role cognitions, and social support as predictors of OCB. July 2013; In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Vol. 121, No. 2, pp. 231-245
Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn / Cultural Intelligence and International Leadership Potential: The Importance of Contact for Members of the Majority. April 2012; In: Applied Psychology. Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 272-294

Conference Papers
Lee, Hun Whee; Kim, You Jin; Johnson, Russell Eric; Lin, Szu-Han / Do Those Who Receive Help Always Give Help? Consequences of Receiving Unsolicited and Solicited Help. August 2018; 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2018), 10/08/2018 - 14/08/2018, Chicago, United States. Guay, Russell P.; Kim, YJ (You Jin); Oh, In-Sue; Vogel, Ryan M. / The Interaction Effects of Leader and Follower Conscientiousness on P–S Fit and Outcomes. April 2018; 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP 2018), 19/04/2018 - 21/04/2018, Chicago, United States. D'Amato, Alessia; Kim, You Jin / When Leaders Get Off Track: The Interactive Effects of Leader Behaviors, Organizational Level, and Power Distance on Derailment Potential. September 2016; 30th Annual British Academy of Management Conference (BAM 2016), 06/09/2016 - 08/09/2016, , United Kingdom. Kim, You Jin; Oh, In-Sue; Oh, Kyoungjo / Job Crafting as a Double-Edged Sword: The Role of Organizational Support Climate on the Relationship between Job Crafting and Individual Performance. July 2016; 2016 Annual Symposium on Management and Social Sciences (ASMSS 2016) , 05/07/2016 - 07/07/2016, Seoul, Korea, Republic of. Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn ; Chong, SinHui; Oh, Kyoungjo / What Makes Proactive Individuals Better Performers?. May 2014; 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2014), 15/05/2014 - 17/05/2014, Honolulu, United States. Garza, Adela S.; Scott, Brent A.; Kim, You Jin; Conlon, Donald E. / Why Do Managers Act Fairly? A Daily Investigation of Motives. April 2013; 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP 2013), 11/04/2013 - 13/04/2013, Houston, United States. Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Poile, Christopher / Do to Others as You Would Have Them Do to You?. August 2012; Academy of Management 2012 Annual Conference, 03/08/2012 - 07/08/2012, Boston, United States. Spitzmuller, Matthias; Wagner, David T. ; Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Ilies, Remus / From Helping to Happy: Why Being Neurotic Isn’t So Bad. August 2012; Academy of Management 2012 Annual Conference, 03/08/2012 - 07/08/2012, Boston, United States. KIM, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Spitzmuller, Matthias / Hitting Home Runs and Striking Out At the Same Time?. August 2011; 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2011), 12/08/2011 - 16/08/2011, San Antonio, United States. Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn / When Do Extraverts Communicate Patiently with Diverse Others?. April 2011; 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 14/04/2011 - 16/04/2011, Chicago, United States. Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn / Majority-Minority Status and the Development of Cultural Intelligence. April 2010; 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 08/04/2010 - 10/04/2010, Atlanta, United States. Kim, You Jin; Lee, J. E.; Lee, H.; Cho, H.Y. / Should People Spend Money in Unique Purchase to Be Happy?. May 2008; 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 22/05/2008 - 25/05/2008, Chicago, IL, United States. Kim, You Jin; Lee, J. E. / The Mediating Effect of Relationship between Vertical Culture, Turnover, and OCB. May 2008; 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 22/05/2008 - 25/05/2008, Chicago, IL, United States. Shin, J.; Kim, You Jin / The Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Emotion Regulation on Subjective Well-Being. May 2007; 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 24/05/2007 - 27/05/2007, Washington, DC, United States. Yoon, Jong Sung; Lee, Jae In; Cho, Sun Min; Kim, You Jin; Lim, Seong Joon / Individual Differences in Cognitive Styles for Visual Representation and Comparison. July 2006; 5th International Conference of the Cognitive Science , 26/07/2006 - 26/07/2006, British Columbia, Canada. pp. 221-222

Conference Papers

Lee, Hun Whee; Kim, You Jin; Johnson, Russell Eric; Lin, Szu-Han / Do Those Who Receive Help Always Give Help? Consequences of Receiving Unsolicited and Solicited Help. August 2018; 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2018), 10/08/2018 - 14/08/2018, Chicago, United States.
Guay, Russell P.; Kim, YJ (You Jin); Oh, In-Sue; Vogel, Ryan M. / The Interaction Effects of Leader and Follower Conscientiousness on P–S Fit and Outcomes. April 2018; 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP 2018), 19/04/2018 - 21/04/2018, Chicago, United States.
D'Amato, Alessia; Kim, You Jin / When Leaders Get Off Track: The Interactive Effects of Leader Behaviors, Organizational Level, and Power Distance on Derailment Potential. September 2016; 30th Annual British Academy of Management Conference (BAM 2016), 06/09/2016 - 08/09/2016, , United Kingdom.
Kim, You Jin; Oh, In-Sue; Oh, Kyoungjo / Job Crafting as a Double-Edged Sword: The Role of Organizational Support Climate on the Relationship between Job Crafting and Individual Performance. July 2016; 2016 Annual Symposium on Management and Social Sciences (ASMSS 2016)
, 05/07/2016 - 07/07/2016, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn ; Chong, SinHui; Oh, Kyoungjo / What Makes Proactive Individuals Better Performers?. May 2014; 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2014), 15/05/2014 - 17/05/2014, Honolulu, United States.
Garza, Adela S.; Scott, Brent A.; Kim, You Jin; Conlon, Donald E. / Why Do Managers Act Fairly? A Daily Investigation of Motives. April 2013; 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP 2013), 11/04/2013 - 13/04/2013, Houston, United States.
Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Poile, Christopher / Do to Others as You Would Have Them Do to You?. August 2012; Academy of Management 2012 Annual Conference, 03/08/2012 - 07/08/2012, Boston, United States.
Spitzmuller, Matthias; Wagner, David T. ; Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Ilies, Remus / From Helping to Happy: Why Being Neurotic Isn’t So Bad. August 2012; Academy of Management 2012 Annual Conference, 03/08/2012 - 07/08/2012, Boston, United States.
KIM, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn; Spitzmuller, Matthias / Hitting Home Runs and Striking Out At the Same Time?. August 2011; 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2011), 12/08/2011 - 16/08/2011, San Antonio, United States.
Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn / When Do Extraverts Communicate Patiently with Diverse Others?. April 2011; 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 14/04/2011 - 16/04/2011, Chicago, United States.
Kim, You Jin; Van Dyne, Linn / Majority-Minority Status and the Development of Cultural Intelligence. April 2010; 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 08/04/2010 - 10/04/2010, Atlanta, United States.
Kim, You Jin; Lee, J. E.; Lee, H.; Cho, H.Y. / Should People Spend Money in Unique Purchase to Be Happy?. May 2008; 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 22/05/2008 - 25/05/2008, Chicago, IL, United States.
Kim, You Jin; Lee, J. E. / The Mediating Effect of Relationship between Vertical Culture, Turnover, and OCB. May 2008; 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 22/05/2008 - 25/05/2008, Chicago, IL, United States.
Shin, J.; Kim, You Jin / The Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Emotion Regulation on Subjective Well-Being. May 2007; 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 24/05/2007 - 27/05/2007, Washington, DC, United States.
Yoon, Jong Sung; Lee, Jae In; Cho, Sun Min; Kim, You Jin; Lim, Seong Joon / Individual Differences in Cognitive Styles for Visual Representation and Comparison. July 2006; 5th International Conference of the Cognitive Science , 26/07/2006 - 26/07/2006, British Columbia, Canada. pp. 221-222

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
Park, Hye S.; Kim, You Jin / The Interactive Effect of Self- and Other-Oriented Job Crafting Motives on Relational Job Crafting. August 2018; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2018 (No. 1) Johnson, Russell E.; Chang, Chu-Hsiang (Daisy); Kim, You Jin; Lin, Szu-Han (Joanna) / Employee Self-Concept and Identity. 2018; The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology . Kim, Joseph; Harold, Crystal M. ; Kim, You Jin / Organizational Citizenship Giving, Receiving, and the Mediating Role of Support. August 2017; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2017 (No. 1) Kim, You Jin; Schaubroeck, John; Offermann, Lynn R.; Shao, Ping Tyra / A Test of Gender Role Congruity Theory. August 2015; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2015 (No. 1) Kim, You Jin; Oh, In-Sue; Park, Guihyun; Choi, Jaeyoung / Perceived Organizational Support Climate and Its Effects on Individual Performance. August 2015; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2015 (No. 1) Schaubroeck, John ; Kim, You Jin; Peng, Ann Chunyan / The Self-Concept in Organizational Psychology: Clarifying and Differentiating the Constructs. June 2012; International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012. Vol. 27, pp. 1-38

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Park, Hye S.; Kim, You Jin / The Interactive Effect of Self- and Other-Oriented Job Crafting Motives on Relational Job Crafting. August 2018; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2018 (No. 1)
Johnson, Russell E.; Chang, Chu-Hsiang (Daisy); Kim, You Jin; Lin, Szu-Han (Joanna) / Employee Self-Concept and Identity. 2018; The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology .
Kim, Joseph; Harold, Crystal M. ; Kim, You Jin / Organizational Citizenship Giving, Receiving, and the Mediating Role of Support. August 2017; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2017 (No. 1)
Kim, You Jin; Schaubroeck, John; Offermann, Lynn R.; Shao, Ping Tyra / A Test of Gender Role Congruity Theory. August 2015; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2015 (No. 1)
Kim, You Jin; Oh, In-Sue; Park, Guihyun; Choi, Jaeyoung / Perceived Organizational Support Climate and Its Effects on Individual Performance. August 2015; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2015 (No. 1)
Schaubroeck, John ; Kim, You Jin; Peng, Ann Chunyan / The Self-Concept in Organizational Psychology: Clarifying and Differentiating the Constructs. June 2012; International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012. Vol. 27, pp. 1-38