[New Professor Special] 'Try courageously in new fields, cheering for an exciting and bright future' <Professor Cho Seo
- bizskk
- Hit517
- 2022-06-20
Our college of Business is strengthening its core values of education and research, and is striving to nurture talents for student success and future value creation. To this end, four new teachers were appointed in the first semester of the 2022 school year, their majors were marketing(1 person), business information(1 person), FinTech(1 person) and management(1 person), and they were invited to be teachers with excellent competence in each field. This time, we met Professor 'Cho Seong-hee' of <Management Major>, a new teacher who became a family member of business school, and listened to 'major research activities, majors, and future plans'
Q1. Hello, professor. Nice to meet you like this! Please introduce yourself, professor.
Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Cho Seong-hee, and I'm with you in the management department of Sungkyunkwan University from the spring semester of 2022. I'm a psychologist who studies working people. I did my PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Illinois, and before coming to Sungkyunkwan University, I worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at North Carolina State University for about four and a half years.
Q2. Please introduce your major briefly, and what made you choose your major?
I belong to the field of organization behavior among management majors. Interest in industrial/organizational psychology and organizational behavioral majors began with an interest in 'people'. Individuals work quite a long time in their lives. The shape may vary, but work has an important meaning for individuals, and the experiences they accumulate while working have a great impact on their identity, health, success, and happiness. As work and labor are important to the success of both individuals and organizations, I felt that there was a lot of research needed in this field.
In particular, the fact that work can be a constructive and positive experience for people, and that individuals can study the process of achieving their own and organizational goals efficiently through that experience has motivated to do research in the field of organizational behavior. In addition, among the many ways to improve organizational efficiency, it was good to look at problems from the perspective of thinking about and achieving the development and success of individuals as well as the organization. Organizations must advance to survive fiercely and achieve goals. In this process, I want to understand the stories of the members with the view that "It's what people do" and "People make the place". And ultimately, I want to do research that helps the organization succeed.
Q3. Please tell us how you feel about your new start at Sungkyunkwan University Business School and your future plans.
I am very happy to meet great professors and students. As researchers, educators, and colleagues, I look forward to the future of growing together in the future, doing my best and enjoying my duties in my place.
Q4. Professor, please briefly introduce your class.
Within an organization, individuals work in a variety of ways to achieve their goals by teaming up and collaborating with different people. Organizational behavior is the study of what individuals experience in the process, how they influence each other, and how they contribute to the goals of the organization. It covers topics such as characteristics of attitudes, motivation, decision-making, teamwork, conflict, and leadership of the organization's members. Throughout the class, students understand basic organizational behavior theory, systematically analyze related problems, and present appropriate solutions. All of these learning and application courses require the ability to understand, analyze, and criticize various studies conducted in psychology and sociology as well as management.
Q5. What is your research plan from now on?
To shorten the goal of my research simply, it is 'sustainable job performance management'. In order for and individual to perform well in the long run, efficient resource management is required in non-job related areas as well as job management. In particular, in this flexible work environment, the boundaries between personal and work areas are blurred, and further research is needed on how to strategically manage both areas(work-nonwork interface).
In this regard, I have been focusing on topics such as occupational safety and health, work stress and recovery, productivity, and personal selection in detail. In the future, I want to help individuals and organizations sustainable productivity and well-being through research that helps them understand new emotions and events experienced by individuals in the ever-changing modern working environment.
Q6. Please tell me what you think is the ideal educator.
Personally, I would like to take pride and affection in my field of expertise and contribute in various fields such as research, industry, and education. And I want to be an educator who shares the joy of the course with students. In particular, I look forward to finding strengths of students, developing together, and serving as collaborators to inspire each other. Furthermore, I hope that ultimately all this series of enthusiasm and efforts will have a positive impact on society.
Q7. If you have anything you want to say to the students who are studying hard at Sungkyunkwan University Business School, please tell them!
I'm so happy to meet you like this. I think the energy and privileges of a university are priceless resources. College life is a grateful time to learn as much as you want with great professors and classmates, explore various fields, and lay the groundwork for what you are dreaming of. Before you go into society, I hope you enjoy all the privileges that the university gives you during the time you spend at Sungkyunkwan University. I hope that you understand your strengths, develop more, and fully trust work hard on your invaluable potential. Also, I hope you can courageously try new fields. I support your exciting and bright future!