Kawon is the Principal Investigator at the SNU OP Lab and an Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at SNU. Before joining SNU, she was an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in the Department of Marketing and Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  She earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at London Business School after completing her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology at SNU. Her research topics center around diversity, recruitment and selection, and entrepreneur behavior.

Seungju is a doctoral student at the SNU OP Lab. He earned his bachelor’s degree in leadership from the Korea Military Academy and his master’s degree in clinical and counseling psychology from Seoul National University. He is interested in where organizational members come to experience their work as worthwhile and rewarding, and how organizational members who feel left behind can eventually regain momentum and achieve success as they define it. In particular, he believes that leader behaviors can facilitate these processes. He is currently developing the scholarly competencies needed to investigate this belief rigorously and substantiate it persuasively.

Joonho is a master’s student at the SNU OP Lab, having earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Human Resource Management from Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, with magna cum laude distinction. His research examines how social status and demographic characteristics such as gender, social class, and occupational prestige shape identities, experiences, and behavior in organizational contexts. Through his work, Joonho seeks to contribute to research and practices that support people from diverse backgrounds in the workplace.

Hanna is a master’s student at the SNU OP Lab. She graduated from the Department of Psychology at Korea University with summa cum laude distinction. Her research interests center on how different work orientations and the experience of meaningful work influence individual motivation and organizational outcomes. She hopes to discover ways to build organizational cultures where employees can find meaning in what they do, promoting both personal growth and collective performance.

Seohyeon is a master’s student at the SNU OP Lab. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Chung-Ang University with magna cum laude distinction. Her research interest focuses on multiple jobholding, particularly hybrid entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on positive spillover between multiple work roles. She seeks to understand how experiences across multiple jobs influence individual well-being and meaningful career development. Seohyeon's overarching goal is to contribute to shaping workplaces where multiple jobholding is recognized as an opportunity that benefits both individuals and organizations.

Yeri is a master’s student at the SNU Organizational Psychology Lab. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Seoul National University. She aims to explore phenomena related to age stereotypes and discrimination in the workplace, with a particular focus on older workers. Her ultimate goal is to eliminate ageism in the workplace. Currently, she is interested in older workers’ “self-concepts” as a potential breakthrough. By employing diverse research methodologies, Yeri hopes to contribute to creating workplaces where no older worker has to endure negative experiences simply due to their age. 

Jihyun is a post-master’s researcher at the SNU OP Lab. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Business Administration from Chang-Ang University and a master’s degree from the SNU OP Lab. Her research centers on understanding the psychological challenges individuals face during early career trajectories. She is particularly interested in how job seekers’ emotional experiences and behavioral expressions unfold in recruitment and selection contexts, drawing on a combination of unstructured data analysis and traditional methodologies. Her ultimate goal is to support job seekers in navigating job search and career development processes more adaptively, while enabling organizations to identify talent in a fair and responsible manner.

Kiwon is a prospective master’s student at the SNU OP Lab. He graduated Cum Laude from Hanyang University, where he majored in Sociology and minored in Philosophy. His primary research interests include the psychological dynamics associated with transitions and mobility in social class, as well as the psychological understanding of entrepreneurship. He seeks to extend his sociological background into psychological research through interdisciplinary inquiry.