Sophia Jeong
Program Head of Undergraduate Program and Visiting Associate Professor
Research Interests
Professor Jeong's teaching and research interests span altruism and prosociality in organizations, with a focus on the mechanisms that produce them at multiple levels of analysis: individuals (prosocial motivation, moral emotions, identity extension), leaders (ethical leadership), teams (group affect, trust, conflict), and organizations (corporate social responsibility, social enterprises). She is extending this line of inquiry to AI-mediated work, including artificial intelligence in human resource management. Her research appears in leading journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Human Relations, and the Journal of Business Ethics, among others.
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Prior to joining MBZUAI, Professor Jeong was Program Head of Undergraduate Studies in Business, Organizations and Society at New York University Abu Dhabi, where she directed the program's curriculum and faculty. She joined NYU Abu Dhabi as Visiting Associate Professor in 2022 and served as Associate Program Head. Before that, she taught at Zayed University, as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in the College of Business, and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as Assistant Professor of Management from 2011 to 2018. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration, concentrating in organizational behavior and human resource management, from the University of South Carolina in 2011.
- Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of South Carolina, USA
- M.A. in Business Administration, Ajou University, South Korea
- B.A. in Business Administration, Ajou University, South Korea
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Organizational Behavior, current
- Representative-at-Large, Organizational Neuroscience and Biology Interest Group, Academy of Management, current
- Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, 2019 to 2025
- Faculty Advancement Seed Grant (competitive), New York University Abu Dhabi, 2025
- Research Incentive Grant, Zayed University, Principal Investigator, 2022
- Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Principal Investigator, 2013 to 2016
- Jeong, S.S.: "Emotions in business ethics education", in A. West (Ed.): "Teaching Ethics in Business", Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, forthcoming.
- Jeong, S.S., Sun, C., & Yam, K.C.: "The affective processes of ethical leadership: The role of moral emotions. Journal of Business Ethics", 196(1), 149-167, 2025.
- Au, K., Jeong, S.S., Hsu, A.J.C., & Xiao, Y.: "When does prosocial motivation deliver? A dual-motivations approach to social enterprise outcomes", Journal of Business Ethics, 193(1), 159-178, 2024.
- Jeong, S.S., Gong, Y., & Henderson, A.A.: "Sympathy or distress? The moderating role of negative emotion differentiation in helping behavior", Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 40(4), 1429-1458, 2023.
- Henderson, A.A., Jeong, S.S., & Horan, K.A.: "Trust in management and state government mitigate the relationships between individual- and state-level stressors and well-being during COVID-19", Journal of Managerial Psychology, 38(7), 496-511, 2023.
- Jeong, S.S., & Korsgaard, M.A.: "Individual- and group-level consequences of divergence in perceived group affect", Human Relations, 75(12), 2218-2245, 2022.
- Kim, Y., Jeong, S.S., Yiu, D.W., & Moon, J.: "Frequent CEO turnover and firm performance: The resilience effect of workforce diversity", Journal of Business Ethics, 173(1), 185-203, 2021.
- Jeong, S.S., & Alhanaee, D.W.: "Prosocial motivation as a driver of social innovation in the UAE", Social Science Quarterly, 2020.
- Kautz, J., Korsgaard, M.A., & Jeong, S.S.: "Values, other-interest, and ethical behavior: The critical role of moral emotions", in M.A. Hitt (Ed.): "Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management", New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.