She earned her Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior) in the School of Management at State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Her research interests include Leadership Processes at Multiple Levels of Analysis, Organizational Justice, Social Identity and Identification in Organizations and Interdisciplinary Works. Her research has been published in leading journals, such as the Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management, Group and Organization Management, Decision Support Systems, Information and Management, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Her teaching interests include Leadership and Team Building, and Organizational Behavior. Prior to her doctoral study, she worked at two prestigious research institutes in Korea for five years.