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Management and Industrial Relations

Wonbin Sohn

Wonbin Sohn
  • Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management
  • Faculty Director, Master of Human Resource Management Program
  • Shidler College Faculty Fellow

Room

BusAd C-502h

Phone

(808) 956-7681
Curriculum Vitae

Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
  • B.A., Economics and Political Science, Swarthmore College

Courses Taught

Wonbin Sohn is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Wonbin earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from Swarthmore College, and his Ph.D. in Management from Texas McCombs School of Business. He has conducted research and consulting across various industries--including auto manufacturing, information technology, grocery retail, aviation transportation, finance, and the public sector. 

Research Interests

  • Employment arrangements
  • Team staffing and composition
  • Leadership development 

Selected Publications

  • Sohn, W., Yoon, D., & Ha, J. (2025). Inside or outside? The role of decision origin in idea pivoting in creative teams. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-025-10057-0
  • Sohn, W., & Harvey, J.-F. (2025). Team-supervisor time pressure (in)congruence and team creativity. Small Group Research, 56(2), 206–238. https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964241291819
  • Sohn, W., & Harvey, J.-F. (2024). Chasing two hares at once: The effects of goal orientation (in) congruence in teams. Human Resource Management, 63(6), 939–957. https://doi.org/10.1002/HRM.22242
  • Kim, Y. J., Lam, C. F., Oh, J., & Sohn, W. (2023). Employee constructive voice: An integrative review and a dyadic approach. Journal of Management, 49(1), 430–473. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221108654
  • Martins, L. L., & Sohn, W. (2022). How does diversity affect team cognition processes? Understanding the cognitive pathways underlying the diversity dividend in teams. Academy of Management Annals, 16(1), 134–178. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0109
  • Burris, E. R., & Sohn, W. (2021). Creating a culture of voice. Behavioral Science and Policy, 7(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/237946152100700106
  • Bernstein, E., Blunden, H., Brodsky, A., Sohn, W., & Waber, B. (2020, July). The implications of working without an office [Special Issue on the new reality of WFH]. Harvard Business Review: The Big Idea.

Awards & Honors

  • Shidler College Faculty Fellow, UH Mānoa, 2025
  • Shirley M. Lee Research Award, UH Mānoa, 2025
  • McCombs Research Excellence Grant, UT Austin, 2021
  • Graduate Continuing Fellowship, UT Austin, 2020/2021
  • William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Endowed Presidential Fellowship, UT Austin, 2019
  • Management Department Fellowship, UT Austin, 2019
  • New McCombs Fellowship, UT Austin, 2018
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Swarthmore College, 2013