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Youjeong Song

PhD Candidate
Department of Work and Organizations

Education:

  • M.S. 2019
    Management, Yonsei University
  • B.B.A 2016
    Business Administration, Yonsei University

Expertise:

  • Diversity and Inclusion: Language, Gender, Political Ideology
  • Multilingual Workplace
  • Migrant Workers

Biography

Youjeong Song is a Ph.D. candidate in the Work and Organizations Department at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Youjeong's research focuses on understanding the experiences of people from diverse backgrounds and promoting supportive workplace environments. She examines under-researched themes with implications for diversity and inclusion at work, such as language diversity, gender, and political ideology in the context of multilingual teams, migration, and recruitment.

In her dissertation, Youjeong investigates how language barriers impact individuals and teams in multilingual workplaces through two essays. Essay 1 examines the effects of three team language properties on team performance via team language barriers. In Essay 2, she introduces and explores the concept of "language brokerage," where individuals with language skills assist communication and facilitate interactions in situations with language barriers. Youjeong won the Business for a Better World (B4BW) Dissertation Proposal Competition (2023) and the Carlson Dissertation Fellowship (2023), and was a finalist for the HumRRO Fellowship in I-O Psychology (2024). 

For her teaching, Youjeong won the Carlson Excellence in Teaching Award (2022) and the Dedication to Student Learning Award (2022). Youjeong is passionate about designing and leading Human Resources and Organizational Behavior undergraduate- and graduate-level courses. Youjeong also won the Best Reviewer Award from the Asia Academy of Management (2024) for her service. 

Selected Works & Activities

  • Journal Articles
    Dossinger, K., Wanberg, C. R., Song, Y., & Basbug, G. (2023). Lookism Climate in Organizations: Construct Development and Validation of a Scale. Journal of Management. pp.1-28.
  • Journal Articles
    Lee, J. W., & Song, Y. (2019). Promoting employee job crafting at work: the roles of motivation and team context. Personnel Review, 49(3), pp.689-708.
  • Book Chapters
    Wanberg, C. R., Song, Y., & Yoo, S. M. (2024). Recruiting Women in the Workplace: A Review of Empirical Research. In J. E. Slaughter & D. G. Allen (Eds.), Essentials of Employee Recruitment: Individual and Organizational Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • External Honors & Awards

    Finalist, HumRRO Fellowship in I-O Psychology, HumRRO (2024)

    Best Reviewer Award, Asia Academy of Management (2024)

    Doctoral Travel Stipend Award, Academy of International Business (2024)

    Winner, Dissertation Proposal Competition Award, Business for a Better World (B4BW), Colorado State University (2023)

    University of Minnesota

    Grant for Diversity Equity and Inclusion Research (2023-2024)

    Carlson School of Management PhD Student Conference Travel Fellowship (2022-2024)

    WORG PhD Student Small Research Grant (2019, 2021-2024)

    Carlson School of Management Dissertation Fellowship (2023)

    Carlson PhD Student Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)

    Dedication to Student Learning Award, Center for Educational Innovation (2022)

    Carlson Dean's Small Research Grant (2019, 2021)

    Council of Graduate Students Research Support Grant (2021)

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