Hyunsun Park

Dr. Hyunsun Park is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, and earned her B.B.A., B.A., and M.S. in Business Administration from Yonsei University in Korea.

Her research centers on employee voice and proactivity and social class and status dynamics in the workplace. She investigates why employees hesitate to speak up, how organizations can foster proactive behaviors, and how social class influences workplace experiences. Her work employs multi-method approaches including field surveys, experiments, interviews, and archival data.

Dr. Park’s recent publications span topics such as failure mindsets enhancing voice, status hierarchies in teams, and class-based barriers in professional settings. Her research has been published in top journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Harvard Business Review.

She has been recognized with prestigious awards including:

• SIOP S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award
• Academy of Management Best Paper Award

Dr. Park serves on the Editorial Review Board of the Academy of Management Journal and reviews for leading journals in her field. She collaborates with organizations in technology, hospitality, retail, engineering, and consulting to deliver research-based solutions. Prior to her academic career, she worked in financial analysis and management consulting in Korea and Singapore.

She is actively involved in mentoring and research supervision, though specific advisees are not listed. Her lab or research team is not explicitly named, but her multi-industry collaborations suggest an engaged, applied research group focused on actionable organizational insights.