Jung Won LEE

Jung Won LEE is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Management department at ESSEC Business School, France. Her research explores psychological foundations of interpersonal networks and their organizational implications through experimental, survey, and network analysis methodologies.

Her educational background includes a PhD in Management from University College London (2020), MA in Cognitive Studies from Columbia University, and BA in Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Lee investigates how cognitive and motivational processes shape network formation and utilization, with focus on consequences like burnout, abusive supervision, and creativity. Her work bridges organizational behavior, social psychology, and network science to explain workplace dynamics.

Recent publications (2020-2024) consistently examine the psychological costs of network brokerage, revealing how spanning structural holes leads to burnout and abusive behavior while exploring dormant tie reactivation and new relationship formation.

Her scientific contributions have received significant recognition:

• Andreas Al-Laham Best Paper Award 2020 (European Group for Organizational Studies)
• Best Symposium Award of the OMT Division at Academy of Management 2019
• Finalist for Best Symposium Award (MOC Division, AOM 2019)
• Best Paper Award (MOC Division, AOM 2018)
• Best Paper Proceedings (AOM 2018)
• MRes Distinction (UCL, 2014)

Research funding includes ESSEC Business School Research Grant (2020), Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award (2016), and UCL PhD grants/scholarships (2013). She teaches Social Network Analysis, People and Organizations, and Organizational Behavior while maintaining active membership in Academy of Management and European Group for Organizational Studies.