Human Resource Development

Sangok Yoo

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Human Resource Development
Building: COB 315.17
Email: syoo@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.565.5646

Biography

Dr. Sangok Yoo is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development. Dr. Yoo received the PhD in HRD at the University of Minnesota in 2020 with two minors – Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, and Quantitative Methods in Education. His dissertation, The Effects of Expertise Diversity and Task Interdependence on Project Team Effectiveness, received the 2021 ATD Dissertation Award. He earned M.A. in Life-long Education, B.S. in Chemistry Education, and B.A. in Education at Seoul National University, South Korea. Previously, he was an assistant professor of management in the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth School of Business at Northwest Missouri State University.

Dr. Yoo’s research agenda focuses on team dynamics, learning, and creativity in interdisciplinary teams, using quantitative methods. His broader research interests also include questions relating to leadership and task design factors that enhance knowledge sharing and creation at the workplace. He has actively published in refereed journals in HRD and related areas, including Human Resources Quarterly, Creativity and Innovation Management, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Personnel Review, Entrepreneurship Research Journal, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, and Developmental Psychology.

Dr. Yoo is also a highly committed instructor in various HRD and related topics. His teaching interests embrace Organizational Learning and Development; Team Development; Research Design; and Quantitative Methods and Advanced Statistics.

Curriculum Vitae