Kang, Sanghoon (Hoonie)（姜尙勳）

Biography

Prof. Sanghoon Hoonie Kang joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School as an Assistant Professor of Management in August 2021. He teaches courses entitled “Business Negotiations,” “Introduction to Management,” and “Global Experiential Learning.”

Prof. Kang’s research concentrates on three related topic areas: expertise, algorithms, and negotiations. Specifically, he examines how experts’ ego detrimentally impacts their judgments and explores their tendencies to become more overconfident when challenged – as part of bolstering their abilities to generate better predictions. He also investigates how people perceive and behave when receiving algorithm-generated advice. His most recent working papers are on the consequences of rejecting algorithm advice and on competing against a rival at a negotiation.

Prof. Kang has published his research in several of the leading management, psychology, and negotiation journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Group Decision and Negotiation, and Journal of Behavioral Addictions.

Prof. Kang received a BA in Economics from Yonsei University; a MS in Management from Yonsei School of Business; and a PhD in Management from Rutgers Business School.

Teaching Areas

Organisational Behavior
Negotiations

Research Interests

Decision-Making
Overconfidence and Cognitive Biases
Algorithms
Negotiations

• Publications & Working Papers
  • Sanghoon Hoonie Kang and Jerry Kim (2022), “The Fragility of Experts: A Moderated-Mediation Model of Expertise, Identity Threat, and Overprecision,” Academy of Management Journal, 65(2), 577-605.
  • Sanghoon Hoonie Kang and Terri Kurtzberg (2019), “Reach for Your Cell Phone at Your Own Rist: The Cognitive Costs of Media Choice for Breaks,” Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 8(3), 395-403.
  • Terri Kurtzberg, Sanghoon Hoonie Kang, and Charles Naquin (2018), “The Effect of E-Communication Richness on Negotiation Performance: Screen Size, Video, and Text in Negotiations,” Group Decision and Negotiation, 27(4), 573-592.
  • Sanghoon Hoonie Kang and Hunjoon Park (2014), “As Long As You Trust Me: Negotiation Outcome Upon Power Transition, Asymmetric Awareness, and Trust,” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), 10179.

• Awards & Honours
  • Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, awarded by Rutgers Business School with USD 20,000, 2019-2020
  • Fulbright Graduate Study Award, awarded by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of US Department of State with USD 70,000, 2015-2020
  • Magna Cum Laude, Yonsei University, 2010

• Academic/Professional Services
  • Member, Academy of Management, 2014-Present