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