Hae Lyeng (Rose) Kim Directory Page

Hae-Lyeng Rose Kim began the Smith PhD program in Fall 2019. Rose's primary research interest involves workplace contexts that facilitate or hinder employee proactive behavior. Specifically, Rose focuses on how different fundamental human desires and needs, including the desire to connect with nature and desire for power/status, impact proactive behavior at work.

Rose earned her MS in Business Administration with a concentration in Organizational Behavior from Seoul National University, MS in Journalism from Columbia University, and BS in Business Administration from Seoul National University. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Rose worked in the finance industry and as a journalist at Bloomberg, where she covered South Korea's corporate governance issues and the auto industry.