Kim, Jin
Kim, Jin
BA(UC Berkeley); MS(Seoul National University); PhD(Yale University)
Assistant Professor
Contact
Department of Marketing
Room 1134, 11/F
Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
+852 3943 5305
Biography
Jin Kim is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CUHK, he conducted postdoctoral research at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. He earned his PhD in Management (Marketing concentration) from Yale University, MS in Business Administration from Seoul National University, and BA in Economics from UC Berkeley. His research interests lie in consumer psychology and judgment and decision-making.
Research Interests
Consumer Behaviour
Artificial Intelligence
Judgment and Decision Making
Research Methods
Publications & Working Papers
- Jin Kim, Veronika Izmaylova, and Corey Cusimano (2026), “People Think They Deserve Rewards for AI’s Work,” Revise & Resubmit.
- Jin Kim and Gal Zauberman (2024), “The Relationship Between Political Ideology and Judgements of Bias in Distributional Outcomes,” Nature Human Behaviour, 8(2), 228–242.
- Corey Cusimano, Jin Kim, and Jared Wong (2025), “Achievement (Not Effort) Makes People Feel Entitled to Rewards,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(19), e2409131122.
- Minkyu Shin, Jin Kim, and Jiwoong Shin (2026), “The Adoption and Efficacy of Large Language Models in US Consumer Financial Complaints,” Nature Human Behaviour, 10(4), 669–680.
- Jin Kim and George E. Newman (2026), “Creators Have Difficulty Abandoning Ideas They Generated,” Scientific Reports, accepted for publication.
- Minkyu Shin, Jin Kim, Bas van Opheusden, and Thomas L. Griffiths (2023), “Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Human Decision-Making by Increasing Novelty,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(12), e2214840120
- David De Cremer, Kwong Chan, and Jin Kim (2026), “AI Fatigue: The Hidden Challenge in the Race for AI Adoption,” The European Business Review, May–June, 76–80.
- George E. Newman and Jin Kim (2026), “The Originality Ostrich Effect,” Revise & Resubmit.
- Koen Pauwels, Claire Mahon, Jin Kim, and David De Cremer (2026), “Managing the Dual Challenge of AI Adoption: An Integrative Framework for Employee and Customer Success,” Business Horizons, in press.
- Bouke Klein Teeselink, Jin Kim, and Gal Zauberman (2025), “Racial Differences in the Income–Well-Being Gradient,” Judgment and Decision Making, 20, e41.
- Jared Wong and Jin Kim (2024), “Walk This Way: How Weight Distorts Gender Identification of Point-Light Walkers,” Social Cognition, 42(2), 133–159.
- Jin Kim, George E. Newman, Natalie O. Fedotova, and Paul Rozin (2023), “The Spiritual Contagion Scale: A Measure of Beliefs in the Transfer of Metaphysical Properties,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 33(2), 412–423.
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