Academic Staff Directory

Kim, Jin

BA(UC Berkeley); MS(Seoul National University); PhD(Yale University)

Assistant Professor

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Department of Marketing

Biography

Jin Kim is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He studies consumer behaviour and judgment and decision-making, with a focus on how AI influences people’s evaluations and choices.

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.