Sunjin Pak

Assistant Professor
박선진
College of Business and Public Administration
California State University Bakersfield
(August 2022 - Present)

Grants, Awards, & Fellowship

Research Grants

• Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Competition, CSUB ($5,000) 2024

• Faculty Advisory Committee for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Mini Grant, CSUB ($5,000) 2024

• Center for Environment Study Mini-Grant, CSUB ($5,000) 2024

• Faculty TLC Spring 2024 Mini Grant , Faculty Teaching & Learning Center, CSUB ($500), 2024

• Faculty TLC Fall 2023 Mini Grant , Faculty Teaching & Learning Center, CSUB ($500), 2023

• Research Support Award, Campus Research Board, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ($29,923), 2022-2025

  • • A Glorified Work Culture? Investigating the Overwork Culture and Workaholism from an Interpersonal Network Perspective (with Dr. Amit Kramer, Sanghoon Lee, Yaqing He)

• Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, Campus Research Board, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ($29,020), 2019-2020

  • • Untangling Workaholism: A Meta-Analytic Examination and Scale Development (with Dr. Amit Kramer, Sanghoon Lee)

• LER Research Grant, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois (total $2,000), 2018-2019

• LER Dissertation Grant, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois ($400), 2019

Awards & Fellowships

• 2024 Journal of Vocational Behavior Editorial Board Member of the Year Award 

• 2024-25 Student Research Scholars Award - Advisee: Zachary Federici, CSUB ($2,000)

• 2024-25 Student Research Scholars Award - Advisee: Joey Bernard, CSUB ($2,000)

• 2024-25 Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Award - Promoting Scholarly Engagement: Supporting Student Researchers in Presenting at International Conference, CSUB ($5,000), 2024

• 2024 Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management - Organizational Behavior Division, 2024

• 2024-2025 Exceptional Service Award, CSUB (3 WTU reassigned time), 2024

• 2024-2025 Kegley Institute of Ethics (KIE) Faculty Fellowship, CSUB ($2,500), 2024

• 2023-24 Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Award - Fostering Research & Development in HRM, CSUB ($6,141.86), 2023

• Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management - Organization Behavior Division, 2023

• 2020-21 President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, Finalist, Slippery Rock University ($250 professional travel funds), 2021

• Nominated for the 2020-21 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Slippery Rock University, 2020

• Tim Judge Fellowship, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois ($6,000), 2019

• Best Doctoral Conference Papers, Academy of Management Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI, $1,000), 2018

  • • Pak, S., Kramer, A., Lee, Y., & Kim, K. J. (2018). Mediating role of energy in the relationship between working hours and work-family interface. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1), 12897. doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12897abstract

    • Media coverage [Link]

    • Conference Travel Award, The Graduate College, University of Illinois ($2,500), 2015-2018

• University Fellowship, University of Illinois ($8,000), 2014-2015

• Department Fellowship, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois ($2,000), 2014-2015

• Fellowship, College of Business, Korea University (total $14,613), 2011-2013

• Conference Travel Award, The Graduate College, Korea University ($1,300), 2013

• Hyundai Motor Group Scholarship, Hyundai Motor Group ($20,000), 2007-2008

• Fellowship, College of Engineering, Korea University (total $42,256), 2002-2008