I am an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at School of Management and Sociology (by courtesy) at Yale University. You can contact me at mj.kim@yale.edu. My Google Scholar page is here, and university page here.
My research broadly examines when, why, and how social actors coordinate their actions, often in strategic contexts. One ongoing project investigates how elites in cultural markets enact elite closure and sustain their advantage. Another examines when and how founders retain employees at their firms. A third project considers when and why “low-status” projects—those lacking endorsement from industry insiders—may outperform higher-status projects at the gatekeeping stage, when industry incumbents decide which projects reach broader lay audiences. As such, my work examines dynamics of coordination across a range of contexts, including organizations, entrepreneurship, politics, and cultural markets.
Before joining Yale, I was an assistant professor of management (organizational behavior) at Rice University. I was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and received my doctoral degree from the Economic Sociology program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Before joining academia, I worked as a consultant for local governments. I completed my undergraduate degree at University of Chicago.