Inchul Cho, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
Of Management
Office locationCottrell Center, 205,
Area(s) of Expertise: Organizational Behavior; Human Resource Management; Performance Management; Employee Assessment; Leadership; Workplace Behavior
Overview
Dr. Inchul Cho is an Associate Professor of Management in the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia. He joined ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in 2020 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2024. Prior to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Dr. Cho served as an Assistant Professor of Management at McNeese State University and Black Hills State University.
Dr. Cho’s research focuses on organizational behavior and human resource management, with particular emphasis on performance evaluation, employee self–other ratings, cultural influences in the workplace, flexible work arrangements, precrastination, and mentoring. His work has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Review, Human Performance, and Applied Psychology: An International Review.
Courses Taught
- MGMT 3661: Fundamentals of Management
- MGMT 4669: Organizational Behavior
- MGMT 4665: Human Resource Management
Education
- Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Texas A&M University, 2017
- M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Hoseo University, South Korea, 2010
- B.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Hoseo University, South Korea, 2008
Research/Special Interests
Performance management and employee assessment; self–other rating accuracy; cultural values and workplace behavior; precrastination; flexible work arrangements; mentoring and management education.
Publications
Guo, J., Cho, I., & Nifadkar, S. (2025). Workplace precrastination: Conceptualization and scale development. Frontiers in Psychology.
Cho, I., & Joa, C. Y. (2025). Instagram for recruiting: A content analysis and effects of information and interactions in hiring-related posts. Personnel Review.
Arthur, W., Jr., et al. (2025). Individual and team skill acquisition, retention, and reacquisition. Human Performance.
Cho, I., Hu, B., & Berry, C. M. (2023). A meta-analysis of modesty bias in East Asian self-ratings of job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Cho, I., Berry, C. M., Payne, S. C., & Lee, P. (2023). Are self-ratings from a supervisor’s perspective a valid substitute for supervisor ratings? Journal of Applied Psychology.
Jang, S., Allen, T., Kim, E. S., O’Brien, K., Cho, I., Ceylan, S. (2022). Measurement invariance of organizational citizenship behavior across employee gender. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 71, 1535-1564.
Arthur, W., Jr., Keiser, N., Atoba, O. A., Cho, I., & Edwards, B. D. (2021). Does the use of alternative predictor methods reduce subgroup differences? It depends on the construct. Human Resource Management. 60, 479-498.
Chiaburu, D. S., Cho, I., Bunch, J., Hargrove, D., & Thundiyil, T. (2018). Alienation and its avatars: Clarifying measurement issues. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 18, 44-52.
Chiaburu, D. S., Cho, I. & Thundiyil, T. (2017). What predicts individuals’ disidentification? The joint effect of fearful attachment and social and economic exchanges. Journal of Organizational Psychology. 17, 111-122.
Cho, I., Diaz, I., & Chiaburu, D. S. (2017). Blindsided by linearity? The curvilinear effect of leader behaviors. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 38, 146-163.
Arthur, W. Jr., Cho, I., & Muñoz, G. J. (2016). Red vs. green: Does exam booklet color matter in higher education summative evaluations? Not likely. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 23, 1596-1601.
Cho, I., & Payne, S. C. (2016). Other important questions: When, how, and why do cultural values influence performance management? Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 9, 343-350.
Chiaburu, D. S., Cho, I. & Gardner, R. G. (2015). Authenticity matters more than intelligence and personality in predicting metacognition. Industrial and Commercial Training. 47, 363-371.