Assistant Professor
College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology
Academic Credentials
Ph.D. University of Central Florida
M.A. Yonsei University
B.A. Handong University
Teaching Area
- Organizational Behavior
- Leadership
Research Interests
- Work-Life Balance
- Employee Well-Being
- Aging and Retirement
Bio
Professor Rachel Choi is committed to advancing the field of organizational psychology and behavior. Her research focuses on areas such as work-life balance, employee well-being, and successful aging and retirement. Through both her research and teaching, Professor Choi aims to make a lasting, positive impact on the lives of employees and the broader world of work.
Publications
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SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
- Oh, G. G-E, Jeong, I., Wang, M., North, M., & Choi, Y. (2025). Too old to be creative? An age bias in creativity judgment. Work, Aging, and Retirement.
- Guo, F., Min, H., Jex, S., & Choi, Y. (2022). Old enough to perceive things differently? Detecting measurement invariance across age groups using Item-Focused Tree. Work, Aging, and Retirement. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waac004
- Park, J., Choi, Y., Chao, M. M., Beejinkhuu, U., & Sohn, Y. W. (2021). A cultural orientation approach to work orientation: Mongolian workers’ jobs, careers, and callings. Journal of Career Development. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08948453211040811
- Choi, Y. E., Cho, E., Jung, H. J., & Sohn, Y. W. (2018). Calling as a predictor of life satisfaction: The roles of psychological capital, work-family enrichment, and boundary management strategy. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(4), 567-582. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072717723092
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Jex, S. M., Choi, Y., Chang, W-C, Grosch, J., (2025). Retirement decision-making. In M. Wang (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of retirement (pp. 267-279). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Cho, E., & Choi, Y. (2018). A review of work-family research in Confucian Asia. In K. M. Shockley, W. Shen, & R. C. Johnson (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of the global work–family interface(pp. 371–385). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235556.020
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- , S., Choi, Y., & Peng, Y. (2024). Refocusing on stress appraisals and their antecedents and consequences. Symposium presented at the annual conference of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Chicago, IL, USA.
- Choi, Y., Oberdick, C., Boris, J., & Jex, S. (2023). Older workers’ perceived discrimination and its impact on work-life conflict and subjective health and well-being. Poster presented at the 2023 Work, Stress, and Health (WSH) conference.
- Choi, Y., Jex, S. M., LeNoble, C., Lee, J., & Kim, B. (2023). Recovery guilt intervention: A mixed-method research proposal. Poster presented at the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington D.C., USA.
- Choi, Y., Su., S., Jex, S. M., & Min, H. (2022). Examining the effect of family-to-work interface on older workers’ subjective well-being and perceived ability to work: The mediating role of personal sense of control. Poster presented at the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science (APS), Chicago, IL, USA.
- Choi, Y., Jex, S. M., & Min, H. (2021). Examining the roles of family factors on retirees’ life and family satisfaction and health. Poster presented at the 2021 Work, Stress, and Health (WSH) conference.
