Hye Jin Rho
- Assistant Professor
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Institute for Work and Employment Research at Sloan School of Management
- MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Management Research
- BA, Northwestern University, Political Science and International Studies
- South Kedzie Hall
- 368 Farm Lane, Room S414
- East Lansing, MI 48824
- (517) 432-2802
- rhohj@msu.edu
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AREA OF EXPERTISE
Changing nature of work, including algorithmic management systems, digital technologies, and alternative work arrangements.
BIOSKETCH
Hye Jin Rho is an Assistant Professor at the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University. She holds a PhD in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management with the Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER).
Professor Rho's research examines how new technologies, organizational practices, and evolving employment arrangements are reshaping work and workers' experiences, with particular attention to inequality, worker voice, and power. She employs both quantitative and qualitative methods in her research, at the intersection of labor relations, sociology of work, and applied labor economics.
Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan foundation, and Russell Sage Foundation, and has appeared in journals including Management Science, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Work and Occupations. In 2026, she received the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)'s John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award.
