My research examines how interpersonal and social dynamics shape whether creative ideas are recognized, developed, and advanced in organizations. I study how managers evaluate ideas, how creators communicate and seek feedback, and how the teams and social networks surrounding creators shape creative and innovative outcomes.
Research Areas
1. Creativity, Evaluation, and Idea Endorsement
I examine how managers decide which creative ideas to support and implement. My work considers how cognitive biases, perceptions of risk, and managers' affective states shape evaluations of novel ideas, as well as how organizations can reduce these biases and improve creative decision-making.
2. Idea Ownership, Feedback, and Collaboration
I study how creators' own behaviors shape what happens to their ideas after generation. This work examines how claiming ownership affects collaboration, how psychological ownership influences feedback seeking, and why creators may sometimes avoid valuable feedback from high-status others.
3. Social Networks, Teams, and Innovation
I examine how the broader social context surrounding creators influences creativity and innovation. My research explores how employees' backgrounds shape the networks they build, when brokerage facilitates or constrains innovation, and how teams' knowledge portfolios influence creative outcomes.
Publication
Hong, R. S., Venkataramani, V., & Yang, M. (2025). The double-edged sword of endorsing external ideas: Juggling competitive advantage and organizational compatibility concerns. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 189, 104417.
Finalist, Best Student-Led Paper Award, Academy of Management Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, 2022
Revise & Resubmit/Under Review
Hong, R. S., Venkataramani, V., & Yang, M. Interpersonal Consequences of Creative Idea Claiming. [Second-round review, Organization Science]
Venkataramani, V., Mannucci, P. V., & Hong, R. S. Team Member’s Knowledge Portfolios and Team Creativity. [Under Review, Strategic Management Journal]
Selected Working Papers
Hong, R. S. & Li, S. Too Invested to Ask: How Psychological Ownership and Idea Novelty Drive Creators Away from High-Status Feedback.
Selected as a Top Proposal, SIOP 2026 Motivation, Attitudes, and Emotions Theme Track.
Hong, R. S., Venkataramani, V., & Seo, M. Managers' Affective States and Creative Idea Evaluation.
Hong, R. S. & Li, S. Reaching Out or Holding Back: Undergraduate Institution Ranking and Creative Ideation Networks.
Li, S. & Hong, R. S. From Innovation Gains to Overload Pains: Brokerage Orientations and the Curvilinear Returns to Cross-Sector Brokerage.
Selected as a Top Proposal, SIOP 2026 Organizational Processes/Development/Culture Theme Track.
Kim, J.Y. & Hong, R. S. Organizational Identification of Followers and Entrepreneur Loneliness.
Hong, R. S. & Kim, J.Y. Spousal Venture Involvement and Employee Creative Work Outcomes.
Lim, V. & Hong, R. S. Creative Idea Evaluator Networks and Collaboration.