Current PhD Students

Mina Son

Mina Son

Assessment, Person-Situation Interaction, Application of NLP to IO topics

Selected Publications

Lee, P., Son, M., Zhou, S., Joo, S., Jia, Z., & Cheng, V. (2025). The journey of forced choice measurement over 80 years: Past, present, and future. Organizational Research Methods.

Lee, P., & Son, M. (in press). Twenty questions about employment testing fairness and bias in South Korea. In W. Arthur Jr. (Ed.), Global perspectives on the definition, assessment, and reduction of bias and unfairness in employment testing. Cambridge University Press and Assessment.

Kim, J., Son, M., & Dalal, R. S. (2024) Situational strength. In Oxford bibliographies. Oxford University Press. 

Lee, P., Joo, S., & Son, M. (2024). Detecting careless respondents in multidimensional forced choice data: An application of lz person-fit Statistic to the TIRT Model. Journal of Business and Psychology. 39, 541–564. 

Lee, P., Fyffe, S., Son, M., Jia, Z., & Yao, Z. (2023) A paradigm shift from “Human Writing” to “Machine Generation” in personality test development: An application of state-of-the-art natural language processing, Journal of Business and Psychology, 38(1), 163-190.

Lee, P., Joo, S., Zhou, S. & Son, M. (2022). Investigating the impact of negatively keyed statements on multidimensional forced-choice personality measures: A comparison of partially ipsative and IRT scoring methods. Personality and Individual Differences, 191, 197-229.

Expanded Publication List

Cho, E., Son, M., Reiley, S., & Kim, E. (accepted). Development and validation of kindergarten dynamic assessments of early reading and language. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.

Son, M. (2025). Identifying faking profiles of job applicants using overclaiming and social desirability scales. Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society, 27(2).

Lee, P., Son, M., Zhou, S., Joo, S., Jia, Z., & Cheng V. (accepted). The Journey of Forced Choice Measurement Over 80 Years: Past, Present, and Future. Organizational Research Methods.

Lee, P. & Son, M. (in press) Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Fairness and Bias in South Korea, Global Perspectives on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing, Cambridge University Press and Assessment.

Lee, P., Joo, S., & Son, M. (2023). Detecting Careless Respondents in Multidimensional Forced Choice Data: An Application of lz Person-Fit Statistic to the TIRT Model. Journal of Business and Psychology, 1-24.

Lee, P., Fyffe, S., Son, M., Jia, Z., & Yao, Z. (2023) A paradigm shift from “Human Writing” to “Machine Generation” in personality test development: An application of state-of-the-art natural language processing, Journal of Business and Psychology, 38(1), 163-190.

Lee, P., Joo, S., Zhou, S. & Son, M. (2022). Investigating the impact of negatively keyed statements on multidimensional forced-choice personality measures: A comparison of partially ipsative and IRT scoring methods. Personality and Individual Differences, 191, 197-229.

Yang, J., Son, M., & Noh, S. (2021). Employment news agenda and trends analysis in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic using text mining. Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy, 21(2), 197-229.

Shin, J., Suh, E. M., & Son, M. (2014). Judging extraversion from a 3-second voice clip. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 28, 41-58.

Courses Taught

PSYC 300 Statistics in Psychology (Instructor, Lab Instructor)

PSYC 435 Personnel Training and Development (Instructor)

PSYC 643 General Linear Modeling - II (Lab Instructor)

PSYC 642 General Linear Modeling - I (Lab Instructor)

PSYC 301 Research Methods in Psychology (Instructor)

PSYC 320 Psychological Tests and Measurements (Lab Instructor)

Education

M.A. in Personality and Social Psychology (Yonsei University, 2015)

B.S. in Urban Planning and Engineering (Yonsei University, 2013)

Recent Presentations

Son, M. (July, 2025). From human raters to AI: Generative large language models as raters in test development and validation settings [James C. Johnson Best Student Paper Award presentation]. Annual Conference of International Personnel Assessment Council, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Son, M., & Lee, P. (July, 2025). Generative LLMs as raters in test development and validation [Paper Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark. * Selected as Top 10% Best Papers.

Jia, Z. & Son, M. (July, 2025). A new approach to detect fakers: Combining machine learning and person-fit statistics [Poster]. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Son, M., Kim, J., Sohn, J., Nguyen, L. K., Maguire, L., & Dalal, R. S. (April, 2025). Connecting the dots: Reviewing the current status of situational strength theory and its disconnection from situation content [Symposium Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Son, M., & Lee, P. (April, 2025). Can generative AI serve as a rater for test development and validation? [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Jia, Z., Lee, P., Son, M., Zhou, S., & Fyffe, S. (April, 2025). A multi-faceted investigation of faking in text-based personality assessments [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Sohn, J., Son, M., & Lee, P. (April, 2025). More valid, less fakable: Examining contextualization on personality assessments [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Cheng, V. W., Son, M., & Lee, P. (April, 2025). Evaluating the effectiveness of construct-based SJTs in motivated testing settings [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Ponce, L. P., Son, M., Moon, N.A., Kaplan, S. A., Lee, P. (2024, August). Towards a new understanding: Validating a multidimensional political will measure [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, United States. 

Ponce, L. P., Son, M., Moon, N.A., Kaplan, S. A., Lee, P. (2024, April). Navigating the office arena: Developing a multidimensional measure for political will [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States. 

Son, M., Lee, P., Cheng, V. W., & Lee, H. (April, 2023). Faking profiles of job applicants from overclaiming and social desirability scales [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States.

Kim, J., Son, M., Baines, J. I., Bui, T. N., Tsai, H.-C., Aranda, N., Dalal, R. S., Kaplan, S. A. (April, 2023). Do tight cultures act as strong situations? A meta-analytic test [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States.