Dr. Sowon Kim, PhD

Associate Professor at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (Switzerland)

A little bit about Dr. Sowon Kim…

Dr. Sowon Kim is an Associate Professor at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (Switzerland) and Founder of the Women in Leadership (WIL) Initiative launched in 2018. She teaches in bachelor's, master's and executive education programs fields of leadership and intercultural management. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on personality, networking, work-family, and leadership diversity. She has published in diverse outlets such as the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resources Management Journal, and Personality and Individual Differences. Dr. Kim holds a PhD from the University of Geneva, was a Visiting Scholar at IESE Business School and INSEAD Fontainebleau (both funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation) and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Kim gained substantial business experience in the consumer goods, high-tech, broadcasting, and jewelry industries. Of Korean nationality, Dr. Kim speaks four languages and lived / worked in eight countries before settling in Martigny (Switzerland) with her family.

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