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Yuen Huo

Yuen Huo

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My general interest is in understanding the dynamics of relationships among individuals within a group and between members of different groups (e.g., inter-ethnic conflicts). In particular, my research examines how social identity needs and experiences with (un)fairness affect the outcomes of social interactions. In a recent line of work, I have been exploring how the quality of interpersonal interactions with group leaders and other members can influence both individuals’ willingness to act as a group member and their overall psychological adjustment, and how these relationships are mediated by motivational needs. I am also continuing to conduct research to identify psychological barriers to intergroup cooperation especially in workplaces, schools, the legal system, and other communities characterized by high levels of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Please visit my lab page for more information.

Primary Interests:

  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Group Processes
  • Helping, Prosocial Behavior
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Political Psychology
  • Self and Identity

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Books:

Journal Articles:

  • Binning, K. R., Unzueta, M., Huo, Y. J., & Molina, L. E. (2009). The interpretation of multiracial status and its relation to psychological and organizational well-being, Journal of Social Issues, 65, 35-49.
  • Epstein, L. M., Goff, P. A., Huo, Y. J., & Wong, L. (in press). A taste for justice: Unpacking identity politics in a nascent democracy. Political Psychology.
  • Flores, N. M., & Huo, Y. J. (in press). “We” are not all the same: Consequences of neglecting national origin identities among Asians and Latinos. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
  • Huo, Y. J. (2003). Procedural justice and social regulation across group boundaries: Does subgroup identity undermine relationship-based governance? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 336-348.
  • Huo, Y. J. (2002). Justice and the regulation of social relations: When and why do group members deny claims to social goods? British Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 535-562.
  • Huo, Y. J., & Binning, K. R. (2008). Why the psychological experience of respect matters in group life: An integrative account. Social Psychology and Personality Compass, 2, 1570-1585.
  • Huo, Y. J., Binning, K. R., & Molina, L. E. (2010). Testing an integrative model of respect: Implications for social engagement and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 200-212.
  • Huo, Y. J., & Molina, L. E. (2006). Is pluralism a viable model for diversity? The benefits and limits of subgroup respect. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 35, 237-254.
  • Huo, Y. J., Molina, L. E., Binning, K. R., & Funge, S. P. (2010). Subgroup respect, social engagement, and well-being: A field study of an ethnically diverse high school. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 427-436.
  • Huo, Y. J., Molina, L. E., Sawahata, R., & Deang, J. M. (2005). Leadership and the management of conflicts in diverse groups: Why acknowledging versus neglecting subgroup identity matters. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 237-254.
  • Huo, Y. J., Smith, H. J., Tyler, T. R., & Lind, E. A. (1996). Superordinate identification, subgroup identification, and justice concerns: Is separatism the problem?; Is assimilation the answer? Psychological Science, 7, 40-45.
  • Osborne, D., Smith, H. J., & Huo, Y. J. (2012). More than a feeling: Discrete emotions mediate the relationship between relative deprivation and reactions to workplace furloughs. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 628-641.
  • Pagano, S. J., & Huo, Y. J. (2007). The role of moral emotions in predicting policy attitudes about post-war Iraq. Political Psychology, 28, 227-255.
  • Smith, H. J., Tyler, T. R., Huo, Y. J., Ortiz, D., & Lind, E. A. (1998). The self-relevant implications of the group-value model: Group membership, self-worth, and treatment quality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34, 470-493.

Other Publications:

  • Huo, Y. J., Binning, K. R., & Molina, L. E. (2010). The interplay between fairness and the experience of respect: Implications for group life. In E. A. Mannix, M. A. Neale & E. Mullen (Eds.), Research on managing groups and teams: Fairness and groups (Vol. 13, pp. 95-120). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  • Huo, Y. J., & Tyler, T. R. (2001). Diversity and the viability of organizations: The role of procedural justice in bridging differences. In J. Greenberg & R. Cropanzano (Eds.), Advances in organizational justice (pp. 213-244). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.
  • Smith, H. J., Tyler, T. R., & Huo, Y. J. (2003). Interpersonal treatment, social identity and organizational behavior. In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.), Social identity at work: Developing theory for organizational practice (pp. 155-171). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.

Courses Taught:

  • Intergroup Relations
  • Introduction to Social Psychology
  • Justice and Social Conflicts
  • Methods in Social Psychology
  • Nonexperimental Research Methods
  • Psycology of Diversity

Yuen Huo
Department of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
Box 951563
Los Angeles, California 90095-1563
United States of America

  • Phone: (310) 794-5305

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