• Assistant Professor
  • Sophia Chia-Min Chou
  • Discipline:Leadership, organizational behavior, cultural psychology
  • E-mail:sophia.chou@ntnu.edu.tw
  • Tel:+886-2-7749-5994
  • Discipline: Leadership, organizational behavior, cultural psychology
  1. Chou, S. C.-M. (2024). Beyond reach but within sight: Ethical leaders’ pursuit of seeming unattainable role models in East Asia. Journal of Business Ethics, 195, 631-652. [2023 SSCI IF: 5.9; JCR Q1 in Ethics, ranked top 2.6% (2/57); FT 50 journal; 國科會管一學門推薦期刊]
  2. Chou, S. C.-M. (2024). Ethical leaders' search for meaning: Ancient Confucian wisdom in modern East Asia. Culture & Psychology. [SSCI; SJR Q1 in Cultural Studies]
  3. Chou, S. C.-M. (2024). From unrealistic to realistic optimism: Ancient Confucian wisdom in modern business context. Culture & Psychology. [SSCI; SJR Q1 in Cultural Studies]
  4. 周佳敏(2025)。天命動力模型:儒家道德領導之前因歷程研究。組織與管理,18(1),99-182。[TSSCI第一級期刊;國科會管一學門推薦期刊]
  5. 周佳敏(2024)。黃光國思想的歷史意義:照亮人類文明的東西會通灼見。中華本土社會科學期刊,5,61-88。
  6. 周佳敏、葉光輝*(2023)。「佛家慈悲」是否等同西方 compassion?建構含攝佛法的慈悲構念。本土諮商心理學學刊,14(3),1-72。
  7. 周佳敏(2022)。東西會通研究方法之探討:以「心性的曼陀羅模型」為例。中華本土社會科學期刊,1,105-146。
  8. 周佳敏(2018)。論中華文化之現代價值和推廣策略。鵝湖月刊,522,0-1。
  9. 周佳敏、鄭伯壎*、黃光國、余思賢(2017)。從「義利兩難」到「義利合一」:使命型儒商之心理機制。本土心理學研究,47,305-370。[TSSCI第一級期刊]
  1. Chou, S. C.-M. (2024, August). Benevolence repaid with malevolence: How can ethical leaders sustain moral motivation? Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  2. 周佳敏、葉光輝(20227月)。慈悲:道德異化的東方解方。第12屆華人心理學家學術研討會。中央研究院,台北。
  3. 周佳敏、葉光輝、黃光國(202110月)。慈悲的重新構念化:東方的整體認知觀點。第四屆社會科學本土化學術研討會暨第五屆本土諮商心理學學術研討會。國立彰化師範大學,彰化。
  4. 葉光輝、周佳敏202110月) 。儒家自性修養觀:21世紀全球道德及價值惡化的解方。第四屆社會科學本土化學術研討會暨第五屆本土諮商心理學學術研討會。國立彰化師範大學,彰化。
  5. Chou, S. C.-M. (2018, April). How to build moral character in East Asia: Theorizing and validating Confucian approaches from a psychological perspective. Paper presented at the 12th Anniversary Conference of the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME), Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  6. Chou, S. C.-M., Chien, C. J., Chou, W. J. & Cheng, B. S. (2017, August). Managing contradiction in a paradoxical world. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
  7. Chou, S. C.-M. & Cheng, B. S. (2015, June). Transforming from unrealistic to realistic optimism: Steve Jobs as an example. Paper presented at the Fourth World Congress on Positive Psychology (WCPP), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.A.
  8. Chou, S. C.-M., Cheng, B. S. & Hwang, K. K. (2014, August). Dialectical leadership in a contradictory world. Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  
  9. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, July). In search of optimal optimism: Can we be realistically optimistic? Poster presented at the 121st American Psychological Association Annual Convention (APA), Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
  10. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, July). Are positive illusions required for optimism? The moderating effect of perceived control. Poster presented at the 121st American Psychological Association Annual Convention (APA), Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
  11. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, June). What is optimal about optimal optimism? The pros and cons of realistic optimism. Poster presented at the Third World Congress on Positive Psychology (WCPP), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  12. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, June). Optimal optimism: Establishing a cognitive model of realistic optimism. Poster presented at the Third World Congress on Positive Psychology (WCPP), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  13. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, June). Optimal optimism: Establishing a motivational model of realistic optimism. Poster presented at the Third World Congress on Positive Psychology (WCPP), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  14. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, May). Optimal optimism model: Exploring the cognitive content of realistic optimism. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, DC, U.S.A.
  15. Chou, S. C.-M. (2013, April). Upper echelons’ choice: To be positive or paranoid? Poster presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
  1. Chou, S. C.-M. (2025). Confucian diligence: A core ethical value that shapes business success in East Asia. In C. Machado (Ed.), Ethics in management and business (pp. 21–51). Springer.
  2. Yeh, K-H.* & Chou, S. C.-M. (2024). A perspective on Confucian self-cultivation: A solution to the global degradation of morality in the twenty-first century. In A. Dueck & L. Sundararajan (Eds.), Values and indigenous psychology in the age of the machine and market (pp. 157–179). Palgrave Macmillan.
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