PhD student in Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour
Biography
Chia-Chi holds a BA (Distinction) in Psychology and a MSc in Clinical & Health Psychology from the National Taiwan University. His Master's thesis explored the employee’s perception of work stressors by a model which integrated P-E Fit Theory, Demand-Control model and Effort-Reward Imbalance model. Chia-Chi is also a National Certified Clinical Psychologist in Taiwan, gaining his experience in individual psychotherapy (Cognitive-Behaviour Therapeutic Approach) and psychological assessment in National Taiwan University Hospital.
Chia-Chi had participated in many research projects. He was a RA in Prof. Felipe Gonzalez Castro’s lab in Arizona State University, primarily focusing on the project about resilience of Hispanic leaders and employees. In 2010, he was the RA of Prof. Wan-Yu Yeh in the Institute of Occupational Health in Council of Labour Affairs, working on the project of “Measurement and Statistical Analysis of Psychological Stress of Workers in Taiwan”. During his pursuing of MSc in Clinical & Health Psychology, he joined Prof En-Chang Wu’s project on the coping and psychological process of chronic disease patients.
Chia-Chi’s strong interest in academic work of stress in the workplace and passion for teaching future students motivated him to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Professor Coyle-Shapiro and Dr Chia-Huei Wu.
Research interests
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Psychological contract
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Work stress and stress perception
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Work stress coping process
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Employee emotion and health
Supervisors
Conference presentations
Chang, C., Wu, C., & Wu, E. (2010). Clarifying occupational stressors of Research & Development Personnel in High-Technology Industry by Person-Environment Fit Theory. Oral presentation in 4th Asia Congress of Health Psychology, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Lu, Y., Chang, C., & Yeh, K. (2010). Filial piety and self-esteem as predictors of aging attitude. Oral presentation in 4th Asia Congress of Health Psychology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chang, W., Chang, C., & Chang, C. (2010) Exploring the effect of Aging knowledge and Parents’ occupational types on Aging attitude. Oral presentation in 4th Asia Congress of Health Psychology, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Chien, L., Chang, C., Wu, C., Yeh, S., & Wu, E. (2009). Gender Difference in the Relationships of Weight and Concurrent and Later Cognitive Functions in Old Adults. Oral presentation in 3th Research Conference of Taiwan Medical Association for Obesity, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Boehm-Smith, E., Chang, C., Winkler, A., Kellison, J., & Castro, F.G. (2008). Aculturation, leadership and other factors as predictors of resilience. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Arizona, Phoenix, USA.
Kellison, J., Johnston, A., Chang, C., Jelincic, A., Winkler, A., & Castro, F.G. (2008). Positive machismo attitudes as correlates of resilience in Hispanic populations. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Arizona, Phoenix, USA.