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Olwen Bedford draws on a diverse background of professional and academic experience working with international organizations, NGOs, and governments to conduct I/O research using a Chinese indigenous approach. Her early research used an ethnographic method to map out the roles and functions of the two moral emotions that support moral functioning: guilt and shame. Dr. Bedford built on these findings to formulate a cross-cultural framework of guilt and shame in relation to identity and morality in Western and Confucian cultures. Two subsequent interrelated lines of research build on this framework. The first focuses on morality, identity, and interpersonal relations in the workplace with an emphasis on face and conflict resolution. The second takes an organizational perspective to examine the relation between an organization’s operating environment and its culture and ethics.
Education
Ph.D., Sociocultural Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder
M.B.A., Thunderbird School of International Management
Research Interests
- Moral emotions and face
- Conflict resolution
- Organizational culture and ethics
- Filial piety and the development of autonomy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bedford, O. & Hwang, S. (2009). Flower drinking and the socialization of masculinity in Taiwan. Journal of Sex Research, 46, 1-11.
Huang, Y.H. & Bedford, O. (in press). The role of cross-cultural factors in integrative conflict resolution and crisis communication: The Hainan incident as a case. American Behavioral Scientist.
Hwang, S. & Bedford, O. (2008). Juveniles’ motivations for remaining in prostitution. In A. Walsh & C. Hemmens (Eds.) Introduction to Criminology: A Text/Reader (pp. 475-485). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Yeh, Y.K., Bedford, O., & Yang, Y. J. (2007). A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Coexistence and Domain-Superiority of Individuating and Relating Autonomy. International Journal of Psychology, 1-9.
Bedford, O. (2007). Guilt, shame, and identity: A cultural perspective. In A. Bernardo, C. Gastardo-Conaco, & E.C.D. Liwag (Eds.) The Self, Relationships, and Subjective Well-Being in Asia: Psychological Social and Cultural Perspectives (pp. 83-104). Seoul, Korea: Kyoyook-Kwahak-Sa.
Bedford, O. & Hwang, K. K. (2006). Taiwanese Identity and Democracy: The Social Psychology of Taiwan's 2004 Elections. Palgrave-MacMillan, New York: New York.
Bedford, O. (2004). The individual experience of guilt and shame in Chinese culture. Culture and Psychology, 10(1), 123-146.
Hwang, Shu-Ling & Bedford, O. (2004). Juveniles' motivations for remaining in prostitution. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28(2), 136-146.
Yeh, Kuang-hui & Bedford, O. (2003). Filial piety: A test of the dual model. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 6(3), 215-228.
Hwang, S. & Bedford, O. (2003). Precursors and pathways to juvenile prostitution in Taiwan. Journal of Sex Research, 40(2), 201-210.
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