Shame and Gender in Transcultural Contexts: Resourceful Investigations

這本書被視為關於羞恥感的研究、研究和概念的主要參考資料，從性別和跨學科、文化和跨文化的角度來看。它從正向心理學的角度，從理論、概念和實證的角度，闡明了羞恥感在性別背景下的意義。由於羞恥感的經驗、表達以及個體或集體處理羞恥感的方式在很大程度上取決於文化因素，因此在各章中特別重視考慮文化框架條件。這本書基於編輯們從正向心理學角度出版的前三本關於羞恥感的著作，以及即將出版的關於羞恥感和老化的著作。

Elisabeth Vanderheiden is a pedagogue, theologian, intercultural mediator. She is the CEO of the Global Institute for Transcultural Research and the President of Catholic Adult Education in Germany as well as the managing director of Catholic Adult Education Rhineland-Palatinate.. Her publishing activities focus not only on pedagogy, in particular on the further education of teachers and trainers in adult education, but also on the challenges and opportunities for digitalisation. She has edited books on intercultural and transcultural issues. Her most recent publications deal with shame as a resource, and with mistakes, errors and failures and their hidden potential in the context of culture and positive psychology. Her current research projects deal with love in transcultural contexts, life crises, and humour in the context of Positive Psychology 2.0. Other foci of her work are design thinking in transcultural contexts as well as Ikigai. Her work has received numerous awards, including the William B. Gudykunst Outstanding Book Award from the International Academy for Intercultural Research in July 2023 for the International Handbook of Love: Transcultural and Transdisciplinary Perspectives, co-edited with Claude-Hélène Mayer.

Claude-Hélène Mayer is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg. She is a Semester at Sea Alumni (SASFA22) and a Board member of the International Academy of Intercultural Research. Further, she is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Positive Psychology) and for the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. She holds doctoral degrees in psychology, Management and Cultural Anthropology. Her Venia Legendi is in psychology with a focus on work, organisational and cultural psychology from Europa Universität, Viadrina, Germany. Her research areas include transcultural mental health, salutogenesis, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership, shame and love across cultures, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and psychobiography. Her teaching areas are cross-cultural psychology, mental health, organizational theory, systems and design thinking, coaching, positive psychology, organizational behaviour and transcultural conflict management and mediation.

Elisabeth Vanderheiden是一位教育家、神學家和跨文化調解者。她是全球跨文化研究所的首席執行官，也是德國天主教成人教育的主席，以及德國萊茵蘭-普法爾茨天主教成人教育的總經理。她的出版活動不僅關注教育學，特別是成人教育中教師和培訓師的進修，還關注數字化帶來的挑戰和機遇。她編輯了關於跨文化和超文化問題的書籍。她最近的出版物涉及恥辱作為一種資源，以及文化和積極心理學背景下的錯誤、失誤和失敗及其潛在潛力。她目前的研究項目涉及跨文化背景下的愛、生活危機和積極心理學2.0背景下的幽默。她的工作還包括跨文化背景下的設計思維和生活目標（Ikigai）。她的工作獲得了許多獎項，包括2023年7月國際跨文化研究學會頒發的威廉·B·古迪昆斯特傑出書籍獎，該獎項是由她與Claude-Hélène Mayer共同編輯的《國際愛的手冊：跨文化和跨學科視角》獲得的。

Claude-Hélène Mayer是約翰內斯堡大學工業心理學和人力資源管理系的工業和組織心理學教授。她是Semester at Sea校友（SASFA22）和國際跨文化研究學會的董事會成員。此外，她還是《Frontiers in Psychology》（積極心理學）和《國際跨文化管理期刊》的副編輯。她擁有心理學、管理學和文化人類學的博士學位。她的心理學博士學位來自德國Viadrina Europa Universität，專注於工作、組織和文化心理學。她的研究領域包括跨文化心理健康、健康生成、跨文化衝突管理和調解、女性領導、跨文化背景下的恥辱和愛、第四次工業革命以及心理傳記學。她的教學領域包括跨文化心理學、心理健康、組織理論、系統和設計思維、教練、積極心理學、組織行為以及跨文化衝突管理和調解。