Sonya Lin

Dr. Sonya Lin is a Lecturer in HRM, Organizational Behavior, and Work Psychology at Aston Business School, Aston University, since March 2023. She is an early career researcher with a PhD from Australian National University (2022), focusing on non-work contexts’ influence on workplace creativity.

• Education:
  • PhD (Australian National University)
  • MPhil (University of Western Australia)

Research Interests: Sonya investigates creativity (idea generation, work-family crossover), leadership (role occupancy, stepdown, perfectionism), and work-family dynamics (parental creativity, gender roles, pregnancy at work). Her work integrates organizational psychology with family systems theory.

Recent Publications highlight trends in employee well-being, leadership impact on families, and perfectionism’s role in creativity. These works often employ longitudinal studies and self-regulation theory.

• Honors & Grants:
  • Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Grant (2023-2024)
  • Best Paper Nomination (AOM, 2022)
  • Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Grant (2020-2021)

Teaching: Sonya instructs undergraduate and apprenticeship students in Creativity and Leadership modules. She also chairs PhD selection committees and serves on the BSS Research Ethics Committee.