Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are very glad to share good news with you!

GHRM English MBA Alumna Maya has won awards in two Thesis Competitions:

1. 12^th TSC Taiwan Thesis Competition (2019 TSC第12屆崇越論文大賞暨第4屆崇越行銷大賞頒獎典禮) – Excellent Master Thesis Award
2. 2019 Fubon Thesis Competition (2019富邦人壽管理博碩士論文獎) – Award for Outstanding Performance in the Category of Human Resource Management and Organization Theory.

　　Students from all over Taiwan have been submitting their works and waiting for the results. The competitions are two stage process – as soon as the first-round results were announced, students were invited to give a presentation of the manuscripts. Final results were announced during the Award Ceremony, which took place in Taipei on 3^rd of August 2019 (it is interesting that both Ceremonies are held on the same day (12^th TSC Taiwan Thesis Competition Award Ceremony in the morning and 2019 Fubon Thesis Competition in the afternoon). It was surprising for participants that President Tsai Ing-wen joined the opening of Award Ceremony and gave a speech.

　　Maya has graduated from GHRM English MBA Program last month (July 2019) and had a chance to submit her Master Thesis titled: “Being proactive when your coworkers are not happy: Exploring the moderating roles of proactive personality and self-control capacity.” for participation in the above-mentioned Thesis Competitions.

　　Maya has joined GHRM English MBA Program at NSYSU in September 2017 and has been actively working on her research. Within 2 years of Master Program Maya achieved high performance and some academic milestones:

• in December 2018 she presented a paper in the 32nd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference in the Organizational Behavior Delivery Stream and the paper won 2 Awards: “ANZAM Conference Best Paper in OB Stream” and “ANZAM Conference Best Paper”.
• she also became an honorary member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of Taiwan as one of the students who achieved academic excellence by the time of graduation.

　　Maya decided to stay at NSYSU for PhD Program at Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management. She is fond of research and looking forward to more challenges in her academic career, as she wants to make contribution to research based on her working experience and inspiration, she got from her studies at NSYSU.

　　Asking Maya on her participation, she replied with very heartwarming answer: “I have spent a lot of time developing the research framework, doing literature review and collecting the data. The method I chose is not the easiest one. It also was not an easy task to finish writing thesis before the Competitions deadline, preparing for Thesis Oral Defense and final exams, but I knew it is a great opportunity to get acknowledgement of my work by Taiwanese Scholars and tried my best to fulfill this task. It all wouldn’t be possible without guidance and support of my Advisor Professor Nai-Wen Chi, as he inspired me with his own example of hard work and aspiration for research. He has encouraged and invigorated me to apply for participation in these Thesis Competitions. It was an honor for me to represent NSYSU and GHRM English MBA Program and present my paper in the Competitions. I have received a lot of nice feedback, questions and comments from Competitions Committee Members and feel even more inspired to continue my research as Institute of Human Resource Management PhD student at NSYSU. I would like to thank my Advisor Professor Chi Nai Wen for his guidance and support, Director Sharon Wang, College International Manager Ms. Cindy Lin, GHRM English MBA Program Coordinator and other staff for their kind support though my studies and whole National Sun Yat-sen University for welcoming me and providing with resources and knowledge!”

        We are very glad that our students achieve such high standards and represent GHRM English MBA Program and NSYSU in the country level Competitions winning highest awards. We encourage our students to work hard on their research, try a lot of opportunities and expand their limits!