Curriculum Vitae
Yukiko Muramoto, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Social Psychology, The University of Tokyo
Journal Articles
- Yukiko Muramoto. Effects of a developmental stage of identity on social comparison. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 4 (1), 1989, 1-10. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto. Fuzzy boundary between group and togetherness situation: A variety of identity found at a park in every early morning. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 12 (2), 1996, 113-124. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto and Susumu Yamaguchi. Another type of self-serving bias: Coexistence of self-effacing and group-serving tendencies in attribution among Japanese. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37 (1), 1997, 65-75. ☞PDF
- Susumu Yamaguchi, Hiroko Inoue, Yukiko Muramoto, and Setsuko Ozawa. Reward allocation among groups and individuals: A vignette study. In Leung, K., Kashima, Y., Kim, U., & Yamaguchi, S. (Eds.), Progress in Asian Social Psychology, Vol. 1. Singapore: Wiley. 1997, pp.79-94.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Future directions for the study of "culture" in social psychology: Towards a mutual understanding and symbiosis among cultures. Studies in Cultural Symbiotics, 1, 2003, 73-80.
- Yukiko Muramoto and Susumu Yamaguchi. When "self-effacement" disappears: Narratives of personal and group successes depending on an ingroup relationship. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 43 (3), 2003, 253-262. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto. An indirect self-enhancement in relationship among Japanese. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34 (5), 2003, 552-566. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto, Susumu Yamaguchi, and Uichol Kim. Perception of achievement attribution in individual and group contexts: Comparative analysis of Japanese, Korean, and Asian American results. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12 (3), 2009, 199-210. ☞PDF
- Tae-Yeol Kim, Todd J. Weber, Kwok Leung, and Yukiko Muramoto. Perceived fairness of pay: The importance of task versus maintenance inputs in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Management and Organization Review, 6 (1), 2010, 31-54. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto. Preservation and change of "Neya" custom in a remote fishing village: A social psychological perspective. Annual Report of the Center for Evolving Humanities Study of Cultural Exchange, 2013, 1-10.
- Yukiko Muramoto and Yumi Endo. The maintenance and change of the "Neya" custom in Toshi Island: An ethnographic research on a socio-ecological perspective. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 2015, 213-233. ☞PDF
- Ikutaro Masaki and Yukiko Muramoto. The effect of organizational commitment on organizational-learning. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 31 (1), 2015, 46-55. ☞PDF
- Shuma Iwatani and Yukiko Muramoto. Antecedent conditions and consequences of pluralistic ignorance: An experimental investigation on individual cognition and behavior. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 31 (2), 2015, 101-111. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto and Yumi Endo. Keep changing to remain unchanged: A way to maintain a cultural custom in the face of environmental change. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 87 (5), 2016, 495-505. ☞PDF
- Shuma Iwatani, Yukiko Muramoto, and Iori Kasahara. Effects of Reputation estimation on normative behaviors: Focusing on perceived relational mobility. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 32 (2), 2016, 104-114. ☞PDF
- Ikutaro Masaki and Yukiko Muramoto. Functions of diversity climates in highly diverse workplaces, and their relationships with organizational systems. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57 (1), 2017, 12-28. ☞PDF
- Shuma Iwatani and Yukiko Muramoto. Antecedent conditions of pluralistic ignorance: Focusing on preference estimation. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57 (1), 2017, 29-41. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto and Kazuki Yamada. The effects of psychological distance on dispositional attribution in Japanese culture. In M. C. Gastardo-Conaco, M. E. J. Macapagal, & Y. Muramoto (Eds.), Asian Psychology and Asian Societies in the Midst of Change. Psychological Association of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, 2017, pp. 101-125.
- Shuma Iwatani & Yukiko Muramoto. Two types of reputation leading to normative behavior: The effect of reputation depending on residential mobility and individuals' abilities of relationship-building. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 33 (1), 2017, 16-25. ☞PDF
- Shiho Futagami and Yukiko Muramoto. A study on work attitudes of Japanese employees from the perspective of decent work. Journal Transition Studies Review, 24 (2), 2017, 21-29. ☞PDF
- Yume Imataki, Naoki Aida, & Yukiko Muramoto. The effect of leaders' implicit theories on team performance management: Evaluation of members with poor performance. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 33 (3), 2018, 115-125. ☞PDF
- Daniel A. Effron, Hazel Rose Markus, Lauren M. Jackman, Yukiko Muramoto, and Hamdi Muluk. Hypocrisy and culture: Failing to practice what you preach receives harsher interpersonal reactions in independent (vs. interdependent) cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 2018, 371-384. ☞PDF
- Ikutaro Masaki & Yukiko Muramoto. Psychological effects of job characteristics in gender diverse workplace: From the perspective of task interdependency and role ambiguity. Japanese Journal of Administrative Science, 30 (3), 2018, 133-149. ☞PDF
- Keita Suzuki, Aoto Oka, & Yukiko Muramoto. Entity theorists value of effort: The effects of implicit theories and information of effort on evaluating others ability. Journal of Human Environmental Studies, 16 (2), 2018, 83-88. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto. Achievement, attribution, and the role of the self and relationship. In U. Kim & Y.-S. Park (Eds.), Asia's Educational Miracle: Psychological, Social, and Cultural Perspectives, Springer Science +Business Media, LLC, New York (in press).
- Shuma Iwatani, Ikutaro Masaki, & Yukiko Muramoto. The relationship between job performance and mobility: Moderating effects of organizational climate and cost of mobility. Japanese Journal of Administrative Science, 31 (3), 2020, 101-116.
- Keita Suzuki, Tomoya Yoshino, and Yukiko Muramoto. The effects of a selection system and implicit theories on individual effort. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60 (1), 2020, 50-55. ☞PDF
- Ikutaro Masaki and Yukiko Muramoto. The role of gratitude in gender-diverse workplaces: Effects of collective gratitude on affective commitment. Organizational Science, 54 (3), 2021, 20-31. ☞PDF
- Ikutaro Masaki and Yukiko Muramoto. Pluralistic ignorance about diversity beliefs: Misalignment and misperception among employees in the workplace. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 37 (1), 2021, 1-14. ☞PDF
- Keita Suzuki, Naoki Aida, and Yukiko Muramoto. Effect of Implicit Theory on Effort Allocation Strategies in Multiple Task-Choice Situations: An Investigation From a Socio-Ecological Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Dec 3; 12:767101. ☞PDF
- Keita Suzuki and Yukiko Muramoto. "You will never know unless you try hard": Entity theorists who perceive effort as information. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 62 (2), 2022, 64-79. ☞PDF
- Yukiko Muramoto. Organizational systems and culture: A social psychology perspective. Journal of Occupational Health Law, 1(1), 2022, 25-29. ☞PDF
- Shuma Iwatani and Yukiko Muramoto. Even those who perceive COVID-19 as low risk engage in infection prevention behavior in Japan: COVID-19 infection prevention behavior as a social norm. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45, 2023. ☞PDF
- Keita Suzuki, Tomoki Fujiwara, and Yukiko Muramoto. The effect of implicit theories on help-seeking behavior: Focusing on anticipated evaluation and perceived implicit theories of the peer member. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45, 2023. ☞PDF
Books and Proceedings (Editing)
- Minoru Karasawa and Yukiko Muramoto (Eds.). Dynamics of society and individuals. Tokyo: Seishin Shobo. 2011.
- Maria Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco, Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal and Yukiko Muramoto (Eds.). Asian Psychology and Asian Societies in the Midst of Change. Psychological Association of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, 2017, 304 pages.
- Shuma Iwatani, Ikutaro Masaki, and Yukiko Muramoto. Pluralistic ignorance: Mechanisms for maintaining unpopular norms. The University of Tokyo Press, 2023, 224 pages.
Book Chapters
- Yukiko Muramoto. Fuzzy boundary between group and togetherness situation: A variety of identity found at a park in every early morning. In Y. Minoura (Ed.) Techniques and practices of fieldwork: Introduction to micro-ethnography. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. 1999, pp.175-195.
- Yukiko Muramoto. My research. In Kyoto University PSI (Ed.) Toward a psychology in 21th century. Kyoto: Nakanishiya Shuppan. 2001, pp.14-17.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Culture and relationship. In S. Yamaguchi (Ed.) Social psychology: An approach from Asia. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. 2003, pp.51-65.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Culture. In S. Shirakashi & M. Toyama (Eds.) Social psychology. Tokyo: Yachiyo Shuppan. 2003, pp.197-227.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Social cognition and culture. In T. Oka (Ed.) Perspectives in studies of social cognition: The interface between mind and society. Tokyo: Baifukan Co. Ltd. 2004, 197-213.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Ways to approach mind and society. In T. Yoshida (Ed.) New shapes of psychological research methodology. Tokyo: Seishin Shobo. 2006, pp.221-243.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Tradition and change in the Japanese family. In J. Georgas, J. Berry, F. van de Vrijver, Y. H. Pootinga, & C. Kagitcibasi (Eds.), Families across cultures: A 30-nation psychological study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2006, pp.386-393.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Dynamic of organizations and individuals. In K. Ikeda, M. Karasawa, E. Kudo, & Y. Muramoto, New liberal arts social psychology. Tokyo: Yuhikaku. 2010, pp.351-372.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Understanding of collective behaviours from the micro-macro perspective. In K. Ikeda, M. Karasawa, E. Kudo, & Y. Muramoto, New liberal arts social psychology. Tokyo: Yuhikaku. 2010, pp.373-394.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Cultural differences of the mind. In K. Ikeda, M. Karasawa, E. Kudo, & Y. Muramoto, New liberal arts social psychology. Tokyo: Yuhikaku. 2010, pp.395-416.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Mutual construction of the mind and culture. In K. Ikeda, M. Karasawa, E. Kudo, & Y. Muramoto, New liberal arts social psychology. Tokyo: Yuhikaku. 2010, pp.417-437.
- Yukiko Muramoto and Masahiro Tsujimoto. Human beings as cultural beings. In M. Karasawa & Y. Muramoto (Eds.), Dynamics of society and individuals. Tokyo: Seishin Shobo. 2011, pp.266-285.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Culture. In K. Kayasawa (Ed.) New social psychology: Integration of wisdom between mind and society. Kitaohji Shobo. 2014, pp.131-148.
- Yukiko Muramoto. A concern about the issue of Self and Others. In S. Kumano & K. Sato (Eds.), Human sciences 3: Boundaries and interactions, University of Tokyo Press, 2014, pp.23-41.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Are there "cultural differences in the mind"?: An approach to mind vs. an approach to society. In K. Shigemasu (Ed.), Theory battles in psychology: Enjoy theories tackling questions of the mind. Shinyosha, 2021, pp. 101-118.
Book Translations
- Richard E. Nisbett (Translated by Yukiko Muramoto). The geography of thought: How Asians and Westerners think differently... and why [Japanese Version]. Tokyo: Diamond Inc, 2004.
- Pushakla Prasad (Translation supervised by Yasuko Minoura). Crafting qualitative research: Working in the postpositivist tradition [Japanese Version]. Chapter 6 Ethnography (Translated by Yukiko Muramoto). Kyoto: Nakanishiya Shuppan, 2018, pp.78-96.
Textbooks and Dictionaries
- Yukiko Muramoto. How to make academic presentations; How to conduct literature searches; How to find your research questions; etc. In T. Tanaka (Ed.) How to study in university. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. 2003, pp.34,88-101,116,126-133,156-159.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Human relations and cultures; Individualism and collectivism. In Japanese Society of Social Psychology (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd. 2009, pp.62-63, 80-81.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Crowd; Social loafing. In K. Ninomiya & M. Koyasu (Eds.), Keywords Collection: Social Psychology. Shinyosha, Co. 2011, pp.131-148, 164-167.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Experimental social psychology. In Japanese Association for Social Research (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Survey. Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd. 2014, pp.348-349.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Society and individuals. In K. Shigemasu (Eds.), Introduction to Psychology. Tokyo: Tomi Shobo. 2018, pp. 161-176.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Informal interview; Back-and-forth movement between data collection and analysis; etc. Masahiro Nouchi et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Qualitative Psychology. Shinyo-sha. 2018, pp. 11-12, 117, 147-148.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Cultural psychology; Ethnomethodology, etc. In M. Koyasu, Y. Tanno, & Yuji Hakoda (Supervised), Dictionary of contemporary psychology. Yuhikaku Publishing Co., 2021.
Book Reviews and Commentaries
- Yukiko Muramoto. Book review: Peter B. Smith and Michael H. Bond. Social psychology across cultures (2nd Edition). Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43 (2), 2003, pp.193-194.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Recognition of "reality" in the globalized society. TASC Monthly, September Issue, 2005, pp.4-7.
- Yukiko Muramoto. A book guide for studying qualitative psychology. Japanese Journal of Qualitative Psychology, 9, 2009.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Commentary: Richard E. Nisbett. Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count [Japanese Version]. Tokyo: Diamond Inc, 2010, pp.295-298.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Book review: Naoki Kugihara. Group Dynamics: Psychology of Groups and Crowds. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 27 (3), 2012, pp.194-195.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Social psychology of cultures, organizations, and leaders. RMS Message, 37, 2014, pp.35-36.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Japanese patterns of "self-effacement". TASC Monthly, November Issue, 2015, p.3.
- Yukiko Muramoto. The psychology of employee autonomy and worlplace atmosphere. RMS Message, 59, 2020, pp.18-20.
- Yukiko Muramoto. Reconsidering the division between "the Humanities" and "the Sciences": A social psychological perspective. Tokyo College Booklet Series 16: Symposium Series, The future of the humanities and social sciences (1), 2021, pp.22-29.
Conferences and Symposia
<Invited Speech, Organizing Symposia, etc.>
- Culture and personality. Symposium at the 7th congress of the Japan Society of Personality Psychology (Osaka Gakuin University), September 9 1998. [Discussant]
- Fieldwork as a methodology for social psychological research. Symposium at the 39th congress of the Japanese Association of Social Psychology, Tsukuba University, November 8 1998. [Panelist]
- Fieldwork in social and educational psychology. Lecture at the 41th congress of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, August 26 1999.
- Relationship, Group, and Culture: Toward A Social Psychology of Social Relations. Symposium at the 44th Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Melbourne, Australia, July 10 2001. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Masaki Yuki)
- Relationship, Group, and Culture: Toward A Social Psychology of "Social Relations". Workshop at the 44th Conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Toyo University, September 18 2003. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Masaki Yuki)
- Revisiting the concept of "interdependence" among Japanese. Invited Presentation at the 6th conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand. August 2 2005.
- Environment recognition and cultural difference. Invited Presentation at the workshop of Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, June 12 2006.
- Towards to a comprehensive understanding on cultural influences on psychological development from childhood to young adulthood. Symposium at the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, July 19 2006. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Gang Zheng)
- What do students learn from education of qualitative research. Symposium at the 48th congress of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology, Okayama University, September 16 2006. [Discussant]
- Achievement, attribution and the role of the self and group. Invited Presentation at the International Congress of Asia's Education Miracle, Incheon, Korea, October 29 2006.
- The concept of "culture": Its diverseness and effectiveness in psychological research. Workshop at the 70th Conference of Japanese Association of Psychology, Kyushu University, November 4 2006. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Fumio Murakami and Yukiko Uchida)
- A one-shot training of fieldwork for applied psychology. Workshop at the 75th Conference of Japan Association of Applied Psychology, Toyo University, September 15 2008. [Organizer]
- Two different ways of enhancing the self. Invited Presentation at the 6th Biennial Conference of the International Academy of Intercultural Research, Honolulu, USA, August 16 2009.
- New perspectives to break out of the current social psychology. Symposium at the 50th conference of Japan Association of Social Psychology, Osaka University, October 11 2009. [Panelist]
- Organization and culture in the age of globalization. Invited Lecture at Fukyukai Economics Seminar, Japan National Press Club, November 18 2009.
- Mind and culture: A social psychological approach. Seminar at the Consortium for Applied Neuroscience, Toyosu Center Building, February 27 2012.
- A challenge to the fundamental attribution error: The power of the situation and studies of "mind and culture". Invited Presentation at the 181th monthly meeting of Japan Association for Science, Technology, and Society, The University of Tokyo, July 26 2012.
- Another try to measure and visualize norms. Workshop at the 53th Conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Nov 17-18 2012. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Tomio Kinoshita and Hiroyuki Yamaguchi)
- Another try to measure and visualize norms (2): An attempt to overcome a limitation of "individual cognition". Workshop at the 54th Conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Okinawa International University, Nov 2 2013. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Tomio Kinoshita and Hiroyuki Yamaguchi)
- Revisit research of norms by focusing on "pluralistic ignorance". Workshop at the 55th Conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Hokkaido University, July 27 2014. [Organizer] (Co-organizer: Tomio Kinoshita and Hiroyuki Yamaguchi)
- Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology: Beyond common sense and prejudice of the mind. Symposium at Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology Public Symposium, October 18 2014. [Invited Seminar]
- Shaping social sensitivity: Discussion about "the self and others". Lecture at the 7th Asahi Public Lecture Series, The University of Tokyo, Oct 26 2015.
- Difficulties and Potentialities in the front line of organizational research: From the academic and practical standpoints. Workshop at the 63th Conference of Japanese Group Dynamics Association, The University of Tokyo, Sep 30 2017. [Organizer] (Co-organizer: Ikutaro Masaki)
- Future outlook of local community studies. Symposium at the 82th Conference of Japanese Psychological Association, Sendai International Center, Sep 25 2018. [Organizer and Panelist] (Co-organizer: Masahiro Tsujimoto)
- Various ways to introduce the appeals of psychology to people. Symposium at the 82th Conference of Japanese Psychological Association, Sendai International Center, Sep 25 2018. [Panelist]
- What is the "Japaneseness" for foreigners?: A social psychological approach. Japan Branding Workshop at the Consortium for Applied Neuroscience, Essam Kanda Hall, Oct 31 2018.
- What we should teach in psychological statistics?：Beyond the contest between frequentism and Bayesianism. Symposium at the 83th Conference of Japanese Psychological Association, Risumeikan University, Sep 11 2019. [Discussant]
- Exploring the group dymanics of "netizen". Symposium at the 65th Conference of Japanese Group Dynamics Association, Toyama University, Oct 19 2019. [Discussant]
- Social atmosphere and individual mind. Lecture at the 129th Public Lecture Series, The University of Tokyo, Jun 22 2019.
- Institutions and culture in organizations: A social psychological perspective. Invited Lecture at the 1st Conference of Japan Association of Occupation Health Law, Hitotsubashi University (on Web), Sep 23 2021.
- Reconsidering the division between "the Humanities" and "the Sciences": From a perspective of social psychology. Tokyo College Symposium Series, The future of the humanities and social sciences: Reconsidering the division between "the Humanities" and "the Sciences", The University of Tokyo (on Web), Jul 12 2021.
- The light and shadow of "Freedom of choice". Faculy of Letters, The University of Tokyo Open Campus for High School Students 2023. The University of Tokyo (on Web), Aug 3, 2023.
- Tokyo College Book Launch Event "Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed?" The University of Tokyo (on Web), Apr 20, 2023. [Commentator]
- Diversity and identity issues in organizations. OTD (Org. Transformation by Diversity) Research Group: the 7th OTD Academia on Web), Oct. 23, 2023. [Invited Lecture]
<Papers Presented at Conferences (1994-2011)>
<Papers Presented at Conferences (2012-present)>
- Another self-serving bias: Coexistence of self-effacing and group-serving tendencies in attribution among Japanese. The University of Tokyo. March, 1999.