Understanding Generation Z through collective consciousness: Impacts for hospitality work and employment

This paper offers insights into Generation Z (Gen Z), using the collective consciousness as an underlying mechanism that shapes generationally distinct human values and behaviors. Written life narratives of 125 Gen Z, University students in Thailand, were used to identify links and commonalities between shared experiences, human values and work behaviors. A combination of major national and global events, personal events, social and technological vehicles played a key role in shaping Gen Z’s collective consciousness, leading to a number of salient human values, including universalism, benevolence, self-direction, achievement and security. The links between collective consciousness and values offer a pathway to a more accurate understanding about generational groups and their corresponding work behaviors. Implications for managers and policy are offered which can facilitate attraction, retention and engagement of Gen Z in the 2020s workplace. Impacts of COVID-19 are addressed and suggestions offered in relation to potential impacts on this generation in a work context.     

IT能力与企业创新绩效关系研究——双元学习的调节作用

近年来IT能力对企业创新绩效的影响愈发受到关注，然而，关于双元学习对两者关系作用的研究较少。基于组织学习理论，构建理论模型，探讨IT基础能力和IT体系惯例对企业创新绩效的影响，以及双元学习的调节效应。对313家企业问卷调查的分析表明：IT基础能力和IT体系惯例两种IT能力均能促进企业创新绩效提升。调节作用结果显示：探索式学习、利用式学习均能加强IT能力对企业创新绩效的促进作用。     

All people are created equal? Racial discrimination and its impact on hospitality career satisfaction

Drawing on self-determination theory, this paper investigated the level of racial discrimination in the hospitality industry and examined its effects on hospitality career satisfaction. Based on a sample of 179 hospitality students who were working in the industry, the study showed that racial discrimination is prevalent in the hospitality industry such that people of color suffer from a higher level of discrimination than Whites people. However, there is no difference in racial discrimination among racial/ethnic minority groups. Structural equation modeling results also showed that a high level of racial discrimination results in a lower level of hospitality career satisfaction. Overall, the results suggested that people of color have a lower level of career satisfaction via the mediating roles of racial discrimination and basic needs satisfaction. Results have theoretical and practical implications related to racial discrimination, as well as diversity management and education.     

A Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America

This paper proposes a new Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America. The index combines monetary and non‐monetary indicators, updates deprivation cut‐offs for certain traditional unsatisfied basic needs indicators and includes some new indicators, aiming to maximize regional comparability within the data constraints. The index is estimated for 17 countries of the region at two points in time—one around 2005 and the other around 2012. Overall, we estimate about 28 percent of people are multidimensionally poor in 2012 in the region. We find statistically significant reductions of poverty in most countries, both in terms of incidence and intensity over the period under analysis. However, important disparities between rural and urban areas remain. Statistical scrutiny of the index suggests that it captures the state of poverty relatively well while maintaining a certain parsimony and being highly robust to changes in weights, indicators, and poverty cut‐off.     

基础研究发展对技术创新的影响：基于最优研发结构视角

基于1998-2019年中国省级层面数据，从最优研发结构视角实证检验基础研究发展对技术创新的影响。结果发现，基础研究发展与技术创新之间呈倒U型关系，存在一个最优基础研究占比。基础研究与应用研究融合发展有利于推动技术创新；在不同经济发展阶段，为促进技术创新所要求的最优基础研究占比不同，东部地区所要求的最优基础研究占比高于中西部地区；任何偏离最优基础研究占比的实际基础研究占比都会拖累技术创新。东部地区实际基础研究占比低于其最优基础研究占比的幅度大，因此东部地区技术创新损失程度高于中西部地区。     

一般政治系统理论基本特点刍议

一般政治系统理论是政治过程和公共决策过程分析的重要理论和框架。在以往认知的基础上,通过深入反思,可知一般政治系统理论既是政治分析方法和框架,更是概括性的一般政治学理论;既是对于社会政治生活的宏观分析,更是对于社会政治生活的微观分析;既是对于政治生活的静态分析,更是对于政治生活的动态分析;既是对于社会政治生活的结构性分析,更是对于社会政治生活的过程和机制性分析;既是规范性理论,更是经验性理论;既是以政治心理为基础的政治行为互动模式分析,更是政治心理与政治规则、政治行为与政治国家和制度的结合分析模式。     

浅谈当前基层金融单位的思想政治工作

当前基层金融单位的思想政治工作进行了论述,认为应一、立足行业特点、在"教育"上下功夫,二、立足中心、三、在"贴紧"上下功夫,四、立足热点、在"凝聚"上下功夫,五、立足实际功效,在"结合"上下功夫,六、立足"四个注重",在"实效"上下功夫。     

浅议基层央行在经济转型升级中的重要作用

本文深入阐述了贯彻落实科学发展观的现实要求,结合实际和当前宏观调控目标,以浙江省为例,提出了基层人民银行在推进经济转型升级中的具体举措。     

城乡统筹中的基本公共服务均等化规划技术探讨

在当前我国政府财力仍不雄厚、公共服务资源依然短缺的背景下,探讨以资源配置高效率为导向的基本公共服务均等化规划技术,有着十分积极的现实意义.本文将基本公共服务均等化问题转化为具有基本公共服务能力的服务节点相对于居民点的空间可达性问题,以四川省安岳县为案例,借助居民问卷调查资料和地理信息系统空间分析功能,重点分析了基本公共...     

刍议基础会计课程难点问题的讲解方法

基础会计课是会计学科系列课程中的入门课程。初学会计的学生通常对很多会计相关概念及处理方法等都难以理解与掌握,因此要求教师在讲授基础会计课程的过程中运用一些有效的方法进行讲解。文章对基础会计课程前2章教学内容的教学过程中存在的难点问题进行了总结,并结合笔者自身教学实践及相关研究,对这些难点问题提出了一些具体的讲解方法。