Towards the use of chronological age in research – A cautionary comment

In recent years, this journal published several articles that used chronological age in their models to distinguish customer behavior between younger and older people. While all these articles are in line with the growing importance of age-related research, chronological age is not discriminant when behavior and motivations enter the fray. By taking two recent articles in this journal as examples, this short note calls for a cautious application of chronological age and highlights other age-related constructs for research. The note ends with practical implications and avenues for further research in age-related projects.     

Do perceptions of time affect outbound-travel motivations and intention? An investigation among Chinese seniors

How people conceptualise time can play a critical role in their travel intention. However, relatively little research attention has been directed to the links between time perspective, outbound-travel motivation and outbound-travel intention. In this study, survey data from a sample of Chinese seniors were analysed to test hypotheses regarding these links. The results showed that present-time perspective and future-time perspective were directly related to travel motivation, and that the associations between present and future perspectives and travel intention were fully mediated by travel motivation. These findings not only highlight the relevance of time-perspective styles to travel research, but also have specific implications for tourism-destination marketers with senior audiences.     

Reconceptualizing value creation: Exploring the role of goal congruence in the Co-creation process

As companies gradually shift from the exchange view to the resource integration view, the creation of value also shifts from the customer sphere to the joint sphere. As a result, the customer and service provider are responsible for co-creating value through resource integration. However, it raises the question of whether customers are capable of contributing to the co-creation of value. Our study proposes a framework of how goal congruence plays a pivotal role in the resource integration process between all actors in the joint sphere. When the level of goal congruence between customer and service provider actors is high, it stimulates the exchange of valuable resources from all actors, which leads to the actual experience of co-creation resulting in value-in-use and improves service outcomes, i.e., customer satisfaction and loyalty. Data were collected through a field survey from salon-and-spa customers (n = 530) and PLS-SEM was employed to test the hypotheses and further analysis. The results show that goal congruence impacts customer satisfaction and loyalty through value-in-use. Therefore, suggesting service providers to properly socialize their goals will be a good strategy to increase customer capability to co-create value and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty.     

主客位视角在少数民族地区研究中应用的思考

现代化进程加速,少数民族地区社会发展成为重要议题,民族学作为专门研究不同民族的学科,承担着科学、客观及准确认知各个民族并为政府提供政策性建议,推动民族地区繁荣发展的重任。而民族学一向重视研究视角的选择,因为这关系到能否获得对研究问题的可靠认识。通过选取少数民族社会研究中的四个问题予以探讨,阐释关于民族学两种传统研究视角在民族地区现实问题研究中应用的思考,希望能为正确认识少数民族社会发展中遇到的问题与困境,进而促进民族地区健康、和谐及可持续发展提供有益见解。     

思想政治理论课程文化模式及其建构

社会学视野中,思想政治理论课程建设的文化标准是高度复合化的指标系统,多元文化的碰撞与交融构成了思想政治理论课程建设的文化背景。思想政治理论课程文化要代表先进文化的前进方向,就必须提升课程文化的政治鉴别力和判断力,发挥课程文化的主导性,营造从科学世界向生活世界回归的新型课程文化生态。     

中国经济学教育面向新世纪的思考

回顾建国以来我国现代经济学教育走过的道路,要对新世纪中国经济学的教育进行展望,中国经济学教育界有一个基本的问题需要澄清,这就是什么是“经济学”。作者从经济学发展的历史轨迹中去寻找答案,认为所谓的“经济学”实际上是一个由问题、工具、理论等三个不同阶段构成的生动的“过程”。借助这个“过程论”,作者分析了中国经济学界的一些问题,并据此对新世纪中国经济学的教育进行了展望。     

过程视角下高校实验教学质量调查研究——以N大学为例

实验教学质量高低直接影响高校人才培养的质量及层次,科学的实验教学管理模式有利于提高实验教学质量。从实验教学过程的视角,以N大学812名学生和92名教师为调查对象,就实验教学准备、实施、考核与评价三个过程的教学质量状况进行问卷调查的结果显示,师生对实验教学过程质量的总体评价较高,但对实验设备配置、实验室开放程度、实验项目数量与层次、实验教学考核等过程因素评价指标较低,故高校需进一步加强实验教学过程的质量控制,不断提高实验教学管理水平。     

A model of adolescents' online consumer self-efficacy (OCSE)

This paper investigates adolescent online shopping and self-efficacy development in the virtual setting. The authors present and test a model of antecedents and mediators to two dimensions of online consumer self-efficacy. Additionally, a discriminant analysis finds that more involved adolescent online shoppers can be differentiated from less involved online shoppers on key variables of interest-shopping motivations, self-efficacies, shopping behaviors, and relative influence in household decision-making.     

当代西方公共服务社会化的民主政治理据探析

公共服务社会化是当代西方国家公共管理改革的重要目标模式。推动公共服务社会化发展的民主政治理据既包括多元民主理论,又包括参与民主理论。与两种民主政治理据分别对应的公共服务社会化其实具有不同的内涵。与多元民主相对应的是公共服务的市民社会化,这种模式中的人是利己的原子化个体,对公共服务的参与被视为保持自私自利的工具;与参与民主对应的是公共服务的公民社会化,这种模式中的人是具有合群天性的"政治人",对公共服务的参与则被视为提升公民美德的教育训练。     

人本视角中的社会主义核心价值体系

从马克思主义人本视角出发,社会主义核心价值体系是以人的需要为基础、以人的社会性存在为基本内容,以人的创价值活动为旨向,使其具有丰富的人本意蕴。