Toward a Comprehensive Framework of Study Abroad Intentions and Behaviors

Increased activity by U.S. students to study abroad has invited several studies that have investigated the reasons for U.S. students to study abroad. Literature in the context of study abroad choices has been fragmented, with each study presenting an ad-hoc set of factors the author/s deem as important or that have been shown to be important in previous literature. However, no study to date has attempted to identify a theoretical framework that explains why these factors should be important in explaining the intention to participate in a study abroad program. In this study, we use the theoretical background of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and trait theory to unify the existing body of literature and arrive at a model that predicts study abroad intentions. We test this model by means of a survey administered in a U.S. university.     

国有企业员工退出行为的博弈分析

建立了国有企业员工退出行为的过程模型,提出了员工退出行为的两个过程即员工心理体验过程和员工与企业的互动过程,并对互动过程进行了博弈分析,指出了现实中员工与经理人博弈的低效率均衡,提出了解决这种不合理均衡的对策建议。     

公众注意力影响买入行为吗？——基于投资者行为的分析

公众注意力衡量了一只股票受投资者关注的广泛程度。本文分析了公众注意力对不同类型投资者买入行为的影响,发现小投资者更倾向于买入引起他们注意的股票,中大类型投资者没有明显与注意力相关的买入行为,机构投资者则表现出了与公众注意力相关的策略性行为。小投资者的这种特性使得他们更容易成为市场操纵的受害者,对此本文提出了相应的政策建议。     

税率锚定效应与企业投资决策

已有文献证实了高管过度自信等非理性因素对企业投资决策的影响,但尚未有文献研究锚定心理在投资决策中的作用。税收政策连续性不足会使得企业实际税率充满不确定性,高管在预测未来实际税率时很可能会非理性地锚定当期的高税率,进而产生税率锚定行为。本文研究这种非理性的税率锚定行为对企业投资决策的影响,结果发现:企业投资决策中存在显著的税率锚定行为,对高税率的锚定显著降低了企业未来的投资支出,且内在锚效应(纵向对比)强于外在锚效应(横向对比)。进一步地,我们发现经验更丰富的高管有助于缓解投资中的税率锚定效应,但更大的税率波动性加剧了这种效应,最终降低了公司业绩和价值。本文研究表明,控制投资中的税率锚定行为,有利于提高投资效率和企业价值,同时也表明保持宏观税收政策连续性有利于促进企业健康可持续发展。     

攀比行为与高管薪酬——一个基于中国企业的实证分析

通过对中国企业高管问卷调查研究发现,正向攀比和负向攀比与高管薪酬都具有显著正相关关系;业绩薪酬、激励性薪酬与正向攀比呈正相关关系,业绩薪酬与负向攀比也呈正相关关系。经理市场失灵、行业垄断是引发正向攀比行为的重要因素,从众心理是引发负向攀比的重要因素。在此基础上,提出了解决高管薪酬问题的思路和建议。     

Relationship Quality and the Theory of Planned Behavior models of behavioral intentions and purchase behavior

Using real-life purchase behavior data of apparel and survey information, this study compares the Relationship Quality and the Theory of Planned Behavior models. The attitude towards the buying behavior, the subjective norm and perceived behavioral control (antecedents of the buying intention in the Theory of Planned Behavior) are better predictors of behavioral intentions than Relationship Quality. In both models intentions fully mediate the impact of attitudinal antecedents on behavior, both in terms of purchase incidence and purchase behavior (amount spent, number of visits, and types of products bought). Frequency and recency of prior buying behavior and, to a lesser extent, its monetary value, predict subsequent purchase incidence, above and beyond the impact of attitude and intention. Attitudinal antecedents of behavior significantly predict buying behavior, but they become insignificant when buying behavior is included in the model.     

我国证券投资基金羊群行为的实证研究

论文通过LSV及其修正模型,运用2003年第一季度到2009年第四季度我国开放式证券投资基金的季度投资组合数据,对我国证券投资基金羊群行为进行了实证分析,发现我国存在较明显的羊群行为,基金卖出羊群一般明显大于买入羊群,且羊群行为在第2季度最明显。     

工作压力双路径视角下国防研发人员主动性行为形成机理：职场精神力的调节效应

研发人员主动性行为是实现国防科技企业创新与高质量发展的重要竞争力来源，但有关工作压力背景下主动性行为的形成机理仍缺乏实证探索。以双元工作压力理论为基础，探讨了挑战性压力与阻碍性压力对国防研发人员主动性行为的作用机制，重点考察了工作繁荣与情绪耗竭的中介作用以及职场精神力的调节效应。针对8家国防科技企业及科研院所的630名研发人员开展实证研究，分析结果表明：挑战性压力和阻碍性压力分别对主动性行为起正向与负向作用；工作繁荣和情绪耗竭分别在挑战性压力、阻碍性压力与主动性行为间起部分中介作用；职场精神力正向调节挑战性压力与工作繁荣的关系，负向调节阻碍性压力与情绪耗竭的关系；职场精神力不仅调节了挑战性压力通过工作繁荣影响主动性行为的间接效应，还调节了阻碍性压力通过情绪耗竭影响主动性行为的间接效应。     

The rise and fall of William Bassett Chinnery

The purpose of this article is to explain how William Bassett Chinnery, who was appointed Agent for New South Wales on 1 May 1787, was enabled to embezzle more than £80,000 of Treasury funds prior to his dismissal on 17 March 1812. In this chronicle attention is concentrated on Chinnery's duties and peculation rather than his private life and his love of music which has been exposed elsewhere ( Yim, 2004 ). Attention is paid to accounting and control systems used at the British Treasury and the function and operation of the Audit Office which was established in 1785. In conclusion, it is argued that Chinnery was able to avoid detection because contemporary charge and discharge reporting, cash control and auditing were inadequate.