Inflation and Growth: Stories Short and Tall

This paper reviews the stories that economists tell about the growth effects of inflation. Informal accounts are common, but there are few models that get to grips with the effects that are probably central. Partly as a result of this, and partly as a result of many econometric problems, much of the empirical evidence remains unconvincing. The paper assesses the various contributions, and suggests possible improvements.     

员工权力距离对其抑制性建言的影响:真实型领导的调节作用

面对动荡多变的外界环境,领导者需要员工及时地纠错以维持组织的正常运营.然而,上下级的心理距离造成员工对建言后果的负面预期,形成了“知错不言”的障碍.本文采用77份领导者和517份员工的配对问卷,使用多层次线性回归模型,从积极领导学的视角探讨了员工建言情境中负面预期的边界作用机制.结果显示,负面预期在权力距离与抑制性建言之间起中介作用,真实型领导弱化了员工权力距离与负面预期之间的积极影响关系,同时,真实型领导强化了负面预期和员工抑制性建言的消极影响关系.研究结论有助于领导者在下属负面预期情境下改善抑制性建言状况,以增加有效的组织实践.     

Smith and Living Wages: Arguments in Support of a Mandated Living Wage

Adam Smith was a proponent of living wages for labor for reasons of growth and for reasons of equity. There is ample evidence in the body of Smith's work to support the thesis that Smith would support public policies that might ensure the achievement of a living wage. The argument rests, in part, on the conclusion that Smith had reservations concerning the ability of the economy to experience sufficient growth and the ability of growth, if achieved, to secure living wages. This article argues that, given Smith's views about justice and given Smith's ideas, as part of the Scottish Enlightenment, of how the rules of justice evolve, a living wage law could be one of the general rules of which Smith could approve.     

EMU and Labour: Facing up to the Euro

EMU is the historic issue facing the Labour Government. In this article, David Currie considers the prospects for EMU and the challenges that it poses for the Government, particularly in the light of the forthcoming UK Presidency. He also considers the implications and risks of the Chancellor's recent statement on EMU.     

工作-家庭平衡型人力资源管理实践对员工绩效的影响:工作繁荣与真实型领导的作用

工作和家庭是个体生活的两个重要领域,两者的关系严重影响着员工绩效.正因如此,越来越多的企业开始关注和实施工作-家庭平衡型人力资源管理实践(Work-Family-Balanced Human Resource Management Practice,WFB-HRM).本研究基于资源保存理论,分析了WFB-HRM影响员工绩效的内部机制和边界条件.具体来讲,WFB-HRM不仅可以为员工提供更多的资源,而且还有利于员工将有限资源在工作和家庭之间灵活分配,从而提升工作繁荣与工作绩效.此外,真实型领导作为重要的支持情境,可推进WFB-HRM的实施效果.本研究通过对46家企业295个有效样本的纵向追踪发现:(1) WFB-HRM正向影响员工绩效;(2)工作繁荣在WFB-HRM与员工绩效之间起中介作用;(3)真实型领导正向调节了WFB-HRM对工作繁荣的影响,以及WFB-HRM与员工绩效之间经由工作繁荣的中介效应.     

Authentic leadership and intrapreneurial behavior: cross-level analysis of the mediator effect of organizational identification and empowerment

Intrapreneurial activity is positively associated with the organizational growth, and the factors that stimulate such behaviors need to be identified. The general goal of this work is to explore the relationship of authentic leadership with employees’ intrapreneurial behavior and the intervening processes. A correlational study was carried out with 212 employees of Spanish companies, in which two cross-level mediation hypotheses were tested. The results obtained indicate that employees’ organizational identification and organizational empowerment both mediate the relationship between authentic leadership and employees’ intrapreneurial behaviors. In this work, we note the importance of including authentic leadership as an antecedent of intrapreneurship.     

中国的城市化:面临的政策问题与选择

1 引言 中国近30年来经济成就巨大.自1978年以来,人均GDP每年大约增长10%.同一时期,非农就业人口从占劳动人口的24%增长到60%,城市人口从占全国的18%增长到45%.     

王峻涛 南北过年记

今年,北京6688电子商务公司总裁王峻涛注定又要过一个繁忙的春节。“我对公司2007年的发展很满意,2008年的开头也很不错,一月还没结束,我们就已经签下一摞单子了。”     

周忻:非典型地产大佬

在不被人看好的房地产中介行业,这个精明而大气的上海人,以创新、资本和互联网,下出一盘与众不同的大棋局     

Expectations of Consistency in Organizational Life: Stories of Inconsistency from People with Unseen Chronic Illness

This paper commences by considering that the current global climate of terrorism and human suffering demands a more critical consideration of flawed expectations. Addressed here is the flawed expectation of consistency in organizational life. Work life narratives from people with unseen chronic illness, that is, illness that is ongoing, may not be treatable or curable, and cannot be seen by colleagues, are considered to portray the problematic outcomes of expectations of consistency. Respondents of this phenomenological study demonstrate that expectations of consistency, from themselves and others, were unreasonable as their responses to situations and their illness demands varied from day to day and minute to minute—a problem for one working in the rational workplace. What is concluded is that recognition of the postmodern perspective, especially its appreciation of the multiphrenic qualities in these peoples lives, may assist understanding of these people's experiences, as well as the experiences of other traumatized individuals. Adherence to flawed expectations may make things worse.     

丽华快餐 标准化生存

2008年1月8日,丽华快餐与私募基金晨兴科技达成协议,获得风险投资1000万美元,作为回报,晨兴科技将持有丽华快餐20%的股权。对此,素以低成本进行扩张的丽华快餐似乎仍不满足于现在的扩张速度,掌门人蒋建平希望可以再快一些     

The Harvard Living Wage Campaign: Origins and Strategy

A member of the Harvard living wage campaign explains its internal development. Begun in 1998, the campaign drew inspiration from the global justice movement, organized labor’s reawakening, and the flowering of college anti-sweatshop groups. Locally, it responded to a decade of attacks on Harvard workers’ livelihoods and unions, as well as the enactment of a living wage ordinance by the city of Cambridge. The article recounts the campaign’s organizing strategy and tactics, its oppositional relationship to the Harvard administration, and the university’s response. Finally, it discusses the campaign’s limited victory on wages and contracting policies, as well as its significance for campus unions, students who participated, and student-labor mobilization beyond Harvard.     

Fundraising and campaigning: Working towards greater effectiveness

This paper provides a benchmark for campaigning charities who intend, or already are, moving towards greater campaigning and fundraising effectiveness through partnership between these two key functions. Over the last four years Shelter's Fundraising and Communications Divisions have forged a new and successful partnership between income generation and campaigning. The Shelter case study is distilled down into a list of key questions and some anecdotes to illustrate some of the processes gone through, including mistakes made, which it is hoped will mean others do not have to re-invent the wheel completely and will sec a route to greater campaigning and fundraising effectiveness.     

Working and Caring for a Child with Chronic Illness: Challenges in Maintaining Employment

This paper shares some pertinent findings from an initial, qualitative stage of a larger, national study currently being undertaken in Australia, exploring the support needs of parents who are working full time and caring for a child with chronic illness. The findings presented here depict the negative impact of these parents caring responsibilities on their work life and the increased stress they experience trying to maintain full time employment. In-depth interviews revealed how these parents had to rearrange their working hours, use up their leave entitlements, work unsatisfactory hours, sacrifice their careers and even change their jobs in order to balance their dual roles. In addition, the findings also highlight the negative and unsupportive attitude that employers had towards these parents. These employment conditions were extremely stressful and frustrating for parents affecting their physical and emotional well being.     

真实型领导与团队创新绩效: 差错管理氛围与特质调节焦点的作用研究

团队创新是企业获取竞争优势,实现可持续发展的重要保证。差错管理氛围和特质焦点提供了理解团队创新的新视角。研究发现真实型领导通过营造差错管理氛围,对团队创新绩效产生正向影响;团队提升型特质调节焦点在差错管理氛围和团队创新绩效间起到正向调节作用。文章拓展了创新、差错管理氛围以及调节焦点等相关文献,并为提升团队创新绩效提供了管理建议。     

饰面型防火涂料的研究进展与展望

介绍了饰面型防火涂料研究现状,对饰面型防火涂料的类型进行了论述,重点指出了饰面型防火涂料存在的问题,同时对饰面型防火涂料的发展前景进行了展望。