Is job control always beneficial? Exploring its nonlinearity in creativity and in-role performance

This study draws on resource allocation theory to examine the relationship between job control and two kinds of job performance, namely employee creativity and in-role performance, as well as to investigate whether supervisor encouragement of creativity moderates these two potentially nonlinear relationships. To test the proposed model, we collected data from 234 employees in Indonesia. The results show that job control has an inverted U-shaped relationship with employee creativity, but a U-shaped relationship with in-role performance. Supervisor encouragement of creativity moderates both relationships, such that the control–creativity relationship becomes U-shaped, while the control–in-role performance relationship becomes inverted U-shaped when supervisor encouragement of creativity is high. Implications for managers on how to provide resources to employees are discussed.     

互联网技能、信息优势与农民工非农就业

本文使用2017年中国综合社会调查(CGSS)数据,研究信息时代掌握互联网技能对农村劳动力非农就业决策的影响.研究结果表明:(1)互联网技能的使用显著促进农村劳动力非农就业,其边际效应为11.85％,尤其对非自雇型就业的促进作用明显.在使用倾向得分匹配(PSM)和工具变量法减缓内生性问题后主要结果依然稳健.(2)异质性分析表明,互联网的就业效应在不同地区、不同家庭经济水平、不同性别和婚姻状态下均显著,其中,中、东部地区、大学学历以下和家庭经济水平较好的个体使用互联网提升的就业概率更高,(3)中介效应与Sobel-Goodman检驗显示,互联网使用可能通过降低信息费用、提高个体自身人力资本水平、改善个体和市场对劳动参与者的性别偏好三个渠道影响非农就业,这表明具备信息优势、以互联网使用为基础的数字经济对农村非农就业决策存在积极影响,为新冠疫情后就业难的农村劳动力摆脱失业困境提供新思路.     

The influence of gender on the effectiveness of probability markers in advertising

The results of two studies reveal that gender plays a moderating role on the effects that the use of probability markers (hedges – e.g., possibly, could help; and pledges – e.g., definitely, without a doubt) in advertising copy has on consumers' attitudes towards the brand advertised and purchase intentions. Women, as comprehensive processors, are not particularly sensitive to probability markers, which function as heuristic cues. Men, on the other hand, display higher levels of sensitivity towards probability marker usage; more precisely, their responses show preference towards the use of hedges over both pledges and no probability markers in advertising copy. Interactions with product category involvement, buying motivation (hedonic or utilitarian), and familiarity with the brand advertised are also explored.     

基于供求视角的生态农产品市场开拓策略分析

本文在对我国生态农产品供求状况进行分析的基础上,建立了生态农产品市场模型,指出我国陷入生态农产品供求不足困境的原因,并提出应从需求和供给两方面解决这一难题。通过对生产者和消费者建立博弈模型进行分析,推出应由政府建立生态农产品鉴定机制刺激消费;通过建立生态农产品生产模型对生产者利润最大化进行分析,推出应通过增强农产品的特色提高产品的需求弹性,提高劳动者素质保证供给,促进我国生态农产品市场的长足发展。     

企业履行社会责任的理论依据研究

对社会责任的定义、理论基础进行了分析,以期对我国梳理社会责任理论以及企业履行社会责任、编写披露和参与评价社会责任报告提供理论依据.     

中国交通基础设施建设改善了企业资源配置效率吗?——基于高速公路建设与制造业企业要素投入的分析

交通基础设施建设已被证实是改善发展中国家经济表现的重要因素,但其中的作用机制仍然众说纷纭.近年来,人们普遍认为资源在企业间的配置效率不同是国家间经济绩效差异的重要原因.为了验证交通基础设施是否确实影响了企业资源配置效率,进而提升了经济绩效,文章将中国制造业企业数据与高速公路建设数据进行匹配,并以此为基础对中国交通基础设施建设对企业资源配置效率的影响及其作用机制进行了实证分析.我们的研究发现:交通基础设施建设确实改善了企业的资源配置效率,距离高速公路更近的城市,企业的实际规模与最优规模差异更小.具体来看,交通基础设施降低了同时使得资本和劳动投入偏离的产出扭曲,使得企业的实际规模与最优规模更为接近.进一步的中介效应分析发现,高速公路影响企业资源配置效率的因素主要有价格加成和行业集中度等,而通过企业存货产生的作用并不显著.     

CHINA'S EQUILIBRIUM REAL EXCHANGE RATE: A COUNTERFACTUAL ANALYSIS

Abstract.  China's 'equilibrium' real effective exchange rate is explored using an adaptation of the Devarajan-Lewis-Robinson three-good general equilibrium model under a variety of assumptions about the balance of trade. The absence of secondary indices of import and export prices necessitates their construction from trade data. Some undervaluation is suggested in the lead-up to and during the financial crisis, due in part to an extraordinary accumulation of foreign reserves following exchange rate integration in 1994. If, instead, China had run a more typical trade balance prior to the crisis its real effective exchange rate would have been higher by about a tenth.     

通货膨胀条件下物流行业就业率对其潜在产出影响的边际动态分析——基于新古典宏观经济学理论框架

在新古典宏观经济理论框架内,构建附加与非附加通货膨胀预期的奥肯定律方程,对我国物流行业就业缺口对其产出的边际动态影响进行经验分析.分析表明,样本年度内,物流行业就业缺口对其产出的边际影响在很大程度上符合物流行业实际运行状况,其边际影响动态变化幅度呈现固定上升的态势;无论是否引入通胀预期约束,其就业缺口率对产出影响的动态边际变化是上升并且相同的,但是通胀预期的影响随着时间推移而降低.     

充分就业与构建社会主义和谐社会

就业是社会稳定之源、和谐之本。实现社会充分就业是和谐社会的基本要求,建设社会主义和谐社会必须高度重视就业问题。我国面临着严峻的就业形势,对社会的稳定与和谐带来了现实影响,促进充分就业,对构建和谐社会具有十分重要的意义。     

Influence of International Openness on Corporate Environmental Performance in China

This paper examines how international openness influences China's corporate environmental performance. A unique firm‐level dataset is constructed by combining two databases: the Annual Industrial Survey and the China GreenWatch Program Rating System. The empirical results obtained from a series of ordered probit models indicate that openness has a positive relation to corporate environmental performance in China. However, the two main market‐opening strategies in China, exporting and attracting foreign investment, have different effects on environmental performance. The results reveal that foreign investment plays a substantial and positive role that can support the environmental spillovers in China. However, the effect of exporting is insignificant. The environmental pressure from foreign customers to improve Chinese firms' environmental performance presents a challenge. Our study indicates that China could make environmental quality improvements through increased international openness, as is likely the case for other developing countries.