Trade union attitudes to flexible working hours

This paper describes a study of trade union involvement with flexible working hours or ‘flexitime’. This system is now viewed far more positively but ‘blue collar’ unions have more reservations than their ‘white collar’ counterparts.     

Trends and developments in east central European industrial relations

This article overviews developments in industrial relations in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland since the fall of the communist regimes in 1989, and assesses the extent to which key developments in these countries reflect both change and continuity from the communist period. We explore the four main institutions through which industrial relations have been conducted: trades unions, workers’ councils, employer organisations, and the tripartite arrangements involving representatives of unions and employers with the state.     

The path of least resistance: Regulatory resource depletion and the effectiveness of social influence techniques

Two experiments examine the role of regulatory resource depletion in the effectiveness of social influence techniques aimed at inducing consumer compliance. They test the two-step hypothesis that a) responding to the initial request stage of an influence technique requires self-control, thereby depleting one's limited resource of self-regulatory energy, and b) a state of regulatory resource depletion fosters the use of heuristics present in the persuasion context, which increases the odds of compliance with the target request of an influence technique. A first field experiment shows that yielding to initial requests (answering a series of questions) induces resource depletion. Experiment 2 demonstrates that a lower level of self-regulatory resources increases the extent of compliance with a request through the employment of the heuristic principle of authority. Together these results provide support for the prediction that regulatory resource depletion is important in explaining the effectiveness of social influence techniques.     

Reviews

Planning in diverse societies. Healey, P. 1997: COLLABORATIVE PLANNING: SHAPING PLACES IN FRAGMENTED SOCIETIES. Basingstoke: Macmillan, £14.99 paper.

Transforming “problem” housing estates. Power, A. 1997: ESTATES ON THE EDGE. London: Macmillan, £57.50 cased.

Contested communities. Hoggett, P. (ed) 1997: CONTESTED COMMUNITIES: EXPERIENCES, STRUGGLES, POLICIES. Bristol, The Policy Press, £15.95 paper.

A planner's view of regeneration in Manchester. Kitchen, T., 1997: PEOPLE, POLITICS, POLICIES AND PLANS: THE CITY PLANNING PROCESS IN BRITAIN. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, £16.95 paper.

Urban design. Parfect, M. and Power, G. 1997: PLANNING FOR URBAN QUALITY: URBAN DESIGN IN TOWNS AND CITIES. London: Routledge, £65.00 cased, £22.50 paper.

Regional impact of the EU Structural Funds. Bachtler, J. and Turok, I. (eds) 1997: THE COHERENCE OF EU REGIONAL POLICY: CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, £25.00 paper.

Development trusts. Ward M. and Watson, S. 1997: HERE TO STAY: A PUBLIC POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED REGENERATION. London: Development Trusts Association, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £10.95 paper.

Hart, L. 1997: ASSET BASE DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED REGENERATION ORGANISATIONS. London: Development Trusts Association, £6,50 paper.

Community visioning. Burton, B. 1997: COMMUNITY VISIONING: AN EVALUATION OF THE “CHOICES FOR BRISTOL” PROJECT. Bristol: Policy Press, £11.95 paper.     

Advertising as a cause of bias in American juries: an exploratory study

This study explores the concept of jury bias based on exposure to lawyer advertising. Attitudinal and demographic differences are identified which distinguish respondents who felt they might be biased due to exposure to advertising. Legal precedents and implications for jury selection are discussed.     

The relationship between convention hosts and professional conference organizers

It is common for host organizations that operate conventions to employ professional conference organizers (PCOs) to perform a variety of professional services relating to the organization, management and operation of the event. As such, a productive relationship between the host and PCO is essential to the successful operation of the event. Yet, the relationship is often strained as the host organization may feel uncertain about the selection of the PCO or may have reservations about its performance. Such an arrangement represents a classic principle–agent relationship that can be examined through agency theory. This study examines this relationship from the perspective of the host organization. It found that hosts do express concerns about adverse selection and moral hazard, but that these concerns can be mitigated by a series of pre- and post-contract awarding control measures.     

Listen First-Sell Later

This is a book for people who sell （whether they know it or not）. It＇s for people who own their own business and people who are just starting out. It＇s a book about communication and relationships, which means that you can use it to connect with your customers, bosses, employees, children, and parents, too. If you volunteer for a cause you＇re passionate about, or if you＇ve got a great idea but you don＇t know how to start marketing it, this book will help you. This book is for entrepreneurs, politicians, venture capitalists,     

When a High Discount Rate Encourages Biodiversity

Include land in a neoclassical growth model and introduce a standard biogeographic relation between species recliners (biodiversity) and land. Assume that species provide utility. The optimal constant amount of land preserved for species is obtained from steady-state conditions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a high discount rate preserves more land when the elasticity of substitution between goods and species exceeds unity or when this elasticity is less than unity and technology is such that the output effect of a change in the interest rate exceeds the substitution effect.     

提问2010

21世纪的头个十年倏然而过,尤其是刚刚过去的2009年,对饭店产业来说不啻为困难和难忘的一年。事实上,将所有的困境都归咎于全球金融危机有失公允。金融危机只是时间长河中的一次急流,全行业目前必须面对的更多的是产业自身总量过剩及结构失衡的问题。经过多年来各种历练和捶打,中国饭店业已经日益显现出灵活和自信。新年伊始,我们对部分酒店集团的"领航人"进行了采访,和2009年的迷茫和忐忑相比,从他们的话里话外我们可以清晰地捕捉到他们对新的一年表现出的乐观情绪。任时光变迁流转,饭店业一定会拥抱成长,拥抱明天。     

Rest in peace? Brand-induced mortality salience and consumer behavior

The present research examines the hypothesis that brands can automatically activate mortality-related thoughts and, in turn, affect consumer behavior. Terror Management Theory (TMT; [Greenberg Jeff, Pyszczynski Tom, Solomon Sheldon. The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-esteem: A Terror Management Theory. In: Baumeister Roy F, editor. Public Self and Private Self. New York/Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1986. pp. 189-192.]) predicts that brand-induced mortality salience leads to increased spending and worldview defense. The present findings show that explicit exposure to an insurance brand increases the accessibility of death-related thoughts, which, in turn, increases personal spending intentions (Experiment 1). Experiment 2 demonstrates that (implicit) insurance brand exposure positively affects charity donations. Additionally, the results of Experiment 3 reveal that subliminal brand exposure affects worldview defense in such a way that individuals who unconsciously observe an insurance brand rate domestic products more favorably and foreign products less favorably than individuals in the control condition. Brand associations can affect (unconscious) consumer behavior in various unanticipated ways.