Employee commitment in MNCs: Impacts of organizational culture,HRM and top management orientations

This article tests a model of organizational commitment in multinational corporations (MNCs). According to the model, organizational culture and human resource management (HRM) affect employee commitment directly as well as indirectly through top management team orientations. Szpecifically, we examined the effect of top management team global orientation and geocentric orientation, which are seen as contributing uniquely to employee commitment in MNCs. The model was tested on a sample of 1664 core employees working in 39 affiliates of 10 MNCs. We found strong overall support for the model. In particular, organizational culture characterized by high adaptability and a HRM system characterized by high performance work practices were found to have a significant and direct effect on employee commitment. In addition, we found that the effect of these traditional elements of the human organization is partially mediated through top management orientations, specific to international firms. The validity and generalizability of these results are reinforced by the control of a set of demographic variables as well as nationality of parent company.     

Communications About Resilience Enhancing Activities By English Local Authorities

Abstract

The Civil Contingencies Act (2004 Civil Contingencies Act. 2004. Contingency Planning Regulations 2005, London: The Stationery Office. No. 2042 Statutory Instruments [Google Scholar]) in the United Kingdom introduced new responsibilities for public authorities regarding Business Continuity Management (BCM) and other emergency planning activities. Using content analysis techniques, this study examined thirty-four English county councils' websites to examine the extent to which this online medium communicated these new responsibilities to stakeholders. Using key-word-in-context (KWIC) and content clustering, this exploratory study found that local authorities' websites were far from generic in their web-based communications about their new Civil Contingencies Act responsibilities and BCM activities, and it reveals a number of differing website traits, motivations and orientations.     

B2C电子商务企业的物流危机管理

长期以来,B2C电子商务企业一直在物流规模效益难实现、自建物流成本高、外包物流难控制这三大困境下运作和管理物流活动,物流危机的出现不可避免.站在B2C电子商务企业的角度,从订单处理、物流运作主体、物流资金、物流设备和物流人才这几方面具体研究其物流危机的类型、后果、根源,并据此提出相应的危机管理策略.     

浅谈后金融危机时代我国出口型代工企业的困境

在后金融危机时代,中国的代工企业遇到了前所未有的困境。在产业升级的转折点上,当前我国代工企业存在着产业链低端、成本压力和管理模式落后等困境。本文对如何走出当前我国代工企业的困境路径进行了探讨。指出走出代工企业困境路径应制定和实施正确的企业战略、打造企业的核心竞争力,进行企业专业化整合和企业产品升级等。     

The Asian crisis and the implications for human resource management in Vietnam

Vietnam has experienced substantial economic growth since the mid-1980s when economic reform (doi moi) started. However, the Asian crisis had some negative impacts on the Vietnamese economy. Both the external environment and internal competition added more pressure on companies to speed up organizational reform. Transforming the old personnel management into new flexible human resource management system is one of the central reform agendas among companies in order to survive the market competition. This research analyses the nature of the changes in the area of human resource management under the influence of market-oriented reform that puts emphases on flexibility and competitiveness in the new millennium.     

新形势下图书馆危机管理研究

图书馆管理中存在危机是必然的,只有制定一套完整的危机处理机制才能促进图书馆管理的长远健康发展.文章通过分析图书馆危机的种类、特性,从危机的预防和处理层面提出了新形势下图书馆应对危机的方式和手段.     

资源型企业增长过度吗？——兼对可持续增长理论的评价与检验

本文以包钢稀土、西山煤电等四家资源型企业为研究对象,建立理论分析框架,用传统的可持续增长理论进行评价,并对评价结论进行检验,结果发现：虽然资源型企业近10年来的实际增长率高于可持续增长率,表现为超速增长状态,但是使用财务杠杆水平、Z记分模型与经济增加值检验分析,样本企业并没有出现财务资源约束、产生财务危机以及毁损企业价值等状况。说明传统的可持续增长理论不能解释目前资源型企业是否可持续增长。本文对其原因做了进一步的分析,同时结合资源型企业的实际财务状况,提出可持续增长政策建议。     

应对气候变化 构建全球企业公民身份──跨国车企可持续发展报告比较研究及启示

本文利用评论式话语分析方法对欧、美、日3家跨国车企的可持续发展报告进行比较研究。研究发现在气候变化问题上对全球企业公民身份进行构建的一些同型主题,研究认为跨国车企在这些同型主题上的表述差异体现了不同国家文化及制度背景对全球企业公民身份概念构建的影响,同时也体现了企业根据自身战略定位争取行为合法化的努力。     

国内外金融危机预警模型述评

随着全球化进程的加快,金融市场逐渐成为各国经济运行的核心。金融体系本身的特殊性,其既给各国经济发展带来了机遇的同时也伴随了大量的风险。世界范围内接连不断的金融危机暴露出金融风险的严重紧迫性和金融危机的破坏性,尤其在发展中国家和新兴市场国家这一问题更加突出。因此,构建有效的金融危机预警体系,筛选恰当的预警指标,能够相对准确的预报警情,确定危机来源,判断危机大小就显得迫切重要。在此对国内外流行的金融危机预警方法的基本原理、模型的发展和缺陷进行梳理和对比分析,为我国金融危机预警研究工作提供参考。     

Some Methodological Issues on Estimating Foreign Exchange Exposure of US Multinational Firms: Evidence from the Asian Crisis

Abstract

This article asks whether sample specification of firm, period, and exchange rate matters in estimating foreign exchange exposure of US multinational firms. By sampling US firms that had Asian sales and assets from 1996 to 1998, we find that the firms’ returns are more likely to be significantly exposed to the Asian-oriented exchange rate changes for the Asian crisis, when the exchange rate changes were unexpectedly sizable. Also, by examining firms’ exposure in the share of Asian sales and assets, we find that the firms are more exposed as their operations are more involved in the Asian region.