Playing safe in coordination games:: the roles of risk dominance, payoff dominance, and history of play

This paper presents results from a series of experiments designed to test the impact on subject behavior of changes in the risk dominance and payoff dominance characteristics of two player coordination games. The main finding is that changes in risk dominance significantly affect play of the subjects, whereas changes in the level of payoff dominance do not. Observed history of play also has an important influence on subject behavior, both when subjects are randomly rematched after each game and when they remain matched with the same individual for a sequence of games.     

中华民族的伟大复兴，呼唤马克思主义及其经济学的指导

中国的经济快速增长，正在和平崛起，但中国目前仍是一个发展中国家，人均GDP较低。中华民族需要复兴，但这需要马克思主义及其经济学的指导。西方经济学有其不可克服的阶级局限性，它维护私有制而反对公有制，承认差别而不主张共同富裕，主张自由竞争而反对政府调控，维护发达国家利益而无视发展中国家利益，更无解决“三农”问题之策，等等。所以，我们必须坚持特别是要发展马克思主义及其经济学，当然还需注意吸收西方经济学的可取之处。公有制与市场经济的结合、公平与效率的协调、市场调节与宏观调控的关系、城乡关系、地区关系、政企关系、官民关系等一系列重大问题，都需要马克思主义及其经济学进一步作出科学回答。     

技术变革与经济学研究的理论创新

以大机器为代表的工具技术变革和由此而诞生的现代工业经济体系,以及建立在工业及后工业时代基础之上的传统经济学理论,已经无法适应建立在数字技术、基因技术变革基础之上的新经济发展的实践。在传统经济学理论基础之上,构筑与新经济时代相适应的经济学理论体系,实现经济学研究的理论创新,是当代经济学人的重要历史使命。     

Doing the right thing in the workplace: Responsibility in the face of accountability

Changing trends and the nature of the work force dictate increased personal responsibility by employees and expanded use of self-management practices. Nevertheless, organizations also feel the need to maintain external control. We propose a progressive view of accountability theory which can resolve the dilemma of how internal and external control can effectively coexist. Success of accountability forces is determined primarily by the relationship between the principal (party to whom one is accountable) and the agent (employee). The agent’s felt responsibility is enhanced to the extent that accountability leads to the structuring of expectations, the agent’s perceptions of the task or activity as significant, and the agent’s perception of control over the situation. Propositions that may be used to guide future research are offered throughout the article.     

Don’t kill the messenger! Whistle-blowing in America — A review with recommendations

Whistle-blowing in America business and industry has increased as interest in ethical business behavior and the cost of unethical behavior have grown. Whistle-blowing plays the important role of helping to fill the gaps in the regulatory system that is designed to check the abuse of organizational power. However, the practice of whistle-blowing is controversial and whistle-blowers often pay a high price for their actions. Firms can engage in a number of actions to encourage whistle-blowing. Creating a climate that encourages employees to report organizational wrong doing and that protects the whistle-blower is critical. To create such a climate the organization must build trust and cooperation by educating employees in the benefits of ethical and legal behavior.     

How does perceived underemployment influence expatriate job-related outcomes? A moderated mediation study

Abstract

Although research has investigated the consequences of underemployment in domestic settings, research on the effects of underemployment among expatriates remains limited and has yielded inconsistent results. From a theoretical perspective, there is a need for a better understanding of the mechanisms through which underemployment affects various work-related outcomes and to account for potential contingencies. Drawing on the person-job fit literature and research on organizational identification, we theorise and empirically examine how and under what conditions underemployment influences expatriate performance. Using an original primary data-set of 103 Japanese expatriate managers in the UK, we find that underemployment affects expatriate work outcomes by increasing expatriates’ maladjustment and that this effect is moderated by the level to which expatriates identify with their organization.     

Deriving benefits from conflict resolution: A macrojustice assessment

Effective conflict resolution procedures serve to minimize dysfunctional effects of conflict and maximize functional effects. In the literature on conflict resolution procedures, the effectiveness of procedures has been evaluated primarily from the perspective of the individual. This article suggests that a system-level analysis of the pattern of outcomes resulting from different conflict resolution procedures is a necessary component in formulating a comprehensive framework for the design and evaluation of conflict resolution systems in organizations. The analytic questions addressed by this study concern associations between resolution procedures and outcome patterns in a system created specifically for conflict resolution within organizations: the grievance system. The pattern of outcomes was found to vary with the conflict resolution procedure. It is suggested that this has important implications for effective conflict resolution systems.     

动态项目型新产品开发组织模式研究

产品开发组织是新产品开发系统的组织保证。根据多产品多层次并行的产品开发过程,讨论建立了动态项目型新产品开发组织。为了顺利实现产品开发,在产品层、子阶段层和设计层并行;在动态项目型产品开发组织中,又讨论了组建产品策划团队、产品开发管理团队和产品开发技术团队等内容,以确保相应的新产品开发战略的实现。     

改革开放实践中的马克思主义经济学--关于实施马克思主义理论研究和建设工程的几点思考

中国改革开放的目的在于走共同富裕之路，达到全面小康。这要求在实践中坚持立党为公、执政为民、以民为本，创造出社会主义条件下社会经济发展新模式。马克思主义经济学思想的发展是在全新的经济发展的物质基础发生转换时提出的，建设一个有诚信的市场体系，是发展经济的当务之急。任何改革都必须从立党为公、执政为民的高度来设计方案，以科学发展观评判结果。马克思主义经济学理论研究必须坚持它的阶级性、科学性、实践性的高度统一。     

论环境经济的市场机理

本文以现代产权经济理论为基础,以排污权交易为主要对象,论述了环境经济市场机理的形成基础、作用特点及交易边界等方面的问题。