Examining the relationship of work–family conflict to job and life satisfaction: A case of hotel sales managers

The study was designed to clarify the ambivalent relationships between work–family conflict (WFC) and measures of satisfaction. Both the direct and indirect effects of WFC on job and life satisfaction were investigated. Job satisfaction was also separated into two components: affective reaction and cognitive appraisal. Data were collected by a field survey of 121 sales managers from 26 hotels in China. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) indicated a critical role of one's affective reaction to his/her job in the relationship between WFC and life satisfaction. Specifically, the present study found that both work interfering with family (WIF) and family interfering with work (FIW) have significant negative association with an individual's affective reaction to his/her job, while only FIW reduced the cognitive appraisal of a job. Further, affective reaction, rather than cognitive appraisal, had a significant positive correlation with life satisfaction. Finally, FIW was negatively associated with life satisfaction. The results suggest the strategic role of family friendly human resource polices in hotels.     

贵州金融深化弱经济增长效应的成因分析

改革开放以来,伴随贵州经济的持续较快增长,贵州金融业得到了长足的发展,经济的金融化过程不断加深,金融总量持续稳定增长,结构不断改善,自身供给能力不断增强。但与其他省份相比,贵州金融基础薄弱,发展相对滞后。本文提出了贵州金融深化的弱经济增长效应,并剖析了这一效应的成因。     

数字金融能够促进企业绿色投资吗？——基于中国重污染行业上市公司的实证研究

数字金融实现了金融资源的高效配置,为重污染企业实现绿色转型提供了新机遇。基于2011—2021年中国重污染行业沪深A股723家上市公司的面板数据,实证分析数字金融发展对重污染企业绿色投资的影响及其传导机制。研究结果证实,数字金融发展能够显著提高重污染企业绿色投资水平,并通过一系列稳健性检验后该结论仍然成立。作用机制检验结果表明,数字金融可以通过缓解融资约束、抑制企业金融化进而提高重污染企业绿色投资水平。进一步分析发现,环境规制、分析师关注度正向调节了数字金融对重污染企业绿色投资的促进效果;数字金融仅对重污染行业中国有企业和大规模企业的绿色投资水平存在显著作用。最后,基于研究结论,提出推动数字金融发展与企业绿色投资的相关建议。     

中国农村非正规金融履约机制的实证研究

中国农村非正规金融的履约机制包括信息和信任机制、重复博弈和信誉机制、严厉的惩罚机制、灵活的担保机制、女性市场定位机制等.以湖北农村非正规金融为例,对它的履约情况进行了实证分析,得出结论:农村非正规金融具有极强的自生能力和可持续性.结论的政策含义是:压制、取缔非正规金融的行为不可取,强制性地将非正规金融正规化的行为同样不可取,正确的做法应是放松管制,引导正规金融与非正规金融的联接,促成农村一体化金融市场的形成.     

Challenging the obsession with local level institutions in country ownership of climate change adaptation

Working with local level actors to enable country ownership is applauded within the multilateral climate finance landscape. However, are emerging adaptation interventions equitable by reflecting the priorities of local level vulnerable populations? This research sought to find out whether the engagement of local institutions in projects that seek to achieve country ownership enabled local level vulnerable groups to participate in and influence adaptation decision-making processes and outcomes, thereby enabling them to have a voice in local level adaptation. It used a case study of a Global Environmental Facility-managed coastal adaptation project in Tanzania, which sought to restore and protect mangroves to enable adaptation to sea level rise. Data was generated from 13 Focus Group Discussions and survey questionnaires administered to 629 individuals in three locations on the mainland of Tanzania and in Zanzibar. The findings indicate that community-based organizations were used to facilitate the implementation of project activities at the community level. However, participation spaces created in the project and facilitated by these local institutions were exclusionary and failed to enable vulnerable community groups to have a voice on mangrove restoration and protection. Use of these local institutions altered local level power relations and disempowered other pre-existing and (in)formal local resource management institutions. Community members questioned legitimacy of actions implemented by these local institutions. These findings suggest that working with local level stakeholders to generate country ownership does not automatically guarantee that actions will address the needs of local vulnerable groups. Multilateral climate finance institutions should acknowledge these risks and implement measures to address them.     

Sustainability practices of family firms: the interplay between family ownership and long-term orientation

Sustainability practices are critical for family firms, as they relate directly to the continuity of the business and relationships with important stakeholders, such as members of the local community. Nevertheless, not all family firms wish to adopt sustainability practices. To examine this, we draw upon the socioemotional wealth perspective in order to develop a theoretical model of the direct negative effects of family ownership on the adoption of sustainability practices. We also suggest moderating effects of long-term orientation (LTO) on this link. Our model is tested on a sample of 195 family firms in the tourism and hospitality sector. The results support our hypothesis that family ownership negatively influences the adoption of sustainability practices. Additionally, LTO moderates the relationship between family ownership and the adoption of sustainability practices, such that family owners with a high LTO are more likely to adopt this particular practice compared to those with a low LTO.     

Do Small Family Firms Outperform Non-family Firms？ A Research Agenda Based on Agency and Stewardship Theories＊

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of family involvement and altruism on agency costs of equity and debt, as well on the performance of small family businesses. To achieve this objective, the authors reviewed the literature on family business. Drawing from agency theory and stewardship theory, the authors also proposed a research model that highlights the links among the variables. In so doing, this paper makes some contributions to the literature in three ways. Firstly, it takes an integrative framework that may help to explain behaviors oriented towards maximizing potential performance within a context in which pro-organizational attitudes co-exist with self-serving motivations. Secondly, it advances the understanding of corporate governance mechanisms in small family businesses, and finally, it deepens the discussion of prior research by advancing a set of propositions based on two theoretical approaches. Thus, the authors believe that a systematic comparison of different contexts provides new insights into small family business governance. The implications and directions for future research are in the last section.     

以贯彻新会计准则为契机，提高会计信息质量

新的会计准则施行后,对会计信息质量的提高起到极大的促进作用。指出目前制约会计信息质量的因素主要有公司治理结构的缺陷、会计信息失真带来的收益与损失不对称、剥离与模拟等会计创新的负面影响等,分析了新会计准则。对于提高会计信息质量的要求。基于此,提出了现阶段提高会计信息质量的几点措施。     

家族企业非家族员工利他行为的管理策略

利他行为是一种角色外行为,它能提高同事的工作绩效,最终有利于团队或组织的有效运作。本文研究家族企业非家族企业员工的利他行为。利他行为的影响因素包括个人特征、工作特征、动机、社会网络、领导行为、群体凝聚力和文化价值观等。针对这些因素,作者提出招聘员工时进行人格测试;加强员工培训和教育,奠定培养员工利他行为的基础;建立集体主义导向的管理策略。     

A sectoral analysis of the financial instability hypothesis

Hyman Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) is applied to various North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) industry groups, and it is found that some sectors develop much more closely in accordance with the FIH than others. Minsky categorized firms based on the relationship between cash flow and debt service requirements: hedge finance units, whose operating revenues are adequate to service current interest and principal on their debt; speculative finance units, which can meet interest payments but cannot pay down principal; and Ponzi finance units, which cannot meet current interest payments. The FIH is related to, as well as supportive of, Austrian Business Cycle (ABC) theory, because interest rates are negatively correlated with the proportion and market value of speculative firms in several sectors.