The importance of being ‘wordy’: willingness to write and publication productivity among accounting academics

Recent attention to institutional variables that underlie the publication productivity levels of academic accountants threatens to obscure the fact that research is conducted by individuals who bring differing levels of ability, motivation and interest to scholarship. This study introduces willingness to write as a new correlate of productivity. Using the population of PhDs in accounting from US universities with conferred degrees between 1986 and 1996 as a sample, the results show that willingness to write is significant in the explanation of publication productivity when this is measured in a variety of ways. In turn, willingness to write is explained by institutional status. However, the direction of these relationships needs to differentiate the type of publishing that the individual undertakes.     

非正式制度对研究生学术水平影响的实证研究

研究生学术水平受正式制度约束，也受包括校园文化、学术道德规范和指导模式等非正式制度影响。经调查表明，校风、教风和学风以及学科建设氛围对研究生学术认同度的提高、学术理想的树立产生间接而深远的影响。指导模式直接影响研究生学术努力行为，是研究生提高学术水平的重要途径。研究生学术水平评价应以建立学术认同和遵守学术道德规范为前提，否则将会导致研究生学术行为的异化。     

Mental health of UK university business students: Relationship with shame,motivation and self-compassion

There is growing awareness of mental health problems among UK business students, which appears to be exacerbated by students’ attitudes of shame toward mental health. This study recruited 138 UK business students and examined the relationship between mental health and shame, and mental health and potential protective factors such as self-compassion and motivation. A significant correlation between each of the constructs was observed and self-compassion was identified as an explanatory variable for mental health. Shame moderated the relationship between self-compassion and mental health. Integrating self-compassion training into business study programs may help to improve the mental health of this student group.     

学术创业场域中的双重逻辑

对创业型大学的褒贬不一给创业型大学建设和学术创业带来巨大阻力。从“价值—理性—行为”三维框架探索学术创业场域中存在彼此冲突的双重逻辑：知识生产的学术逻辑和知识应用的商业逻辑。同时，采用大学自我实现和满足社会发展需要的逻辑对其进行有效整合，促进两个逻辑的价值融生，增强两个逻辑的通约性，促成两个逻辑的行动互洽。     

科研不端行为特征与治理对策——国家自然科学基金披露科研不端行为的实证分析

世界著名学术出版商斯普林格（Springer）将刊载于旗下《肿瘤生物学》期刊（Tumor Biology）涉嫌伪造同行评议的中国学者的107篇论文撤稿，引发了社会各界对中国科研不端行为的关注与反思。以2013-2016年国家自然科学基金委员会披露的两批《科研不端行为典型案例及处理决定》中77件科研不端行为的88名涉事人员为样本，发现科研不端行为源于激励诱惑与制度要求、科学家角色冲突与角色序列冲突以及奖励制度与评价制度不对称的共谋。基于此，提出应建立健全科研数据公开机制，加快学术诚信体系建设，深化绩效考核制度改革，平衡奖励制度与处罚制度等政策建议，以维护学术诚信、改善科研生态、预防学术不端。     

An exploration of student failure on an undergraduate accounting programme of study

Academic failure creates financial and emotional issues for students, with associated resource and performance implications for higher education institutions. The literature reveals that much of the work on student performance is quantitative, restricting understanding of the deeper feelings and perceptions of students towards their studies. This paper explores undergraduate student performance from an experiential perspective, recognising the complexity and subjectivity of academic performance. Findings appear to highlight: the negative focus of reasoning underlying the choice of study; the impact of affect; the importance of the role of the tutor; the tutor expectations gap; levels of control and personal responsibility for learning; and patterns of participation as possible significant and important factors in understanding academic performance. Finally, the implications of the findings are discussed and further research outlined in terms of developing a predictive model that could offer early identification of students who are susceptible to academic failure and establishing appropriate, proactive support strategies for such students.     

Increasing the number of black chartered accountants in South Africa: an empirical review of educational issues

South Africa has a shortage of black chartered accountants. This situation has arisen due to a combination of political, socio-economic and related educational reasons during the four decades of apartheid rule. In recent years, numerous academic ventures have commenced in an attempt to increase the number of black chartered accountants. This paper reviews and identifies, through an empirically-based exploratory study, the educational issues potentially inhibiting the development of black chartered accountants in South Africa, as well as the academic support structures which have arisen in response to these perceived educational barriers. Both academic support organizations and recently qualified black chartered accountants in South Africa were surveyed through in-depth interviews and structured self-administered questionnaires. This study found, inter alia, that role models, as a motivational factor for black accounting students, were extremely important. Cognitive factors, such as writing skills and the interpretation of numerical data, were identified as areas of primary concern, whilst issues with respect to certain study needs, such as assistance with study skills and examination techniques, also warranted attention. This study also found that the overall approach of academic support organizations to programme structure and design appears to be addressing student needs adequately. Certain improvements, however, are recommended. Of particular concern, is the general lack of studies on the effectiveness of academic support programmes.     

版面费：学术期刊之殇——以高校学报为关注点

我国学术期刊盛行收费刊稿的潜规则,使得学术期刊的学术功能异化,加剧了我国学术生态环境的恶化。由对收费刊稿的不同态度,作为学术期刊重要力量的高校学报之质量水平也相应出现了两极分化的态势。高校学报要在反对学术腐败中有效作为,一方面需要高校领导精神和物质的支持,为学报发展提供良好硬件;另一方面学报主编和编辑要端正价值取向,抵御人情和金钱的诱惑,编辑部要加强制度建设,严格审稿,促进学术研究健康发展。     

探析两种学制对高职学生培养的差异

我国高职高专院校应当在遵循教育办学理念＂面向社会、面向市场,以就业为导向＂的同时,推进学分制教学管理模式,进一步更新教育观念,深化内部改革,从而使学分制教学管理模式更趋于科学化。