Time as symbolic currency in knowledge work

The paper discusses the issue of time slips in software development. Increasing time sacrifices toward work constitutes an important part of modern organizational environment. In fact, the reign over time is a crucial element in controlling the labor process. Yet a lack of cultural studies covering different approaches to this issue remains—particularly those focusing on high-skilled salaried workers.This article is a small attempt to fill this gap, based on an analysis of unstructured qualitative interviews with high-tech professionals from a B2B software company. It focuses on the issue of timing in IT projects, as perceived by software engineers. The findings indicate that managerial interruptions in work play an important part in the social construction of delays. However, interruptions from peer software engineers are not perceived as disruptive. This leads to the conclusion that time is used in a symbolic way, both for organizational domination and solidarity rituals. The use of time as a symbolic currency in knowledge-work rites is presented as often influencing the very process of labor and schedules. It is revealed to be the dominant evaluation factor, replacing the officially used measures, such as efficiency, or quality.     

以人为本是思想政治工作的灵魂

新形势下的思想政治工作必须坚持以人为本,必须尊重人的权利和尊严,启发人的自觉性;必须关心人的利益和需求,调动人的积极性;必须开发人的价值和潜能,激发人的创造性.     

关于做好思想政治工作的思考

文章论述了进一步加强和改进思想政治工作，不断提高思想政治工作的层次和水平，确保社会稳定，经济持续、高速发展，是摆在每位思想政治工作者面前一项重要而紧迫的任务。     

落实科学发展观 促进企业党建工作

文章结合实际，分析了企业党建工作存在的问题，并提出了解决问题的方法。     

思想政治工作在企业发展中的作用探析

思想政治工作历来是我们党的工作的生命线,无论是过去战争年代,还是现在的社会主义现代化建设时期,思想政治工作在我们党的工作中都是处于非常重要的地位。如今随着市场经济的不断发展和完善,市场竞争愈来愈激烈,在这种情况下,加强企业的思想政治就显得尤为重要。     

关于学生党建工作进公寓的思考

第十四次全国高校党建工作会议提出＂要积极探索在学生公寓、学生社区和学生社团组织中建立党组织,不断创新党的组织设置形式＂的观点和要求,为高校学生党建工作打开了新视角。党建工作进学生公寓很有意义、很有必要。应着力探讨党建工作进公寓的具体内容和保障措施,为学生党建工作开辟新思路和增添新方法。     

Formalization,Role Stress,Commitment, and Work Outcomes: An Empirical Analysis of South Korean Workers

ABSTRACT

Using 3005 Korean blue-collar workers and 1159 white-collar workers, this study empirically examined the linkage among formalization, role stress, organizational commitment, and work outcomes. Results suggest that organizational formalization perceived by Korean workers, both white-collar and blue-collar, positively affects role ambiguity and role conflict which, in turn, negatively influence Korean workers' organizational commitment. The results also suggest a direct linkage between commitment and effort for Korean workers. The Confucian cultural influence on Korean workers and unique corporate culture that can help explain the linkages are discussed in depth.     

高校组阁式班级管理模式的探索与反思

随着90后大学生开始进入大学校门,传统的高校班级管理模式开始受到冲击,本文通过对2009级学前教育两个班级组阁式班级管理模式的实践分析,探讨如何从班级管理角度让90后大学生更好的融入大学生生活,同时对90后高校班级的辅导员工作进行了反思。     

提高组织工作满意度的对策研究

文章通过企业具体实践,阐述了组织工作满意度的主要特征,提出提高组织工作满意度的主要措施。、     

The challenge of responsibilities: Confronting the revolution in workplace rights in modern organizations

The contemporary world of work is experiencing a revolution in workplace rights thinking and practices. Included among factors related to this are professionalization and technocracy, management orthodoxy, corrupt organizational structures, the moral ineptitude of business education, the increasing size of the working population, worker mobility, worker diversity and the variegated cultural milieu, the growth of highly paid and very powerful workers, favorable solons, and supportive justices. Demands for protection and respect of rights are expressed in a variety of ways ranging from the statutory or economic to the ethical or psychological. Because of the correlative link between rights and responsibilities, organizational researchers and practitioners should be concerned with identifying various responsibilities implied by various employer and employee rights. Of equal importance is the challenge of examining in detail these responsibilities and how the strategies suggested by them can be used to manage specific employee rights in the contemporary workplace.