How perceived empowerment HR practices influence work engagement in social enterprises – a moderated mediation model

Abstract

Drawing insights from the group engagement model and self-determination theory, our research explored the role of perceived empowerment human resource (HR) practices in the hybrid organizational form of social enterprise in China. Based on two studies, this paper developed and examined a moderated mediation model, linking perceived empowerment HR practices, identification motivation, work engagement, and authority work value. Specifically, in Study 1 we found perceived empowerment HR practices increased employees’ work engagement through enhancing employees’ identification motivation. In Study 2, we adopted a two-wave design to duplicate and extend this mediation model. A moderator, employees’ authority work value, was found to weaken both the mediation relationship, and the positive relationship between perceived empowerment HR practices and identification motivation. This study broadens the understanding of what social enterprises look like in alternative contexts, while providing an opportunity to explore how a HRM mechanism and its boundary condition function in large social enterprises in China.     

Work motivation and public service motivation: disentangling varieties of motivation and job satisfaction

Research on motivation in the public sector has used public service motivation (PSM) and self-determination theory (SDT) interchangeably. This paper compares both theories, develops hypotheses pertaining to their assumptions, and empirically tests them in two public offices in Switzerland. We then explore their relationship with job satisfaction as an indicator of predictive validity. We find that SDT and PSM display conceptual differentiation and SDT has a strongest relationship to job satisfaction. However, moderation analysis suggests that employees with high levels of PSM have more stable job satisfaction compared to their low-PSM counterparts.     

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.     

Gender Matters in Hospitality (invited paper for ‘luminaries’ special issue of International Journal of Hospitality Management)

This article is a review paper, which examines the place of gender in hospitality research and education and discusses the significance of hospitality for women's employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. The paper’s main purpose, however, is to speculate on the future of hospitality gender research and women’s employment prospects in the industry. It suggests that, despite the emergence of gender perspectives in hospitality research and the recent rise of popular feminism in response to high-profile sexual harassment cases and a well-publicised gender pay gap, gender still does not occupy mainstream territory in the field. The paper stresses the continued missed opportunities of neglecting female talent and calls on female and male leaders to shape a gender-just future in hospitality study and practice by mentoring and holding hierarchies to account. The paper identifies AI and robotics and sexual exploitation and harassment as two areas in which hospitality gender scholars could lead scholarship and policy debates on gendered human experiences.     

面向职业能力培养的学习情境分层递进课程开发与实践——以《AVR单片机原理与应用》为例

为实现职业院校学生职业能力培养,提出学习情景分层递进开发原则,以项目为载体,实施从单元模块到系统设计的点面结合的训练方法,通过参与情境性学习与训练,养成满足职业需要的技能知识与素养,应用分层递进的原则设计从模块、项目最后到具体的学习情境构建完整的课程体系,经过多年教学实践取得显著效果.     

高绩效工作系统、工作倦怠对员工离职倾向的影响研究

本文基于员工感知的视角,以工作倦怠作为中介变量,探索员工感知的高绩效工作系统对离职倾向的影响机制。通过来自企业256 个有效样本的实证研究发现,员工感知的高绩效工作系统与离职倾向显著负相关;工作倦怠及其子维度情感耗竭、玩世不恭与离职倾向显著正相关,而子维度成就感低落与离职倾向相关性不显著;工作倦怠在员工感知的高绩效工作系统与离职倾向之间起部分中介作用;员工感知的高绩效工作系统可通过影响员工的情感耗竭、玩世不恭情绪,间接对离职倾向产生影响,而成就感低落的中介效应不显著。     

网络环境下高校图书馆流通服务工作浅议

计算机网络在高校图书馆的应用,给图书馆流通服务工作带来了诸多变化.如何适应网络环境下图书馆流通工作的新变化,更好地做好图书馆流通服务工作,是每个图书馆工作者必须面对的重要问题.通过分析网络环境给图书馆流通服务工作带来的变化,论述了更好地适应这种变化,做好图书馆流通服务工作的措施.     

地方高校海洋人才培养：现状、问题与对策

从地方高校实施海洋教育的现状出发,分析了地方高校在海洋人才培养中存在的五大问题：第一,人才培养模式统一化,第二,专业结构不尽合理,第三,高水平师资缺乏,第四,课程体系落后,第五,实践教学条件不完善;并提出了地方高校优化海洋人才培养的对策。其具体包括：第一,更新人才培养理念,第二,制定科学的人才培养目标,第三,优化人才培养方案,第四,创新人才培养途径,第五,改革人才培养运行机制。     

以科学发展观进一步夯实学院党建工作

党的十七大提出,要“以改革创新精神全面推进党的建设新的伟大工程”。高校党的建设工作是全面推进党的建设新的伟大工程的重要组成部分。坚持创新党的建设工作,不断改进与加强思想政治工作,取得了一定成效。该文结合高校的根本任务与广东农工商职业技术学院党的建设工作特色,通过分析,总结经验与不足,提出了进一步运用科学发展观夯实学院党的建设工作的几点思路,以创新党的建设工作,不断改进与加强思想政治工作。     

基于集对分析的第三方物流企业客户满意度评价研究

在分析构建第三方物流战略联盟信息系统必要性的基础上,提出系统设计的目标和原则,进而设计出基于B／S结构的系统总体框架和功能模块。最后,结合系统实际情况选择系统开发的工具以及进行安全性设计。