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Solidarity,Entrepreneurship and Hard Times

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This paper examines the commercial relationship between Cuba and Mexico in the 1990s. Recent investment and trade are analyzed in the context of the diplomatic and commercial history which has developed between the two countries since the Cuban revolution. This study also considers factors that have led to a decrease of Mexican trade and investment in Cuba in the late 1990s.     

The Socialist Legacy and Worker Perceptions of Transformation

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This paper presents a study of worker attitudes from four post-socialist Polish enterprises towards aspects of enterprise transformation, namely organisational processes, working relationships and styles of management. We employ the concept of path dependence to identify structural, relational and attitudinal features of the socialist legacy at enterprise level. We argue that such an approach is valuable in identifying conceptual and practical problems of enterprise transformation in contrast to the determinism of neo-classical economic orthodoxy.     

Evaluating change in European industrial relations: research evidence on trends at organizational level

This paper uses evidence from organizations with more than 200 employees in several countries across Europe to explore the proposition that industrial relations in Europe is becoming more convergent around a non-union HRM model. The evidence indicates that, although there are some similar moves taking place, national patterns remain distinctive, the IR/HRM distinction may not be sustainable in Europe and there are significant elements of continuity in industrial relations in Europe alongside the changes that are taking place.     

Ordering univariate distributions by entropy and variance

This paper examines the role of variance and entropy in ordering distributions and random prospects. There is no universal relation between entropy and variance orderings of distributions. But we place their relationship in the context of a stronger ordering relation known as dispersion ordering. Further, some conditions are identified under which variance and entropy order similarly when continuous variables are transformed. We also analyze parametric changes which do not disturb the agreement between these rankings. The results are conveniently tabulated in terms of distribution parameters.     

文学与疾病题材关系简论

以疾病为题材的文学作品揭示了文学与疾病的种种联系,它们把疾病组合进个人-疾病-社会这个特殊的三角形中。从心理学角度看,对读者可起到交流和治疗作用;从接受美学角度看,可成为健康人的学习资料和生活指南。     

中国农村家庭性别关系研究述评

男人和女人之间的性别关系,始终是人类永恒的话题。本文侧重从纵的历史线索,把中国妇女的命运和中国革命、中国现代化进程以及世界的变化紧密联系在一起来梳理了中国农村家庭性别关系研究。     

我国私营企业劳资博弈的囚徒困境及其求解

我国私营企业为社会创造了巨大的财富和就业机会,成为以公有制为主体的国民经济发展中必不可少的一部分.但是,在私营企业迅速发展的同时,越来越多的劳资冲突成为其健康、持续发展的阻碍.文章在分析私营企业劳动关系现状的基础上,就工资问题构建了私营企业的劳资合作博弈机制;同时为解决劳资冲突,提出政府在促进劳资合作中应有所作为、发挥企业在促进劳资合作中的作用、劳动者要努力增强在劳资博弈中的力量等对策和建议.     

私营企业和谐劳资关系的文化调节

协调私营企业劳资矛盾,实现劳资和谐是一个迫切需要解决的问题。本文通过分析现阶段我国私营企业劳资关系的性质、问题及形成原因,对私营企业劳资关系进行文化调节的必要性与可能性,提出进行文化调节的理念与具体途径。     

The impact of corporate governance on employment relations in South Korea: the shareholder versus stakeholder perspectives

This study empirically examined the impact of corporate governance on employment relations outcomes utilizing a comprehensive data set drawn from 214 Korean firms. The study contrasted the stakeholder and shareholder perspectives of corporate governance in investigating the impact of corporate governance on employment relations outcomes. The results showed that the stakeholder corporate governance orientation (as compared to the shareholder orientation) had positive relationships with education/training expense, the level of average employee tenure and industrial relations climate, and had a negative association with number of strikes. Overall, the results implied that the stakeholder orientation of firms led to more beneficial effects for employees and more consensual relations with labor unions than the shareholder orientation did.