Perceived organizational support and coworker support as antecedents of foreign workers’ voice and psychological stress

This study investigates the effects of perceived organizational support (POS) and coworker support on the voice behavior and psychological stress of foreign workers in Macau hospitality industry. Drawing upon social exchange theory, we propose that POS and coworker support exert differential impacts on foreign workers’ promotive and prohibitive voice. We further hypothesize the negative relationships between these two types of support and psychological stress. Our hypotheses were tested by a two-wave longitudinal survey data collected from 141 foreign workers employed in four Macau hotels. The results showed that, although POS and coworker support were positively related to promotive voice, the effect of POS was comparatively stronger. Only POS had a significant and positive effect on prohibitive voice. In addition, coworker support but not POS reduced foreign workers’ psychological stress. The implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed.     

我国农民工养老保险制度公平性问题研究

农民工已经成为我国经济增长和社会繁荣的巨大力量,在一定时期内,农民工数量仍将不断扩大。农民工养老保险问题成为顺利推进社会保障改革"三步走战略"的重要内容,也是检验我国养老保险制度改革成效的"试金石"。目前,我国农民工养老保险大部分以地方性法规形式存在。这些地方性法规通常很难完全反映各地农民工对养老保险实践的需求,加之体制惯性对于农民工参保权益的自动排斥和抵触,使得农民工很难得到公平参保待遇,往往被边缘化。     

Technological Progress and Youth Employment in South Korea

ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes the extent to which technology progress and youth employment are related. In doing so, we divide workers into two groups – young workers and old (prime-aged) workers - and then estimate the elasticity of substitution between (physical) capital and workers à la Jaimovich et al. (2013. “The Demand for Youth: Explaining Age Differences in the Volatility of Hours.” American Economic Review 103 (7): 3022–3044) by using the Korean labour market data between 2000 and 2014. Our findings indicate that the elasticity of substitution is greater (or at least not smaller) for young workers than for old workers.     

Study on the Distibution of Migrant Workers＇ Destination -A Case Study of Henan Province

务工目的地选择是农民工空间流动的基础,对其研究有助于在微观层面上了解农民工流动的空间规律。通过对随机分层抽样产生的河南省11个不同类型样本村的实证研究,发现务工目的地大分散、小集中,县内和省外占较大优势。务工者主要集中于东部经济较为发达的省市,中部作为务工源并未形成最核心的务工区域。影响农民工务工距离选择的主要因素是年龄、家庭人口、人均耕地、村经济发展水平、村地形、村交通、离最近城市距离、关系网络等因子。从务工目的地角度观察,在省域尺度上,综合考虑务工目的地经济发展水平和务工距离的务工引力系数在较大程度上解释了农民工对务工目的地的选择,经济较发达、距离较近的目的地是务工者的首选。     

The influence of guarantees,active requests to voice and failure severity on customer complaint behavior

Anecdotal evidence suggests that service guarantees and requests by service workers to complain encourage customers to voice following failure, while holding negative word of mouth and exit at bay. However, empirical support for these tactics is limited. To address this deficiency, we conducted an experiment examining the influence of these devices on customer complaint behavior (CCB) across restaurant failures of varying severity. Findings suggest that offering a guarantee, regardless of it being unconditional or combined, encourages voice. Failure severity had the strongest influence on CCB, and it interacted with both active request and guarantee type in influencing exit. Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.     

农村金融联结的风险评价——以山东省大村镇食用菌合作社为例

农村金融联结作为一种解决金融抑制问题的有效途径,已经得到理论证实和实践推广,但对其风险的认识尚处于空白。鉴于农村金融联结涉及多个经济主体的特征及相互利益关系,本文以联结的风险来源为基础,构建了农村金融联结风险的评价体系,对山东省大村镇食用菌合作社联结的风险进行了评价。研究认为,大村镇食用菌合作社农村金融联结风险较低,能够实现农村金融联结的目的。其中有利的自然、政策和产业等外部环境以及龙头企业与合作社形成的稳定联结关系有助于降低联结风险,而参与者间的利益冲突及自身能力约束增加了联结的风险。     

城市环卫工人的作业安全保障问题研究

环境卫生是公共环境保护和社会可持续发展的重要内容。环卫工人是城市环境卫生事业的主力军，环卫工人的作业安全是指环卫工人在作业过程中其人身、生命、健康、财产及心理等获得保障和免受伤害的状态与能力。它是环卫工人应该享有的基本权利。中国城市环卫工人作业安全保障状况不容乐观。作业安全难以保障，极大地影响了环卫工人的工作积极性，不利于城市环境卫生事业的持续发展。面对现状，采取对策，有利于保护环卫工人的基本权益，更有利于城市化进程和社会和谐发展。     

三级生物质供应链的奖惩与回馈契约协调研究

为了优化生物质能供应链,降低成本,在无扰动因素情况,需求不确定且与价格有关的条件下,研究了由能源公司、基地和农户组成的三级生物质供应链中,奖惩与回馈契约对供应链的协调问题,建立了满足渠道协调的条件和供应链内各级参与者实现互赢的数学模型,最后将其用于数值算例中验证。结果证明契约参数的合理选择可以实现供应链各方利益最大。     

Correlates of Drug Testing Attitudes in a Sample of Blue Collar Workers

Using responses from 1429 workers employed in the wood products industry, we examine the relationship between drug testing (DT) attitudes and several demographic, organizational, job attitude, and job outcome variables. After controlling for age and marital status, analyses revealed moderate correlations between DT attitudes and alcohol and drug variables, DT program characteristics, organizational, and work attitude variables. DT attitudes were weakly but significantly related to absences, late work arrivals, accidents, and injuries. Implications of the findings and future research suggestions are discussed.     

农民专业合作经济组织发展问题探析

发展农民专业合作经济组织是解决农民增收问题最有效的途径。本文在借鉴国内外农民合作经济组织发展情况的基础上,分析了目前影响我国农民专业合作经济组织存在的普遍问题,并有针对性地提出了建议和对策。