Not telling the whole story: Teen deception in purchasing

Teenagers may engage in consumption behaviors that their parents may not approve of, as one way of asserting independence. Such behaviors may lead teens to attempt to deceive their parents about purchases. This research examined teens’ tendency toward such deception. The authors conceptualize deception as being related to the family communication environment and the shopping context in which it takes place. Some family communication environments may stifle open discussion of products and purchases, thereby encouraging teen deception. Moreover, certain patterns of family communication may socialize teens to focus on standards exogenous to the family that, in turn, lead to a greater propensity to deceive. Susceptibility to normative peer influence, the extent of television viewing, and teen materialism may partially mediate the effects of the family communication environment. Except for television viewing, the authors’ predictions are generally supported by the data collected from a sample of high school students. Terry Bristol (terry.bristol@asu.edu; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) is an assistant professor of marketing in the School of Global Management and Leadership at Arizona State University. His research interests are in the areas of consumer socialization, social influence, and brand and promotions management. His work has been published in theJournal of Retailing, the Journal of Advertising, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, theJournal of Consumer Affairs, and elsewhere. Tamara F. Mangleburg (tmangle@fau.edu; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) is an associate professor of marketing in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University. Her research interests include consumer socialization, family decision-making, and self-concept effects on persuasion. She has published work in these areas in theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Retailing, theJournal of Advertising, the Journal of Business Research, and in other outlets.     

Green process innovation and operational performance: The role of proactive environment strategy,technological capabilities,and organizational learning

With increase in the focus on environmental protection, firms are integrating sustainability issues in process and product innovations. Firms can contribute toward sustainability and also improve operational performance through green innovation practices. However, the adoption of green innovation practices depends on the proactivity of top managers toward environment management. In this paper, we study the relationships between proactive environment strategy, green process innovation (GPRI), and operational performance. Further, we examine the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities (DCs) (technological capabilities and organizational learning) between GPRI and operational performance. The proposed framework is tested by data collected from the Indian manufacturing industries and using partial least squares (PLS) technique. The findings demonstrate proactive environment strategy as an important antecedent for GPRI practices. Second, technological capabilities and organizational learning mediate between GPRI and operational performance. The results of the study are useful for managers in the manufacturing firms, who are interested to implement GPRI practices or who are in the early stage of implementing the GPRI practices.     

Family logics and environmental sustainability: A study of the New Zealand wine industry

The majority of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the wine industry are family owned and operated providing a unique organisational structure to study environmental sustainability engagement. However, researchers at the intersection of environmental sustainability (ES) and family businesses tend to oversimplify family businesses as homogeneous regarding ES. Therefore, the broader goal of this paper is to investigate the antecedents of heterogeneities among family firms related to ES. The paper aims to understand how family firms portray different aspects of family influence (family goals, family values, culture and ethics, and the imprints of the founders and the next generation) in their ES disclosures. Family logics are used as a theoretical lens to analyse family influence. A qualitative content analysis of 72 corporate websites of family firms operating in the New Zealand wine industry was conducted. Antecedents of heterogeneities were revealed with a discussion of three typologies of family firms: family first, business first and upstarts.     

组织行为学在企业人力资源管理中的应用

当前,随着经济的不断发展,市场竞争日益激烈,各行各业面临的挑战不断加剧,人力资源管理成为企业经营管理中的重要方面,企业想要完善自身发展机制,就要建立内部管理体系,提升企业管理水平,重视企业人力资源的配置与发展,创新管理机制,最终推动企业长久发展。论文结合组织行为学,提出其在企业人力资源管理中运用和实施的策略,进而推动组织行为学更广泛地应用。     

自愿离职和组织绩效：三向交互调节模型

现有研究发现自愿离职对组织绩效具有显著影响,但关于具体影响方向和作用机制还没有达成一致结论。基于521家企业样本数据,本文实证研究自愿离职与组织绩效关系的三向交互调节模型。研究发现：自愿离职显著负向影响组织绩效;投资型人力资源系统对自愿离职与组织绩效关系具有显著调节效应,表明组织采用投资型人力资源系统时,自愿离职对组织绩效的负向影响更强;差异化战略和投资型人力资源系统对自愿离职和组织绩效关系具有三向交互调节效应,当组织实施高差异化战略、高投资型人力资源系统时,自愿离职对组织绩效的负相关性最强。     

Crowding Out Reciprocity between Working Parents and Companies with Corporate Childcare

When the government and companies invest in childcare, both do it with good intentions. While politicians have the intention of enhancing fertility and well‐being of families, employers expect positive responses from working parents based on the norm of reciprocity. Since industrialized countries increase public family support year by year, the question arises as to whether this may trigger unanticipated consequences. If both the state and companies invest in substitutive services, they might unintentionally spark competition. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine whether public childcare may “crowd out” the reciprocity effects of corporate childcare on working parents. In Switzerland, state family policies vary among the 26 cantons, so we are able to compare cantons with a high and low number of cantonal childcare services. Using survey data taken from 414 working parents living in different Swiss cantons, we examined whether public childcare affects organizational‐related responses of working parents. First, our results support the expected level of reciprocity: working parents in companies with their own childcare services show higher organizational commitment than parents in companies without this support. Second, we find evidence for a crowding‐out effect: in family‐supportive cantons with numerous public childcare services, working parents’ commitment to companies with their own childcare services is lower than in less family‐friendly cantons. This finding reignites an old economic debate on the crowding out of voluntary private investments due to governmental policies. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

The Impact of Management Development Practices on Organizational Commitment

Social exchange theorists argue that organizations that provide developmental assignments raise employee commitment. But such assignments may also undermine commitment by increasing the recipients’ value in the external labor market. We compare the effect of developmental assignments on organizational commitment with that of other development practices: coaching, mentoring, training, and support from the direct superior and senior management. We also test whether synergies arise when developmental assignments are combined with the other development practices. Using a sample of 312 highly skilled professionals working in over sixty countries, in a variety of industries and firms of various sizes, we find that developmental assignments are the strongest driver of organizational commitment, together with support from senior management. The positive relationship between developmental assignments and organizational commitment is weaker in the presence of other development practices. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

带强调事项段无保留审计意见信息含量及其差异性研究

我国上市公司年度财务报表及其审计报告的披露是资本市场信息披露的重要组成部分,审计意见的类型往往是投资者关注的重点对象。２００７－２０１０年,我国沪深两市的上市公司被出具非标准审计意见绝大多数为带强调事项段无保留审计意见,采用事件研究法构建多元回归模型对此类审计意见信息含量及其差异进行研究,有助于提醒信息使用者充分关注并谨慎使用带强调事项段的无保留审计意见信息。     

TJ药物研究院工资改革问题研究

TJ药物研究院现行工资制度存在着与单位改制不适应、不支持战略目标的实现、激励机制不足、科技人员收入高但工资风险过大等问题。按照建立现代企业收入分配制度的要求,适应改制和科研、产业、经营（科工贸）三业并举发展战略的需要,从有利于继续搞活、做大市场、保护积极性和促进发展出发,工资改革方案应以“按岗位定酬、按技术定酬、按绩效付酬”为主线设计;同时要从实际出发,把握好改革的政策和策略。     

组织学习与组织结构资本化的协同演化

20世纪90年代以来,组织结构的相对稳定性和可知性正被不确定性、复杂性所替代,实施组织变革以获取竞争优势已越来越受到人们的重视。本文分析了组织学习与结构资本化的过程,论述了组织环境的复杂性特征,组织的复杂性与组织结构变革的关系,外部环境复杂性和组织复杂性的耦合效应。在此基础上,对不同类型组织学习和结构化变革的路径选择、战略管理重点进行了探讨。