Management paradigms in Finnish journals and literature between 1921 and 2006

This article examines when the information on central management paradigms first arrived in Finland, and how they have been discussed in Finnish journals. Our key findings reveal that rational paradigms – scientific management and structural analysis – dominated management discussions in Finnish journals until the 1980s, and that discussion on management paradigms in Finland in the twentieth century appears to have been characterised by a slow transition from rational ideology towards normative ideologies. We also found that Barley and Kunda's thesis (1992) regarding the alternation of rational and normative ideologies is not really applicable to Finland: it would seem that the emergence and adoption of paradigms coincide more with changes in economic and business structure and influences arriving from abroad.     

The dynamic relationship between the prices of ADRs and their underlying stocks: Evidence from the threshold vector error correction model

This paper sets out to estimate the dynamic relationship that exists between the prices of ADRs and their underlying stocks, in both the short run and the long run, using a number of recent developments of the threshold cointegration framework. The empirical results support the notion of nonlinear mean reversion of the prices of ADRs and their underlying stocks.     

Medical error reduction: the effect of employee satisfaction with organizational support

The problem of medical errors as a factor of service quality has become critically important for healthcare providers. The research model in this paper describes how employee satisfaction with organizational support (ESWOS) and organizational systems supported by an organizational culture impact medical error reduction. The proposed research model was tested using structural equation modelling for hypotheses, based on data collected from 186 respondents in four selected hospitals. The results of the study strongly support that medical error reduction is associated with ESWOS. Also, organizational culture which supports ESWOS and organizational systems as preventive and corrective systems is important for reducing medical errors.     

The Positive Effect of Green Intellectual Capital on Competitive Advantages of Firms

No research explored intellectual capital about green innovation or environmental management. This study wanted to fill this research gap, and proposed a novel construct – green intellectual capital – to explore the positive relationship between green intellectual capital and competitive advantages of firms. The empirical results of this study showed that the three types of green intellectual capital – green human capital, green structural capital, and green relational capital – had positive effects on competitive advantages of firms. Moreover, this study found that green relational capital was the most common among these three types of green intellectual capital, and the three types of green intellectual capital of Medium & Small Enterprises (SMEs) were all significantly less than those of large enterprises in the information and electronics industry in Taiwan. In sum, companies investing many resources and efforts in green intellectual capital could not only meet the trends of strict international environmental regulations and popular environmental consciousness of consumers, but also eventually obtain corporate competitive advantages. Dr. Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Administration in National Yunlin University of Science & Technology in Taiwan. His research focused on management of technology, innovation management, corporate environmental management, and patent analysis.     

Organizational responses to environmental demands: opening the black box

This article combines new and old institutionalism to explain differences in organizational strategies. We propose that differences in the influence of corporate departments lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different management practices. Specifically, we argue that external constituents—including customers, regulators, legislators, local communities, and environmental activist organizations—who interact with influential corporate departments are more likely to affect facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different external constituents. We test our framework in the context of the adoption of environmental management practices using an original survey and archival data obtained for nearly 500 facilities. We find support for these hypotheses. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

民营经济进入航空运输业的结构性壁垒分析——基于制度间关系的视角

本文建立制度间关系模型对我国航空运输业的结构性壁垒进行分析。研究发现,民营经济进入航空运输业的结构性壁垒以替代关系为主,其中社会习俗、伦理等所形成的松散层内在制度进入壁垒对民航相关法规、反垄断法、行政法和行政诉讼法所形成的外在制度进入壁垒形成了替代,后者又对核心层的内在制度进入壁垒形成了替代;互补关系的结构性壁垒次之,其中行业协会、新闻媒体构成的紧密层内在制度进入壁垒与外在制度进入壁垒形成了互补,后者又与人治和法治共存的社会规则形成互补;中性关系的结构性壁垒所占比重最少。研究提出,应重视进入壁垒间的替代与互补关系,通过制度组合和制度传导,以及正确的制度改革顺序以寻求降低民营经济进入航空运输业的结构性壁垒的路径。     

浅谈薪酬结构的设计

通过对薪酬、薪酬结构设计等内容的阐述,结合昆钢薪酬结构设计的改革进程,指出科学合理的薪酬结构设计在薪酬管理制度中的重要意义以及对现代企业发展所起的重要作用。     

小型信息采集车结构总体方案设计研究

本文设计了三种适用于小型车辆信息采集系统结构方案,为信息采集系统实现对突发事件现场的有效掌控,增强对突发事件的应急反应能力等选择提供可靠的依据。     

Attending a tattoo convention: to seek or escape?

Utilizing Iso-Ahola’s (S. E. Iso-Ahola. The Social Psychology of Leisure and Recreation. Dubuque, IA: WC Brown Co. Publishers, 1980) seek and escape theory and social identity theory in the context of tattoo conventions, this study examines whether individual and group identity influences personal and interpersonal seeking and escaping motivations and whether these motivations influence an attendee’s self-enhancement and subsequent revisit intention. Based on an online survey (n = 350), structural equation modeling revealed that individual identity influenced personal seeking and escaping motivations, group identity influenced interpersonal seeking and escaping motivations, and personal seeking and interpersonal seeking and escaping motivations increased self-enhancement and ultimately revisit intention. Implications are provided for tattoo event managers based on findings.     

基于SEM的中小企业领导行为决策及影响因素研究

领导行为是一个复杂的社会现象,管理者领导行为对企业发展起着至关重要的作用。文章拟在广泛收集和梳理相关文献的基础上,设计出经优化的LBDQ量表,对江苏地区中小企业领导行为进行调查,并运用结构方程模型进行实证分析。结果表明,优化后的量表信效度良好,同时也找出了影响领导行为的关键因素。