The relationship between employee performance management and civil servants’ turnover intentions: a test of the mediating roles of system satisfaction and affective commitment

In search of maximizing efficiency, public organizations found solace in the adoption of employee performance management (EPM) systems. While research supports that managing employees’ performance has favourable outcomes, it is still unclear why and under which conditions. Moreover, EPM systems might even create additional pressures and therefore increase turnover intentions and undermine public organization’s quest to maximize efficiency. We argue that when EPM systems are carried out consistently (i.e. internal consistency) and when they link civil servants’ individual goals to the organization’s strategic goals (i.e. vertical alignment), civil servants will be less likely to leave the organization. Hierarchical linear regression analysis shows that internal consistency relates to increased satisfaction with the EPM system and affective commitment to the organization. Vertical alignment relates to lower levels of turnover intentions. This relationship was mediated by EPM system satisfaction and affective commitment. These findings that contribute to our understanding of EPM systems can lead to favourable outcomes.     

Extending the enterprise evolution contextualisation model

Enterprise engineering (EE) emerged as a new discipline to encourage comprehensive and consistent enterprise design. Since EE is multidisciplinary, various researchers study enterprises from different perspectives, which resulted in a plethora of applicable literature and terminology, but without shared meaning. Previous research specifically focused on the fragmentation of knowledge for designing and aligning the information and communication technology (ICT) subsystem of the enterprise in order to support the business organisation subsystem of the enterprise. As a solution for this fragmented landscape, a business-IT alignment model (BIAM) was developed inductively from existing business-IT alignment approaches. Since most of the existing alignment frameworks addressed the alignment between the ICT subsystem and the business organisation subsystem, BIAM also focused on the alignment between these two subsystems. Yet, the emerging EE discipline intends to address a broader scope of design, evident in the existing approaches that incorporate a broader scope of design/alignment/governance. A need was identified to address the knowledge fragmentation of the EE knowledge base by adapting BIAM to an enterprise evolution contextualisation model (EECM), to contextualise a broader set of approaches, as identified by Lapalme. The main contribution of this article is the incremental development and evaluation of EECM. We also present guiding indicators/prerequisites for applying EECM as a contextualisation tool.     

上海城市混合功能开发的机遇与挑战

在介绍"混合功能开发"概念的基础上,以上海市为例,从城市的经济发展、社会进步、房地产开发和设计等几个方面对城市混合功能开发进行论述,分析了当前上海城市混合功能开发的机遇以及所面临的问题和挑战.     

完善中国商业银行汇率风险管理之对策

随着人民币汇率体制改革和银行业发展进程的加快,国内商业银行的外汇敞口风险、客户外汇风险和折算风险日益显著,汇率风险管理面临着机遇与挑战。国内商业银行应在新的汇率机制下尽快转变风险管理理念,在较为准确地对汇率风险进行识别和计量的基础上,充分利用汇率体制改革深化所创造的有利条件和金融创新的契机,对汇率风险进行主动的控制和管理,最终建立全面的汇率风险管理体系,真正实现获取风险收益的现代商业银行经营模式。     

The dynamics of transitions in socio-technical systems: A multi-level analysis of the transition pathway from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles (1860–1930)

This article investigates transitions at the level of societal functions (e.g. transport, communication, housing). Societal functions are fulfilled by socio-technical systems, which consist of a cluster of aligned elements, e.g. artefacts, knowledge, user practices and markets, regulation, cultural meaning, infrastructure, maintenance networks and supply networks. To understand how transitions from one socio-technical system to another come about, the article describes a conceptual multi-level perspective. The perspective is illustrated with a historical case study: the transition from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles in the USA (1860–1930). The case study shows that technological substitution approaches to this transition are too simple, because they neglect the electric tram and bicycle, which acted as important stepping stones. The case study also corrects another mistake, namely that the gasoline car won by chance from steam and electric automobiles. It will be shown that particular niches played a crucial role in this competition, as well as the wider socio-technical context. The case study deviates on three points from the multi-level perspective. These deviations are used to conceptualize a particular transition pathway, called ‘de-alignment and re-alignment’.     

对“90后”大学生进行思想政治教育的实践探索

90后的大学生目前是高校的主体,他们成长的社会背景、生活条件、学习条件,与80后的大学生相比,有他们自己的特点。作为思想政治教育工作者,必须掌握90后大学生的特点,有针对性地进行思想政治教育工作。在信息化时代,充分利用网络加强90后大学生思想政治教育既是机遇也是挑战。     

控股股东所有权、双向资金占用与盈余质量

文章以我国上市公司2003-2005年的数据为样本,检验了控股股东所有权、双向资金占用和盈余质量之间的关系。研究发现,控股股东所有权与应计项目之间存在倒"N"型曲线关系;在控股股东持股较少时,控股股东通过占用上市公司资金降低了盈余质量,与所有权防御效应一致;当控股股东持股较多时,控股股东所有权与盈余质量之间呈现不显著的正相关。文章认为,如果控股股东通过双向资金占用影响盈余质量,那么盈余质量是低的;如果控股股东没有通过双向资金占用影响盈余质量,双向资金占用行为本身也会降低盈余质量。文章最后提出政策建议。     

知识经济下财务会计体系面临的挑战及发展趋势

知识经济对现行财务会计理论、准则和方法提出新的挑战,同时激化了财务会计的固有矛盾。因此,未来财务会计体系有着这样的发展趋势：未来财务会计模式仍将继承传统模式中经实践检验而沉淀下来的方法与程序;未来会计收益观将有向经济学收益概念靠拢的趋势;未来会计确认的基础将是应计制与现金流动制的融合;未来会计计量模式将是多种计量属性和计量尺度结合方式并存;未来财务呈报将呈现多种计量报告形式的趋势。     

西方经济学经济利益和谐理论的述评及其启示

在西方经济学说史上,不同时期的经济学家,从不同角度论述了经济利益的和谐问题,论证了利益和谐的实现方式、制度基础和政府在利益和谐实现中的职能,形成了完善的经济利益和谐思想。因此,吸收西方经济学有关利益和谐及其实现机制的思想,对于我国和谐社会的构建具有重要的现实意义。     

区域经济一体化对WTO多边贸易体制的挑战——兼论WTO的应对改革

当今世界经济发展的趋势是"区域主义"和"多边主义"的并行。区域经济一体化的发展来势汹汹,对WTO多边贸易体制的运转造成巨大挑战,WTO的权威遭遇严重挑战。为应对此严峻形势,WTO应采取多方位的改革,将区域经济一体化纳入WTO的有效规制之下,使之与多边贸易体制互动发展,以更有效促进WTO多边贸易自由化功能的发挥。