Employer Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in the United States: Legal and Economic Implications

Recognition of same-sex relationships is receiving increasing national attention in the United States. This paper discusses the current availability of employee rights in the United States on the basis of marital status to same-sex couples, and both the direct and indirect economic consequences to organizations of providing such rights. Despite legal recognition in some states and by many employers in the private sector, the availability of marital rights in the workplace for same-sex couples remains tenuous, at most. Although the direct economic consequences of same-sex relationships remain a matter of debate, the indirect economic advantages are several, including being an employer of choice and having a favorable reputation in the consumer, stockholder, and applicant marketplace. Employers should counterbalance indirect economic benefits with opposition to same-sex relationships, including product boycotts. The issue cannot be ignored from a legal or economic perspective.     

Intelligence Vs. Wisdom: The Love of Money, Machiavellianism, and Unethical Behavior across College Major and Gender

This research investigates the efficacy of business ethics intervention, tests a theoretical model that the love of money is directly or indirectly related to propensity to engage in unethical behavior (PUB), and treats college major (business vs. psychology) and gender (male vs. female) as moderators in multi-group analyses. Results suggested that business students who received business ethics intervention significantly changed their conceptions of unethical behavior and reduced their propensity to engage in theft; while psychology students without intervention had no such changes. Therefore, ethics training had some impacts on business students’ learning and education (intelligence). For our theoretical model, results of the whole sample (N = 298) revealed that Machiavellianism (measured at Time 1) was a mediator of the relationship between the love of money (measured at Time 1) and unethical behavior (measured at Time 2) (the Love of Money → Machiavellianism → Unethical Behavior). Further, this mediating effect existed for business students (n = 198) but not for psychology students (n = 100), for male students (n = 165) but not for female students (n = 133), and for male business students (n = 128) but not for female business students (n = 70). Moreover, when examined alone, the direct effect (the Love of Money → Unethical Behavior) existed for business students but not for psychology students. We concluded that a short business ethics intervention may have no impact on the issue of virtue (wisdom). Thomas Li-Ping Tang (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University) is a Full Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Marketing, Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). He has taught Industrial and Organizational Psychology at National Taiwan University and at MTSU. Professor Tang teaches, has taught, MBA/EMBA courses in China (Hong Kong and Shanghai), France (Nantes), and Spain (Valencia). He serves, has served, on 6 editorial review boards and reviews papers for 28 journals. His research interests focus upon compensation, the Love of Money, business ethics, pay satisfaction, and cross-cultural issues. He has published more than 100 journal articles in top behavior sciences and management journals (e.g., Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of Management, Management Research, Management and Organization Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Business Ethics.) and presented more than 190 papers in professional conferences and invited seminars. He was the winner of two Outstanding Research Awards (1991,1999) and Distinguished International Service Award (1999) at Middle Tennessee State University. He also received the Best Reviewer Awards from the International Management Division of the Academy of Management in Seattle, WA (2003) and in Philadelphia, PA (2007). Yuh-Jia Chen (Ph.D., Columbia University) is an Associate Professor of Business Statistics in the Rinker of School of Business at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL 33416. He has taught statistics at Middle Tennessee State University and Teachers College, Columbia University. His research interests lie in money attitude, choice and decision-making, risk-taking behavior, and compensation. His publications have appeared in behavior sciences and management journals (e.g., Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Journal of Business Ethics).     

Marriage and employment participation with wage bargaining in search equilibrium

We build an equilibrium search model where married couples make joint decisions on home production and labour market participation and analyse the implications of our results for a frictional marriage market. A worker's bargaining position reflects their productivity, and the productivity and employment status of their spouse. People sometimes accept transitory jobs only to raise the spouse's long-term wages. Firms sometimes reduce turnover by unilaterally increasing a worker's wage, ensuring that the spouse stays at home.     

社会问题的执著探寻者——冰心小说论

被“五四”运动震上文坛的冰心,开创了“问题小说”的先河;随着思想革命的深入,她力图以“爱的哲学”解答人生问题;在现实和时代激荡下,她以作品反映战火中的妇女命运.建国后,冰心热情关注少年儿童成长.新时期,她高扬爱国信念精神理想.总体上,她的创作率真自然,女性意识鲜明,形成独具一格的冰心体,为中国现代小说发展作出开创性的巨大贡献.     

For better or for worse: the long-term effects of postwar mobilization on family formation

This article estimates the long-term legacies of female labour force mobilization on women’s family formation outcomes such as marriage, age at first marriage and divorce. We identify the long-term marriage effects of female labour force mobilization by exploring postwar mandatory employment in Germany. Using difference-in-differences analysis, we find that participation in postwar reconstruction efforts increased women’s probability of being currently married, ever married and marrying at younger ages. We also find that postwar employment had no differential effect on divorce rates of the affected cohorts of women. These results persist after accounting for the potential changes in the composition of the population, demand for female labour, war relief payments and postwar state-specific policies.     

解读《爱与死》中的生死观

武者小路实笃是日本白桦派的代表作家,他不赞成自然主义文学中的消极悲观情绪,而提倡自尊自爱、积极进取的人生态度。《爱与死》作为武者小路实笃恋爱题材的代表作,充分体现了他尊重个性的人道主义恋爱观。通过解读《爱与死》中作者对死亡的认识和分析,探究其人本主义精神,以期更加深入了解其文学创作中所蕴含的人道主义思想。     

新生代流动人口初婚年龄及其影响因素分析—基于全国流动人口动态监测调查数据

通过2013年全国流动人口动态监测调查数据,运用统计分析和多元回归模型考察了新生代流动人口初婚年龄及其影响因素。近年来新生代流动人口初婚年龄不断增加,人口流动之后推迟了初婚年龄。实证结果显示,新生代流动人口初婚年龄特征表现为男高女低、农业户口低于非农业户口、少数民族高于汉族的特点,且随着自身和配偶教育程度提高而推迟;新生代流动人口跨省通婚的,其初婚年龄高于省内通婚的。在就业特征方面表现为经济能力较强者可能会比经济能力差者初婚年龄来得低。此外,乡城流动的新生代流动人口初婚年龄更多受通婚圈、配偶教育等社会融合因素的影响,而城城流动的新生代流动人口更多受自身教育水平、经济条件等因素的影响。     

女大学生对在校期间结婚和生育的态度及影响因素研究--基于北京29所高校的调查分析

利用2009年10月北京高校大学生人口计生服务管理现状研究的调查数据,对835名在校女大学生对在校期间结婚和生育的态度及影响因素进行了分析。77.1%和32.2%的女大学生表示知道在校期间允许结婚和生育,但赞同的比例较低,学校类别、年级及母亲职业与女大学生对待结婚的态度有关;专业类别、年级及母亲教育程度与女大学生对待生育的态度有关。虽然绝大多数女大学生能正确看待在校期间结婚和生育问题,但高校仍然需要加强生殖健康/计划生育知识的宣传和教育,并将其纳入高校计生部门的服务管理范围,分类管理,为高校女大学生提供更加人性化的服务。     

生命中不能承受之重——解读弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫《洛丽塔》

《洛丽塔》是美国作家弗拉基米尔.纳博科夫的代表作,小说中的男主人公亨伯特一直是一个备受争议的文学形象。在整部小说中,亨伯特表面看来只是一个患有严重心理疾病的中年男人,但实际上,在他的身上背负了当时社会现实中太多的沉重的负担。在现实、爱情和道德的夹缝里,他只能苟延残喘,最终走向了人生的终点。《洛丽塔》绝不是一部不入流的色情小说,而是通过对亨伯特的刻画,表现了人在社会缝隙中的生存状态;从唯美主义的视角,审视了隐性的人性自然生命生态特征,为我们解构现代人的道德标准和生命追求打开了一个新的窗口。     

涉外婚姻家庭关系法律适用若干争议评析

2011年4月开始施行的《中华人民共和国涉外民事关系法律适用法》就涉外婚姻家庭关系的法律适用规则的立法有了长足的进步,但其间若干自草案公布之初就存在争议而在正式立法中未得到呼应的些许问题、存疑、争鸣无疑还将继续,如选择性冲突规则运用是否妥当、涉外协议离婚法律适用规定有无必要、＂没有共同国籍＂情形下法律适用是否遗漏,等等。着眼于婚姻家庭关系的内在逻辑、国际社会最新立法经验和中国涉外婚姻家庭法律适用实践,应就以上问题做进一步完善和修订。