Mediating roles of karma and self-enhancement in the effect of religious and spiritual primes on bystanders' reporting intention

Religious priming promotes engagement in prosocial action; however, findings about spiritual priming are relatively scant. Using Hindu (India) and Christian (U.S.) participants, a two-part study was conducted. The aim of the first part (i.e., Study 1) was to observe which motives to volunteer (i.e., egoistic or altruistic) related to religiosity and spirituality. Findings show that religiosity had a positive impact on egoistic volunteering, while spirituality had a positive impact on altruistic volunteering. The aim of the second part (i.e., Study 2) was to apply the findings from Study 1 to test priming effects in public service announcements about domestic violence prevention. The mediating effects of karma and self-enhancement in the relationship between religiosity or spirituality and reporting intention were also examined. Findings show that the religious ad was more effective than the spiritual ad in priming religiosity and spirituality among Hindus; that is, karma mediated the effect of religiosity and spirituality on their reporting intention. Among Christians, spiritual primes were effective, and self-enhancement mediated the impact of spirituality on reporting intention; at the same time, religious primes led to the direct impact of religiosity and spirituality on reporting intention. Overall, the apparent efficacy of religious and spiritual priming is promising, and the findings indicate the significance of spirituality in domestic violence prevention messaging. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.     

Model-free portfolio theory: A rough path approach

Based on a rough path foundation, we develop a model-free approach to stochastic portfolio theory (SPT). Our approach allows to handle significantly more general portfolios compared to previous model-free approaches based on Föllmer integration. Without the assumption of any underlying probabilistic model, we prove a pathwise formula for the relative wealth process, which reduces in the special case of functionally generated portfolios to a pathwise version of the so-called master formula of classical SPT. We show that the appropriately scaled asymptotic growth rate of a far reaching generalization of Cover's universal portfolio based on controlled paths coincides with that of the best retrospectively chosen portfolio within this class. We provide several novel results concerning rough integration, and highlight the advantages of the rough path approach by showing that (nonfunctionally generated) log-optimal portfolios in an ergodic Itô diffusion setting have the same asymptotic growth rate as Cover's universal portfolio and the best retrospectively chosen one.     

The China model view is factually false

ABSTRACT

Using a cross-regional analysis of China, this article shows that the China model view is factually false and the universal model view is factually true. It is the marketization and development of non-state sectors, rather than the strong power of government and the state sector, that have driven the Chinese economy to grow fast and to be increasingly innovative. If China wants to sustain its economic performance, it must stay on the way to continuing marketization. Otherwise, China will fall into stagnation.     

Babymoon tourism between emotional well-being service for medical tourism and niche tourism. Development and awareness on Romanian educated women

Health tourism and wellness tourism have become "temptations" with many world markets looking to take advantage of their growing popularity. Babymoon tourism is one of the hottest trends in travel today. The aim of this study is to fill a gap in the research on babymoon tourism by measuring the awareness of, and interest in, this trend in Romania through convenient sampling. The results show that 28% of respondents know "babymoon", but they agree on its positive impact. Our research results emphasize the necessity of promoting babymoons due to the actual trend and because the holiday market has been focused on well-being and promoting the concept of hedonic well-being. Additionally, to promote Romania as a babymoon destination, we must consider that today's consumers are prosumers seeking experiences and emotional wellbeing. Promoting babymoons for emotional well-being can result in two managerial outcomes for Romania: brand identification and intention to revisit.     

应用立体化文献检索课模式提高读者服务水平

文章分析现阶段广西高职院校文献检索课存在的主要问题,通过对广西20所高职院校开设文献检索课的教学效果进行统计分析,结合现阶段文献检索教学特色,提出在广西区内高职院校的文献检索课中运用立体化教学模式以提高读者服务水平。     

次贷危机格局下,我国生产者服务业战略定位再思考

我国政府对于生产者服务业在现代经济中的作用的认识经历了长期的发展与深化,而在现代经济中之中,生产者服务业已经成为现代经济发展的一个重要推动力,而受到包括中国在内的各国政府的关注和支持。在次贷危机席卷全球经济之际,西方国家的实体经济与以金融保险为中心的生产者服务业都受到了巨大的冲击,这也给像中国这样的后进国家,提供了一个良好的发展机遇,而新贸易保护主义的抬头,又同时使得我国的生产者服务业面临着更大的市场压力。因此,提出必须加强对于生产者服务业的战略定位,明确其产业内涵,在全球视角中,加快其产业升级,以推动其健康、稳定的发展。     

浅谈思想政治工作在企业后勤服务保障中的作用——温州广播电视传媒集团

思想政治工作是在后勤保障工作中培植企业精神最有效的途径。在当前经济飞速发展的社会中,持续深化的社会改革对于企业的广大干部职工的思想政治工作是新的考验。因此我们应当结合形势任务要求,认真研究企业职工的思想情况,从而有针对性地做好思想政治工作。     

基于朴素贝叶斯模型的电子证照用证智能推荐

数字政务是数字政府建设中的重要组成部分,研究电子证照智能服务有助于数字政务改革。结合朴素贝叶斯模型与某省政务数据构建用证预测模型,并对模型的有效性进行检验。结果表明：法人类型高频办件前10种组合占全部组合的49.46%,远高于个人类型政务服务事件;全省范围内个人用证、法人用证推荐准确率分别可达到53.22%、68.51%,按地市构建模型能够有效提升准确率,部分区域准确率最高可达96.24%;缩小判定政务服务事件先后关系时间窗口,推荐准确率明显降低。研究结果表明了研究方法的有效性,有关方法和结论对提升政府效能具有支撑参考作用。     

Does the nature of airport terminal service activities matter? Processing and non-processing service quality,passenger affective image and satisfaction

The surge in air transport demand and the increasingly competitive and volatile market dynamics due to airline deregulation are rapidly transforming airports’ character into multi-service firms and destinations. As a result, service performance measurement of significant systems and their consequent impact on airport users are crucial in creating better airport service design, operation and management for sustainable competitive advantage. The present study 1) assesses the applicability of the Airport Indicators of Passenger Experience (AIPEX) model on Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), and 2) tests a theoretical model that explores the direct and indirect relationships among airport service quality, passenger affective image and satisfaction, as well as the moderating mechanism of passenger type (travel purpose) in these associations. The results indicate that, the AIPEX model fits the PVG context for airport service performance assessment. Also, the theoretical model suggests robust direct associations among processing/non-processing domains and passenger satisfaction, as well as the processing domain and passenger affective image, except non-processing domain and passenger affective image relation. Moreover, significant mediating and moderating effects of passenger affective image and travel purpose on the significant positive direct associations are found. Further, implications for theory and practice are discussed.     

浅析网络环境下的高校图书馆服务工作

图书馆怎样利用现代化高速发达信息环境发展图书馆服务工作？