Flexible work practices and human resource management: a comparison of South African and foreign owned companies

This study compares the use of flexible work practices in wholly owned South African (SA) companies with that in foreign-owned companies. Data were obtained from questionnaire results of a study conducted by Horwitz and Franklin (1996) of flexible work practices in SA organizations. The questionnaire was used as part of a collaborative research project involving three countries (Brosnan et al ., 1996). It was found that SA-owned companies use certain flexible work practices to a lesser extent than foreign-owned companies. This was found to be the case particularly in the use of numerical forms of flexibility, such as sub-contractors/consultants and the use of temporary employees. Use of subcontractors/consultants and temporary staff agencies was found to be the greatest in partially foreign-owned companies. A larger proportion of foreign-owned companies have lower labour costs than do SA-owned companies. This has, however, not been as a result of the greater use of flexible work practices. Foreign-owned companies make more joint decisions with unions than do SA-owned companies when changing work practices.     

The Role of Place Image Dimensions in Residents' Support for Tourism Development

Understanding residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and their level of support for its development is considered vital for the sustainable development of tourism. Despite the plethora of factors examined as determinants of residents' attitudes toward tourism, the role of residents' place image has been under‐examined. This study developed a model examining the relationships between residents' place image dimensions, perceived tourism impacts and support for development. Findings suggest that two (physical appearance, social environment) out of the four place image dimensions identified in this study exercise a significant effect on residents' attitudes toward tourism. The theoretical and practical implications to the formation of planning and development programs for tourism are discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

历史时期的湘茶生产及其发展探索

历史时期的湘茶生产可以追溯到汉代甚至更为久远的时代，但发展于唐宋，兴盛于鸦片战争后的清末民国初期。这不仅有赖于湖南具有发展优质名茶生产的自然生态环境，而且与湖南茶农能根据不断变化的市场形势，适时调整茶类结构和区域布局，大力发展和制作优质名品名茶有关。为重振湘茶雄风，在我国已加入WTO的当代，应继承湘茶生产的好传统，精心规划，科学布局，以实现茶叶的区域化种植，专业化生产，一体化经营，以最合理的茶类结构、最优的质量和最合宜的价格抢占世界市场。     

高端白酒的市场营销策略浅析

白酒是中国的国酒,有着千年历史,白酒也承载着中华的文化。同时酒类行业具有很高的回报率和利润率。正是因为这样诱人的企业利润,酒饮料市场在我国竞争日益激烈,分析高端白酒所面临的机遇与挑战有助于其在该市场的竞争,保持并不断扩大市场份额。同时探讨解决品牌白酒扩大酒饮料市场份额的可行方法和白酒营销在市场中的创新,为确立品牌白酒在酒饮料市场中的龙头地位,发扬中华文化有着积极而深远的意义。     

《淮南子》管理思想探求

本文通过对《淮南子》的研究,说明了管理的一种"无为而无不为"的思想。贯彻这个思想,领导者首先需要隐藏自己,然后要无欲,最后还需一种处后的精神。本文研究的另一个重点就用人,充分根据特点利用下属、用健全的制度选拔人才是《淮南子》的任用之道。在对待下属方面《淮南子》强调不要过分干预下属,只要下属不出错领导就应该满意,对小事严格要求这几种基本观点和赏罚谨慎。《淮南子》最后要求领导者需要有谨慎、诚心、保护自己这三种基本素质。     

论会计师事务所的审计营销组合策略

本文依据市场营销学原理,结合审计业务的特色,从产品、价格、分销和促销四个方面,论述了会计师事务所开拓审计营销的途径和应注意的问题。     

The impact of cultural appropriation on destination image,tourism, and hospitality

Harsh critics have relentless exposed myriad instances of misuse, exploitation, and misrepresentation of values, customs, rituals, and religious objects, for example, by different actors, such as designers and artists, and in myriad contexts, such as in art, entertainment, and tourism. Instead of being perceived as the appreciation or preservation of cultures, as claimed, they have been condemned as cultural appropriation. Occasionally, they are deemed offensive by members of the culture of origin. In the context of destination image, tourism, and hospitality, the matter can be even more problematic as many places are economically dependent on tourism and hospitality services. A growing number of critics believe place brands in general and tourist destinations in particular have exploited indigenous groups for the commercial purpose of entertaining visitors. This article represents a pioneer effort to build awareness among place marketing scholars and practitioners, particularly in the context of tourism, of the importance, implications, and risks of cultural appropriation to the future of destination image, reputation, attractiveness, and sustainability and advances suggestions for future research.     

扬州评话书场的模式、运营形态及多重关系

在扬州评话的发展过程中,书场的形态发生了很大的变化,从露天书场、堂会书场、茶社书场、专业书场等,发展到当下的社区书场,它是扬州评话兴衰的历史见证。书场的经济运营模式也因时而变,从现场收费、门票制,发展到义务说讲。而书场中,书场经营者与说书艺人的关系、说书人与听书人的关系等都是评话发展中十分重要的链条关系。     

A typology of organisational stakeholder engagement with place brand identity

ABSTRACT

This study explores how stakeholders engage with a place brand identity (PBI) in the context of country branding. This research extends beyond the importance and challenges of stakeholder brand engagement with place brand identity by exploring several typology of stakeholder engagement with PBI. A case study approach using semi-structured interviews with 39 senior-level representatives from national Australian organisations was adopted to explore how internal stakeholders in Australia are engaged with the current PBI initiative in Australia: Australia Unlimited (AU). A typology of stakeholder engagement with a PBI, including philosophical and concrete engagement was identified. Stakeholders’ philosophical engagement is reflected by their moral support, future engagement intention, as well as positive word-of-mouth (WOM) behaviour. Concrete engagement, on the other hand, is reflected by place brand partnership and internalisation of PBI in the organisations’ strategy. The research findings offer practical ways for place brand managing organisations (PBMO) to enhance stakeholder engagement with a PBI. The identification of multicomponent nature of PBI from the research findings allows PBMO to identify which PBI component lacks stakeholder support in order to make necessary improvements. Further, identification of the typology of stakeholder engagement with PBI provides alternative strategies of how stakeholder engagement can be managed.