Discretionary effort of regional hospitality small business employees: Impact of non-monetary work factors

This research examines the impact of non-monetary work environment factors on employee discretionary effort within the hospitality sector in the South West Region of Western Australia. Limited qualitative research has previously examined the factors that drive employee discretionary effort especially in the regional hospitality sector. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 hospitality employees using purposive sampling. While the findings are preliminary, they do highlight important aspects of discretionary effort within a regional context. Critically, two previously un-identified factors, employees’ professional identity and perception of the hospitality sector have been found to have important implications for employees’ discretionary effort and need to be further explored. Additionally, the findings support the direct influence of organisational culture, job design, interpersonal relationships, on discretionary effort. Finally, the research confirms that a paternalistic leadership approach has a significant influence on hospitality employees’ discretionary effort. Theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are outlined.     

广告设计中的色彩应用

色彩是构成广告的重要因素,一幅成功的广告必然是色彩运用搭配得最好、最合理的广告。因此,作为设计者要想灵活地应用色彩,发挥好色彩的作用,就需要对色彩与心理的一般关系、广告色彩的作用、色彩在广告应用中的特性等方面进行深入研究,提高运用色彩的能力。     

基于集对分析的第三方物流企业客户满意度评价研究

在分析构建第三方物流战略联盟信息系统必要性的基础上,提出系统设计的目标和原则,进而设计出基于B／S结构的系统总体框架和功能模块。最后,结合系统实际情况选择系统开发的工具以及进行安全性设计。     

小议卫生间的设计

卫生间是一幢建筑物中必不可少的组成部分,文章针对一般建筑物卫生间的结构,探讨了卫生间的设计。     

长瓦水电站橡胶坝设计及应用

文章简要介绍了橡胶坝的工程特点及适用范围,并结合广西河池市长瓦水电站橡胶坝工程,详细阐述了橡胶坝的设计要点、技术要点及实施效果,分析了橡胶坝的应用优势和造价优势,供类似工程借鉴。     

在BSV模型下矫正投资者对信息的认知偏差

Barberis、Shleifer和Vishny(1998)基于投资者认知市场信息过程中出现的心理偏差，解释了过度反应和反应不足现象，并在BSV模型的框架下，进一步引入了一个心理矫正中介来矫正投资者对市场信息的认知偏差。通过建立市场管理者与中介机构之间的委托一代理体制，发现确实有可能存在此类中介。市场管理者可以制定出一套针对此类中介的最优激励机制，对其进行监督管理。     

分形图及图案设计

本文讨论了各种分形图及在图案设计中的应用 ,并提出了利用这些分形图生成图案的一些方法。     

Research agenda for low-carbon mobility: Issues for New World cities

ABSTRACT

Low-carbon mobility (LCM) features strongly in debates about the sustainability of cities and their resilience in the face of demographic, economic, and climate change. Transport is a major source of carbon emissions and there are indications that these continue to increase, despite the considerable recent advances in vehicle, engine, and fuel technologies. Reducing carbon emissions from transport may become more difficult, not easier. A particular issue relates to the New World cities, typified by those of North America and Australasia, which largely developed from the latter half of the nineteenth century onward and whose transportation systems were largely based around private vehicle ownership and usage. These cities are typically composed of low-density, dispersed suburbs, which are highly car dependent and resource and carbon emission intensive. This article develops a research agenda directed at determining and testing policy and planning measures relevant to the quest for low carbon mobility in New World cities. It suggests a rich agenda for essential research on LCM. Much of this agenda falls within the realm of the integration of transport and land use, with attention to urban design details to enhance the perceptions of and opportunities to use low carbon transport alternatives. Research topics identified for LCM research include (1) urban design and land use–transport integration (LUTI), (2) low carbon mobility policies directed at achieving widespread behavior change, (3) opportunities for new technology and its application, including requirements for systems and infrastructure, and (4) analysis and tools for informed decision making, including modeling, measurement, visualization, and especially assessment.     

Environmental scanning the future of event design

This paper used multiple sources of information in order to identify the forces likely to impact event design. Content analysis of key informant interviews and selected trade publication articles identified key forces impacting event design. Technology, the environment and green issues, security and safety, and globalization were forces identified by both the key informants and the trade literature. Neither of the sources gave much attention to political forces. This article contributes to our understanding of the forces impacting event design and suggests some environmental scanning methodologies that can be used with both key informants and the trade publication literature.