Improving the perceptions of hotel managers

This research seeks to identify the importance of various capabilities and psychosociological factors of hotel managers, in order to improve their perception of the competitive environment emerging in the post-Internet era. Specifically, the study analyzes the relevance of education, experience, globalization capabilities, networking, creativity and vision of the future, and other factors related to personality and leadership, to advance the accuracy of this perception. The research used questionnaires with Spanish hotel managers, a Delphi study with international experts, and structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses formulated. The results corroborate the model established, and stress the importance of the education and globalization capabilities in this field.     

Consumer scholarship and transdisciplinarity

A case is made for the place of transdisciplinary inquiry in consumer scholarship. After framing consumer studies as a discipline, the paper explains seven conventional modes of disciplinarity. Then, the discussion turns to the nuances of the transdisciplinary approach, and what consumer scholarship would look like within this perspective. Seasoned and emerging consumer scholars and practitioners are invited to brave the repercussions of stepping outside of their disciplinary boundary onto a rich fertile space where the academy meets society for the betterment of humanity. Consumer scholarship will never be the same.     

政府的领导变革：趋势与路径分析

服务型政府已经成为我国行政管理改革的目标选择。顺应西方管理思想人本化的趋势，解读肇始于西方国家治道变革的新公共管理理论和新公共服务理论。并以其内蕴的人性化、民主化和多元化价值理念为借鉴，我国各级政府应积极秉承“执政为民”和“以人为本”的执政理念，及时变革行政职能，不断创新管理方式，促进中国公共行政系统由传统型向现代公共服务型转变。     

Tourism in British Columbia Metropolitan and Camping Visitors

Two issues common to tourism planning are investigated in the context of a current planning proposal between the British Columbia and Canadian governments. These issue are the problem of spatial imbalance in travel patterns and the place of camping in market development strategies. Through the use of multiple regression two group discriminatory analysis, several characteristic of metropolitan and campers visitor to British Columbia are differentiated. The dominant tourist position of British Columbia's two metropolitan centers is shown to be a function of their relative location and the availability of familiar visits. The campers proved to be independent travellers: independent of familial ties and metropolitan locations. Some implications and planning strategies for the integration of these two groups into the travel industry development objectives for the province of British Columbia are suggested.     

论战略型领导在高校后勤绩效管理中的作用

本文通过对高校后勤绩效管理现状的研究，引入战略型领导的概念，通过战略型领导的管理旨在提高高校后勤的绩效管理能力，更好地促进高校后勤工作的开展，服务师生，服务教学，服务科研。     

The effect of CEOs on firm performance

The extent to which CEOs influence firm performance is fundamental to scholarly understanding of how organizations work; yet, this linkage is poorly understood. Previous empirical efforts to examine the link between CEOs and firm performance using variance decomposition, while provocative, nevertheless suffer from methodological problems that systematically understate the relative impact of CEOs on firm performance compared to industry and firm effects. This study addresses these methodological problems and reexamines the percentage of the variance in firm performance explained by heterogeneity in CEOs. The results of this study suggest that in certain settings the ‘CEO effect’ on corporate‐parent performance is substantially more important than that of industry and firm effects, but only moderately more important than industry and firm effects on business‐segment performance. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Ancients against the Moderns: Focusing on the Character of Corporate Leaders

When a series of corporate scandals erupted soon after the collapse of the 1990s bull market in equities, policy makers and reformers chiefly responded by augmenting and refining the checks and balances surrounding publicly traded corporations. Through measures such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, securities regulations were intensified and corporate governance was tightened. In essence, reformers followed the tradition of modern political philosophy, developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, in its insistence that pro-social outcomes are best produced through institutional mechanisms that harness self-interest. The empirical evidence, however, suggests the institutional approach will do little to prevent future ethical breakdowns. To corroborate this finding, we survey the literature on board composition, auditor consulting practices, shareholder activism, and executive compensation. Consequently, we look to another stream of political philosophy, the ancient tradition comprising Plato and Aristotle, which argues that social groupings, such as corporations, work best when led by individuals of good character. Applying the ancient view to modern commercial realities, the paper concludes that Benjamin Franklin’s attempt to connect virtuous character with enlightened self-interest offers a compelling ethic for corporate leaders. George Bragues is head of the Media Studies program and teaches philosophy, politics, and economics at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada. He is an occasional contributor to the National Post in Canada, writing op-ed pieces on financial and economic topics for that paper’s financial section. His academic articles have been published previously in the Journal of Business Ethics, as well as the Independent Review and in Business Ethics Quarterly.     

国家治理能力现代化下领导行为转变研究

实现国家治理体系和治理能力现代化离不开科学的领导方式和现代化的领导理念。新时期,领导干部要开阔思维,增强自身能力建设,形成与治理能力现代化相适应的领导新理念、新方法,实现从"管理"走向"治理"的领导行为方式转变。"治理"是对管理的继承与创新,治理强调控制少一些,引导多一些,"治理"要求领导干部要善于突破管理的桎梏,努力推进组织、制度、奖惩等管理要素的升级;同时要求领导干部沿着价值新方向不断探索,发挥愿景、利益和魅力的作用。     

诚信领导对下属主动行为影响机理研究

知识经济时代组织需要更为有效的领导风格激发下属工作的主动性。文章基于资源理论视角实证探究诚信领导对下属主动行为的影响机制,通过470份有效问卷调查数据并结合结构方程模型及层级回归分析,表明：诚信领导能够显著正向影响下属主动行为;下属心理资本在诚信领导与下属主动行为关系间起部分中介作用;同事支持感在心理资本与主动行为关系中起显著正向调节作用。最后,讨论了研究的研究局限与启示,并指出未来可能的研究方向。