Human resource management implications of dual-career couples

The dual-career couple is a contemporary phenomenon in Western industrialized nations. This Australian qualitative investigation explored the organizational issues associated with dual-career couples from the perspective of both dual-carrer couple members and their employing organizations. Overall, it was found that organizational responsiveness to dual-career issues was limited, and consequently dual-carrer couples themselves were forced to make most of the necessary accommodations. Human resource management implications of the dual-career couple are discussed. To date, however, such implications have been largely ignored by organizations. The findings of this study suggest that the failure of organizations to respond to dual-career issues results in costs, not only to the couple, but also to their employing organizations. Predictions for continued growth of the dual-career phenomenon mean that an organization s willingness to address dual-career issues may become an important element in achieving and retaining competitive advantage.     

论会计管制与会计制度弹性信息的披露

现代企业的契约本质决定了会计作为制造共同知识和控制机制在企业实施的必然性。信息不对称与机会主义等促使实施会计管制以遏制逆向选择与道德风险。由于环境复杂性、不完美信息和有限理性等原因,会计管制制度具有弹性,会计制度弹性空间作为公共区域,很可能存在攫取租金的机会主义行为,合理计量与披露会计制度弹性信息有助于降低信息不对称,提高市场效率。     

Should I stay or should I go? Agency nursing work in the UK

There are competing perspectives as to whether agency represents the desire to be a ‘free agent’ in terms of greater flexibility and control, or whether it represents a reluctant retreat from permanent employment. This paper explores the reasons why nurses in the UK work on an agency basis through surveys of two nursing agencies and asks: to what extent do supply-side preferences contribute to the decision for nurses to work on an agency basis? How does working on an agency basis affect the work-life balance and career aspirations of nurses? Two surveys were conducted; one with a ‘generalist’ nurse agency; and one with a ‘specialized’ agency, in order to examine the impact of rare/specialized skills on pecuniary motives. It is found that while nurses who also have a permanent job are more likely to report pecuniary factors as influencing the decision to work through agencies, nurses who solely work agency are more likely to emphasize work-life balance issues and escaping ‘office politics’ as key factors. Importantly, the findings point to the continued appeal of agency work as a means to exit the nursing workplace, suggesting that government reforms to increase the appeal of nursing as a profession have only partially addressed the concerns of nurses.     

基于理财柔性的财务战略风险调控研究

基于理财柔性的财务战略风险调控是指运用财务柔性对财务战略风险进行综合调控,从而对财务战略决策效率和战略目标结果产生影响,其核心和重点是有效配置财务战略资源,完善财务战略结构,提升财务战略主体的创新能力和净化财务战略环境。     

Flexibility for Whom? Control over Work Schedule Variability in the US

Abstract

According to the May Work Schedules and Work at Home Supplement of the Current Population Survey in 1997, 2001, and 2004, the proportion of employees in the United States with variable starting and/or stopping times who do not control their schedules has increased rapidly since the late 1990s. This category included one out of nine civilian employees ages 18–65 in 2004. These jobs have increased rapidly within industries and occupations. The incumbents of these jobs are more likely to be men, black, and immigrant; white, US-born women' chances of holding such jobs are greatly reduced by their responsibility for children. These findings identify a growing tendency to structure jobs so as to exacerbate the conflict between family work and paid employment, and to reinforce the gender division of labor between home and wage labor, especially in the most disadvantaged communities within the US.     

基于柔性的军队油料保障链流程研究

基于对油料保障链流程的整体把握,首先对军队油料保障链现状及其存在的问题进行了分析,接着提出了重组军队油料保障流程的设想—构建基于柔性的油料保障链,并阐述了重组的目的和意义,最后重点描述了基于柔性的军队油料保障链流程结构、部分节点的功能以及保障链的特点。     

战略承诺灵活性的期权分析

战略承诺灵活性的重要意义在于其赋予企业以期权价值。降低风险是期权分析方法的基本特色。尽管其最大的障碍是参数的不确定性及用其估算出的价值难以被决策者所接受,但期权思维加速了战略管理过程,使企业具有更多的灵活性,有助于企业未来的长久发展。     

知识贸易中价格决定的信息观点

知识贸易具有比其他贸易更多的信息不对称价格决策风险,不仅完全信息下双方收益最大化的纳什议价均衡在知识贸易中根本不可能发生,而且不完全信息环境中的非合作讨价还价策略还事先决定着贸易双方的贸易剩余所得.因此,是先出价还是先拥有更多信息,便成为知识贸易价格决定中一个两难问题.文章借助博弈论,从信息分析角度对此问题进行了理论上的探讨.