Work-home interface in a cross-cultural context: a framework for future research and practice

Abstract

With dual-income families on the increase, combining work and family obligations is a daily reality for many individuals. Unsatisfactory combinations of work and home duties can result in various unfavourable individual and organisational outcomes. Therefore, its proper understanding is essential in order to create adequate recommendations for interventions and prevention. There is a need for the development of theoretical frameworks that take cultural context into account in relation to work-home interface (WHI). In this paper a new framework is proposed; ‘the pyramid of intersecting domains of WHI’ that incorporates cultural context and other important work-life interface aspects. It builds on empirical findings of the intersectionality and work/family border theories. The pyramid consists of the following domains: the domain of work and home characteristics, the roles domain and the cultural domain, which intersect to determine the fourth side of the pyramid, that is, the observed WHI. Based on the pyramid several research propositions can be formulated. Implications for researchers and HR professionals are provided.     

我国城市居民最低生活保障制度发展与完善研究——以长沙市为例

我国城市居民最低生活保障制度是我国实施比较成功的一项社会救助制度。目前，长沙的低保制度在制度设计和运行方面仍存在消极的救助取向、平均式的救助标准、配套政策的负激励效应以及管理监督体系不健全等一些问题。为此，有必要对其进行探索改革，通过采取积极的福利政策、制定科学的保障标准，推行分类施助和差异救助、建立健全低保制度的管理监督体系等积极措施解决其存在的问题，更好地发挥最低生活保障制度的有效功能。     

Does retail type matter? Consumer responses to channel integration in omni-channel retailing

A critical issue faced by marketing practitioners today is orchestrating strategies that provide a smooth consumer experience in an omni-channel environment. The extant literature offers limited guidance on managing the consumer journey in an omni-channel environment across different retail types. Using the S–O-R framework as its basis, this study generates novel insights by examining how different types of retailers influence consumer perceptions of channel integration (CPCI) as well as consumer empowerment, trust, satisfaction, and patronage intention. Data from 736 consumers was collected using purposive sampling to target those who interact with retailers from high-end specialty stores, department stores, and hypermarkets. The data was then analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). We find that consumers from high-end specialty stores, hypermarkets, and department stores have different perceptions when patronising the omni-channel retail business. The implications of the study are discussed and suggestions for future research are presented.     

电子政务建设策略

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中国农产品进出口与农业产业安全预警分析

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Predicting credit card fraud with Sarbanes‐Oxley assessments and Fama‐French risk factors

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影响能源法功能选择的若干动因分析

法的功能具有客观性,法的功能选择的状况直接影响着法的价值的实现。法律的功能范围是不断发展完善的,这要求法的主体应该依照不同的社会状况选择适合社会现实的法的功能组合才能实现法的价值追求。现实中,为保证能源安全目标的全面实现,立法者需要综合考虑影响能源法功能选择的思想、实践及法律等基本因素。     

政府部门预算支出绩效管理改革框架分析

政府部门预算支出绩效管理改革是在公共财政制度体系建设过程中,为适应我国市场经济体制的不断发展与完善,遵循政府预算支出管理制度变革的一般规律,而对我国政府公共部门财政预算管理制度提出的客观要求。其中理论框架构建、制度设计创新、技术手段要点是这项改革的核心内容,通过以上改革框架的分析设计,将为未来我国政府预算支出绩效管理制度体系的搭建和改革实践提供科学、可靠的理论基础与现实指导。     

社会保障与区域经济互动机理及协调度研究

本文立足于社会保障与区域经济协调发展的作用机理,构建了反映社会保障与经济发展两大系统的指标体系及耦合协调模型,然后采用2008年的指标数据,计算并评价了各省市社会保障与经济发展两大系统的协调性。研究表明：社会保障与经济发展水平呈现显著的正相关关系,经济发展水平高的省份,其社会保障水平也相对较高,表现出明显的从东部到中西部的梯度递减趋势;东部地区省份和大部分中部地区省份,社会保障水平滞后于经济发展水平,而西部地区则与之相反,社会保障水平高于其经济发展水平;从协调度所属等级来看,类似于＂橄榄球＂状,优质协调和严重失调的省份较少,基本协调和轻度失调的较多,且东部地区协调度明显优于中、西部地区。     

新时期高校学生安全稳定工作标准化体系建设初探

高校的和谐发展与安全稳定是构建和谐社会的重要内容,维护高校的安全稳定是社会经济发展的需要,也是保持高等教育持续、快速、健康、协调发展的重要保证。但是,教育界目前还没有建立起一个完整的维护高校安全稳定的工作标准体系,因此,探索并构建一套高校安全稳定工作标准体系是高校安全稳定工作的重要依托,也是新时期高校健康发展的重要保证。