‘Thinking Before Acting’ or ‘Acting Before Thinking’: Antecedents of Individual Action Propensity in Work Situations

We introduce the concept of ‘individual action propensity’ to examine the approach of individuals towards solving situations for which they lack knowledge and/or experience about what to do. We focus on a naturally contrasting pair of responses: ‘thinking before acting’ or ‘acting before thinking’, and associate low action propensity with thinking one's way into understanding how to act, and high action propensity with acting one's way into understanding such situations. We build on regulatory mode theory – with its dimensions of locomotion and assessment and the trade‐off between speed and accuracy – to examine individual characteristics as predictors of individual action propensity. We find that individual action propensity is associated with being a woman, having fewer years of formal education, not relying on help‐seeking behaviours, and having a positive attitude towards spontaneity. Our findings shed light on why individuals take action, or not, and provide implications for research on organizational action propensity.     

欧盟生物多样性行动计划—实现欧盟至2010年及未来的承诺

欧盟于20世纪末制定生物多样性战略,2006年批准实施生物多样性行动计划,承诺在2010年前停止减少生物多样性、加速恢复欧盟栖息地与自然环境系统的进程、降低全球生物多样性减少的比例。本文对该行动计划对该计划目标和进展情况进行介绍和分析。     

Why did the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapse? A public choice perspective

In this paper, we seek to identify causes of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. We note that great salience was attached to issues of self-governance and autonomy of the numerous ethnic groups living within the Empire. From a public choice perspective, the Empire was an over-centralised state and there were clear gains from federalising it. However, such federalisation was not feasible because of the collective action problem arising in bargaining with the central government. Furthermore, the move towards the war economy and the empowerment of the executive state provided the last drop leading to the exit of ethnic minorities from the monarchy and to the ultimate demise of the Empire.

浅论电子商务中物流的作用与发展

通过对物流、商流、信息流和资金流演变发展过程和物流业在当今电子商务中作用的探讨。寻求在信息技术与电子商务迅猛发展的今天,传统运输业、物流业如何完善内部运作机制,加快自身建设和发展。     

Increasing Inflationary Pressure

China＇s CPI rose to 8.7 percent in February after hitting 7.1 percent in January,creating a 12-year high, the National Bureau of Statistics said.The figure exceeded market expectations,as the Bank of China,the country＇s second- largest lender,     

经济结构调整主体与政府进、退作为研究

党的十六届四中全会决议指出:"以经济结构调整为主线"。中国面临新的经济结构调整,但结构调整的主体不明。中国要保障结构调整成功,必须明确主体,并使各主体各就其位。政府在结构调整中的作用不可替代,但政府作为最主要主体的现状必须改变,让位给企业,实现职能转换,清晰地界定     

政府采购制度:强化财政支出管理的必由之路

长期以来,我国财政资金使用效益不高,开支浪费大,监督机制不健全,并由此产生腐败现象,阻碍了经济的发展。建立政府采购制度是解决上述问题的重要途径,也是强化我国财政支出管理的必由之路     

探析德国职业教育教学改革中的行动导向法

在普通教育大环境中成长起来的职业教育研究,无论是教育内容所传授的知识类型,还是教育对象所具有的智力类型,都有其特殊性。我国职业教育改革的重点,迫切需要彻底打破学科、“大专业”体系,恢复职业教育的“本来面目”,其结果必定是教学方法的改革。在德国,作为一种已经被实践证明的有效方法,行动导向法在职业能力的培养中体现出了突出的优越性。加强行动导向教学法的研究,总结出一套适合我国国情的职业教育理论,进而推进我国职教事业的发展,在我国具有重大的现实意义。     

基于企业家行为动机的中小企业群落式衍生

本文以嵊州领带产业集群中小企业群落式衍生为案例,分析了中小企业经营骨干辞职创办新企业的行为动机,综合考虑经济、风险态度、个人的主观偏好和其他社会性效用等不同的偏好对选择成为企业家的影响．提出企业家动机各因素对企业家活动的影响关系。     

哈贝马斯的交往行为理论及其对中国的启示

阐述了哈贝马斯的交往行为理论,其中“交往行为”构成了哈贝马斯交往理论的核心范畴,“生活世界”“系统”是交往行为的核心概念,对西方社会的诊断是交往理论社会批判的集中体现;哈贝马斯的交往行为理论对中国现代化建设也有启示作用。