The joint effect of leader–member exchange and emotional intelligence on burnout and work performance in call centers in China

We examined the joint effect of LMX and emotional intelligence (EI) on burnout and work performance. Results based on data collected from 493 leader-member dyads in the call center of a large Chinese telecommunication company indicated that LMX was negatively related to burnout, yet was not significantly related to objective work performance. Moreover, we examined the effects of the four dimensions of EI (self-emotion appraisal, other-emotion appraisal, use of emotion, and regulation of emotion) on burnout and performance, and found that burnout mediated the link between use of emotion and work performance. Results also showed that LMX was associated with burnout and work performance more strongly for service workers with lower levels of self-emotion appraisal. More surprisingly, the link between LMX and work performance was stronger for service workers with higher levels of use of emotion.     

How entrenched managers beat earnings expectations before and after SOX

This study investigates the relationship between managerial entrenchment and how firms meet or beat earnings forecasts. It further examines whether this relationship changes before and after the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX). We find that, in the pre-SOX era, entrenched managers meet or exceed analyst forecasts more often than their unentrenched counterparts when analysts’ initial forecasts are high. This is mainly due to the drop in analysts’ consensus rather than earnings management. These results nearly disappear in the post-SOX era.     

ANALYSING THE STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY USING PHYSICAL INPUT–OUTPUT TABLES

Analyses using physical input–output tables (PIOTs) are key to understanding the physical metabolism of economies, since they relate production to the generation of emissions and use of resources. Two methods have been developed to calculate the primary resources and emissions associated with a given final demand. However, one of these alters the PIOT, revealing different technical coefficients and Leontief inverse matrices. Which method should be used for structural analysis? In this paper, I compare both methods, explain the structural differences between them and illustrate the latter through a backward linkage analysis. I find that only one method is suited to the analysis of the physical structure of the economy, since it comprehends both the production of goods and associated emissions. The method is identified as a new model capable of tracing by-products as final outputs. Finally, I generalise both methods to analyse PIOTs including several emission types.     

关于异地城市化的思考

异地城市化已经成为我国城市化进程的重要组成部分,但这一领域的研究相对较为薄弱.从我国异地城市化的形成发展入手,对异地城市化的特点、形成原因进行了剖析,同时研究了异地城市化对我国经济、社会发展和城市化进程的积极作用和负面影响,也揭示了异地城市化过程中所存在的问题与障碍,最后指出了异地城市化的必要性,同时也提出了一些促进我国异地城市化进一步协调发展的建议与对策.     

关于农村税费改革的回顾与思考

通过安徽省近三年的试点,农村税费改革大大减轻了农民的负担,规范了税费的征管,进一步改善了农村党群干群关系,取得了积极的成效,但农村税费改革仍是初步的,还存在不少矛盾和问题。因此,必须按照“巩固、规范、完善、配套”的要求,进一步加大对农业、农村的投入,调动基层干部的积极性,把减轻农民的负担作为治本之策。     

Rent Management – The Heart of Green Industrial Policy

At the heart of green industrial policy is rent management: government creating and withdrawing opportunities for profitable investment. This paper asks what the key factors are for rent management to succeed. Drawing on a range of literatures, the paper first deals with the critical success factors for ‘normal’ rent management and then turns to one of the most pressing and controversial issues of our time: how to bring about the transition to green energy. This is extra challenging because technological uncertainties are high, time horizons for investment are long, yet action is required now.     

中原经济区城乡协调发展评价

统筹协调的城乡发展格局是中原经济区发展战略的内在要求。本文在分析城乡协调发展内涵的基础上,构建了城乡协调发展评价指标体系,并利用相关省份2012年统计年鉴数据对中原经济区各地市城乡协调发展水平进行评价和空间格局分析。结果显示:(1)中原经济区城乡协调发展空间上呈现明显的"块状"分布格局,北方城乡协调水平总体好于南方;(2)不同因子对地级市层次城乡协调发展影响程度与各地级市之间按各主因子的差异程度不具备一致性;(3)县域经济发展是推动城乡系统向高水平城乡协调关系演进的重要动力。     

论“原乡规划”及其乡村规划思想

原乡规划借鉴老庄哲学顺应自然的无为自化思想,强调在规划过程中以无为作为最高境界,尊重自然,以实现自然境域下人们生活与生产的原真性,规划理念和方法强调人与自然的和谐,主张以自然为本,以居民为本,主张保持好原住民的生活方式,主张为人们提供本色的自然体验和生活体验。原乡规划运用于乡村规划的思想,是拒绝乡村的城市化,使乡村保持好乡村景观和乡村意象,是拒绝让城市病蔓延到乡村。     

农村集体经济组织长期生存与制度变迁原因探讨——兼论人民公社的建立、失败与乡镇企业的改制

农村集体经济组织因其本身的重要意义而吸引着众多学者对其进行研究.研究农村集体经济组织变迁的目的不仅在于辨明集体经济组织的运行、变迁机理,更重要的是在此基础上预测其发展趋势.无论是改革开放前的人民公社,还是其后的乡镇企业,社区关联性都是其本质属性,即行为主体交往方式具有非匿名性、重复性、关联性等特点.理解经济组织不能仅仅关注组织内部,还要结合组织存在的制度环境,只有以此来解释农村集体经济组织的变迁过程,才能真正把握其本质及发展方向.     

On the welfare costs of business-cycle fluctuations and economic-growth variation in the 20th century and beyond

The main objective of this paper is to propose a novel setup that allows estimating separately the welfare costs of the uncertainty stemming from business-cycle fluctuations and from economic-growth variation, when the two types of shocks associated with them (respectively, transitory and permanent shocks) hit consumption simultaneously. Separating these welfare costs requires dealing with degenerate bivariate distributions. Levi's Continuity Theorem and the Disintegration Theorem allow us to adequately define the one-dimensional limiting marginal distributions. Under Normality, we show that the parameters of the original marginal distributions are not affected, providing the means for calculating separately the welfare costs of business-cycle fluctuations and of economic-growth variation.Our empirical results show that, if we consider only transitory shocks, the welfare cost of business cycles is much smaller than previously thought. Indeed, we found it to be negative – −0.03% of per-capita consumption! On the other hand, we found that the welfare cost of economic-growth variation is relatively large. Our estimate for reasonable preference-parameter values shows that it is 0.71% of consumption – US$ 208.98 per person, per year.