Screening and training inter-cultural competencies: evaluating the impact of national culture on inter-cultural competencies

Inter-cultural competencies have become increasingly important for international personnel selection and training. The purpose of this article is to evaluate psychometric data regarding the controversy as to whether inter-cultural competencies are culture-free or culture-bound. In two empirical research projects in the USA and Germany national differences in inter-cultural competencies are evaluated. National culture is indicated as a significant independent variable for inter-cultural competencies in both studies. However, the impact of national culture on inter-cultural competencies seems to be minor in relation to the impact of gender culture as well as of organizational culture. Therefore, inter-cultural competencies are judged to be culture-general in the two nations. Conceptual conclusions as well as practical conclusions for IHRM are discussed, based on the results. Finally, the limitations of the studies are pointed out.     

加强忧患意识教育提升企业核心竞争力

企业只有不断加强对职工的忧患意识教育,才能在取得成绩时始终保持清醒的头脑,才能在遇到实际困难时能够找到转危为机的办法,才能在激烈的市场竞争中提升自身的核心竞争力,实现可持续发展。     

现代商务英语写作中的交际能力特征

随着信息技术的高速发展,商务英语信函已成为国际商务往来中最基本的交流方式。从交际能力理论的视角分析现代商务英语信函在不同的文体层面上体现出的可接受性、得体性或现实性等交际能力的特征,旨在表明现代商务英语写作中需要充分运用人际交往的心理策略并采用简约的语言风格。     

The relationships among professional competence,job satisfaction and career development confidence for chefs in Taiwan

This study explores the relationship among professional competence, job satisfaction and the career development confidence for chefs, and examines the mediators of job satisfaction for professional competence and career development confidence in Taiwan. The analytical results demonstrate that work attitude was the most influential construct for professional competence, and culinary creativity had the lowest reported ratings. Job selection satisfaction showed higher ranking than current job satisfaction. The structural equation modeling results showed that professional competence significantly affects job satisfaction, and that job satisfaction predicts actual career development confidence. Additionally, job satisfaction mediated the influences of professional competence and career development confidence. The implications of these findings are discussed.     

销售人员胜任力测评研究

销售人员胜任力测评指标体系包括知识、技能、态度3个一级指标和15个二级指标。通过采用层次分析法确定各指标权重,结合1～9标度法和销售主管对销售人员胜任力指标评分计算出销售人员的胜任力排名情况。     

企业技术创新与网络互动:珠三角173个样本

建立企业技术创新与企业网络的互动关系模型,以我国珠三角地区纺织产业集群的173家企业为样本,通过对样本数据变量进行聚类分析和相关性分析,验证了企业网络的演化与技术创新之间存在着一种协同作用关系,有效的企业网络会推动企业技术快速成长,而企业的技术创新反过来又推动企业网络不断演化以适应企业新的需求。     

提高高职院校核心竞争力对策研究

核心竞争力的内涵是别人无法取代的特色优势能力。实现一流院校,协调持续科学发展,必须提高核心竞争力。改革管理体制和运行机制,增强发展活力和自主创新能力;加强人才队伍建设,发挥人才的特色能力、优势能力、创新能力、综合能力和核心能力;产学研合作办学,提高抗风险能力;培养合格学生,提高就业率,是提高核心竞争力的主要对策。     

国内跨文化交际能力研究述评

通过对1994年到2009年国内主要外语期刊发表的有关跨文化交际能力研究文章的检索统计,发现:1.跨文化交际能力的研究对象侧重于大学生和混合学生群。2.研究方法以思辨性研究为主。3.跨文化交际能力的研究以针对英语的研究为主。4.研究内容主要集中在跨文化交际能力的内涵和跨文化交际能力的培养两个方面。国内跨文化交际能力研究存在的主要问题是研究对象不均衡、实证性研究匮乏、研究语种单一以及研究的广度、深度不够等问题,并展望了今后跨文化交际能力研究的方向。     

浅谈今后我国高等教育发展的方向和对策

改革开放以后，中国高等教育经历了较大的发展，但与西方发达国家的高等教育相比，还有较大差距。因此，我们可借鉴美国高等教育发展的成功经验，加快改革高等教育体制，发展规模适度、形式多样、层次多样的中国高校，提高高校为经济和社会服务的水平，使我国高等教育体制更具活力和竞争力。