Is it a sententious claim? An examination of the quality of occupational health,safety and well-being disclosures in global reporting initiative reports across industries and countries

The study attempts to reveal differences in the quality of information disclosed on occupational health, safety (OHS) and well-being in 250 sustainability reports within and between large companies in different industries and countries (i.e., market economies). Using a mixed research design, our results indicate that industry affiliation and type of market economy have no significant influence on the quality of disclosure on OHS and well-being aspects. Instead, companies tend to disclose information on legal requirements and OHS standards to secure their social legitimacy. However, in the finance, insurance, and real estate industry groups, membership in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index emerged as an influencing factor on the quality of disclosures on employees’ well-being. In general, companies merely disclose sententious information about OHS and well-being in disclosures of management approaches in the Global Reporting Initiative, and otherwise rarely attempt to translate their claims into outcomes. Contributions to institutional theories and practices are discussed.     

教师如何形成正确的学生观

树立正确的学习观意义重大,可以优化教学过程和提升教学效果。形成正确的学生观,其主要途径在于学会因材施教,承认学生差异,量体裁衣;尊重学生,发挥他们的主观能动性;相信学生是可以转变的,充分挖掘他们的学习潜力;形成融洽的师生关系,用教师情感去点燃学生对知识的渴求之火。     

平台型领导: 多维度结构、测量与创新行为影响验证

在高度复杂的市场竞争环境中,组织对员工主动性行为的需求显著提高,而平台型领导以其“包容”“魅力”和“变革”的特质,能够有效激发员工主动性行为。文章基于主动动机模型,探讨平台型领导对员工主动性行为的作用机理,并进一步分析了工作繁荣的中介作用和角色宽度自我效能感的调节作用。结果表明：平台型领导正向影响员工主动性行为,工作繁荣在此过程中起中介作用;角色宽度自我效能感负向调节平台型领导对工作繁荣的正向作用,并正向调节工作繁荣对员工主动性行为的正向作用。

     

任务型教学法在口语课教学中的应用研究

大学英语口语教学的关键在于如何调动学生的参与积极性。采用任务型教学法,通过设计富有真实感、难易程度不同的任务可以充分调动学生的参与积极性,使学生在完成任务的过程中口语水平得到较大提高。     

Assets of origin? Chinese multinational enterprises amidst the Belt and Road Initiative

This article reviews the current literature on the implications of the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative for Chinese multinational enterprises (CMNEs) and calls for further empirical investigations of the motivations, processes, and consequences of the expansion of CMNEs into B&R countries. We posit that the rapid expansion of CMNEs in these countries indicates assets, rather than liabilities, for the county of origin. Empirical studies in this special issue provide new insights into what is “Chinese” about Chinese foreign direct investment in B&R countries and how the “assets of origin” may play a role in CMNEs' expansion in B&R countries.     

我国对“一带一路”沿线国家出口态势浅析

"一带一路"倡议的实施不仅改善了外部发展环境,更是成为新常态下外贸提质增效的战略支撑。笔者基于我国对"一带一路"沿线国家的出口数据分析,揭示三大态势:一是初级产品与工业制成品出口双增长,但制成品出口中沿线国家所占份额趋于稳定,而初级产品出口中沿线国家占比不断上升;二是工业制成品中劳动密集型产品出口下滑而高新技术产品出口增势明显;三是对东盟出口中间品与进口最终消费品保持较快增长。进一步分析表明,上述三大态势缘自"一带一路"背景下我国对外直接投资的发展、经济增长方式的转型以及东亚分工体系的调整。     

“一带一路”倡议背景下加强中印两国农业合作的构想

"一带一路"倡议的开展,为中国与沿线国家农业合作带来了新的机遇与挑战。中国和印度同为"一带一路"倡议沿线国家,近年来,双方宏观发展环境等不断改善,进入农业合作的黄金发展期。采用SWOT分析方法,剖析"一带一路"背景下,中国和印度双边农业合作的优势、劣势、机遇与挑战,指出未来农业合作应该集中在农产品贸易、农业技术合作、农业投资及共同扶贫等四方面。未来应该从建立健全宏观规划、政策支持体系、双边合作机制、项目监测与评价系统、农业合作信息平台等入手,推动中印双边农业合作深入开展。     

Matching the Personal Initiative Capabilities of FLEs to Their Self-Regulatory Processes and the Firm's Initiative Climate

Frontline employees (FLEs) — the people behind the counter, on the phone, or walking the shop floor — can profoundly affect the customer experience. Harnessing the capability of FLEs to positively shape customer experiences is critical for service firms.However, placing the right employee in the right frontline role is not an easy task. To deliver positive service experiences, FLEs must be customer-oriented, placing customers’ interests first. In addition, FLEs need to demonstrate personal initiative by going beyond prescribed job roles to find solutions to customer problems. We propose that personal initiative is an important mediating variable in the relationship between customer orientation and FLE performance. Further, we examine whether this relationship is strengthened or weakened when a firm’s climate encourages initiative-taking behavior and FLEs have a prove or avoid orientation, or engage in deep or surface acting. We test the model across two studies using a multi-respondent data collection procedure within the retail banking sector. Our findings demonstrate that personal initiative mediates the relationship between customer orientation and FLE performance. Notably, this effect is stronger when a firm’s climate encourages initiative-taking and when FLEs have a prove orientation or engage in deep acting, and that the effect is weaker when FLEs have an avoid orientation or engage in surface acting. Our findings underscore that it is only when the fit between FLEs, their roles, and the work climate is right that firms will get the best out of their employees (c.f., Arthur et al. 2006; Kristof-Brown et al., 2005).     

贸易便利化提高的国际经贸影响研究——基于“一带一路”六大经济走廊的实证分析

基于GTAP模型以六大经济走廊建设为例分析了"一带一路"倡议下提高贸易便利化的国际经贸影响。研究发现:一是"一带一路"六大经济走廊建设增加了贸易便利化提高国家的GDP,走廊沿线国家的GDP增加百分比均大于中国,其中中国-中亚-西亚经济走廊增加百分比最多;二是"一带一路"六大经济走廊建设对中国和走廊沿线国家均有福利改善作用,改善大小几乎相同,其中中国-中亚-西亚经济走廊福利增加最大;三是"一带一路"六大经济走廊建设增加了贸易便利化提高国家的出口总量,除了新亚欧大陆桥经济走廊之外,其他经济走廊沿线国家的出口总量增加百分比显著高于中国。     

试谈管理重在以人为本

企业管理重在以人为本，也就是说要树立尊重职工价值和尊严的理念，真诚关心职工思想，增强企业凝聚力，不断提高人的素质。