The uneasy alliance of organisational culture and equal opportunities for ethnic minority groups: A British example

Recent statistics suggest that there is a continuing disparity in labour market outcomes between ethnic minority (EM) groups and their White counterparts. However, although there is now an abundance of statistical and anecdotal evidence that speaks to the disadvantage of EM groups, there is less understanding of the intraorganisational dynamics that give rise to the outcomes that are reported. Drawing on postcolonial, cultural capital, and social capital theories, this article argues that the dominant approach through which organisational culture is conceptualised and the ways in which it is commonly managed may encourage labour market inequality and disadvantage for EM groups (defined as access to employment and having opportunities for promotion while in employment). The article explores three intraorganisational interventions that are common in culture management initiatives (leadership, selective recruitment, and internal promotion) to illustrate the arguments. The article concludes by discussing a series of implications and highlighting the pivotal role of the HR academy and practitioners in generating deeper insights and attention into the potential sources of EM disadvantage that are linked to culture and culture management.     

“Going natural”: Black women’s identity project shifts in hair care practices

Hair care, a seemingly mundane consumption practice, is packed with sociocultural meanings and constitutes an important realm of identity work for consumers. Drawing upon existing literature on consumer identity projects, this paper investigates the experiences of urban, Black women in Kenya as they disengage from the normative practice of altering their natural hair texture using chemical straighteners (a practice that conforms to Eurocentric beauty ideals of straight, flowing hair), and adopt the non-normative hair care practice of “going natural,” in which they embrace their natural hair texture and hairstyles. This paper traces the historical, sociocultural, and political events that underpin the normative ideology associated with the identity marker of natural Black hair, and how this ideology influences the women’s “going natural” experience. Findings reveal tensions that emerge in the women’s identity project disengagement and reconstruction process, and how the women navigate their position as they reimagine their embodied identity quest.     

深化乡镇综合改革难点研究

乡镇机构人员膨胀是当前农民负担过重的主要原因之一。而20多年来乡镇机构减而复胀且日益严重,成为改革的难点。乡镇职能错位、各类机构关系不顺、社会改革不配套,还有行政机构中客观存在的“帕金森定律”,是乡镇机构改革难点形成的深层原因。深化乡镇综合改革的远期目标是实现乡镇自治,而近期目标则是以转变职能为核心,调整政府管理体制;实现乡镇机构的功能整合;同时可以实行政府职能“外包”;还要加强机构编制的法治管理。     

对“村财乡管”管理方式的思考

农村税费改革之后,很多地区对村级财务实行了“村财乡管”。本文通过分析认为,“村财乡管”是乡镇一级政府对村级集体财产的越权管理;这种管理方式在对村级集体财务管理产生某些积极效应的同时,也带来了很多不利的影响;村级财务管理的关键还在于加强村民民主理财制度建设,加大财务监督力度。     

关于开展航海职业教育扶贫工作的探讨

建设新农村的核心环节是提高农民收入。对贫困地区进行扶贫是党和政府解决贫困地区农民问题的重要手段之一,其中心工作是提高农民收入。通过开展航海职业教育扶贫工作可以有效地帮助转移农村富余劳动力,提高农民综合素质,增加农民收入,增强农民自身的造血功能,彻底改变贫穷的面貌;同时也有利于促进航运业和航海职业教育的发展。开展航海职业教育扶贫工作是一个多方合作共赢的过程。     

Village Elections,Accountability and Income Distribution in Rural China

1. Introduction The village election was first envisioned by the late chairman of the National People’sCongress (NPC), Mr Peng Zhen, in the mid-1980s to enhance village governance after the commune system was dissolved in China in the early 1980s. In 1987, the NPC passed a tentative version of The Organic Law of the Village Committee (OLVC), and started a 10 year experiment of village elections. In 1998, the NPC formally passed the law and elections quickly spread to the whole count…     

新农村建设需要重点解决好的几个问题

建设社会主义新农村既是我国在新时期作出的一项伟大的战略部署,又是我国在加快推进社会主义经济建设和社会和谐发展中所面临的一项艰巨的历史任务.加快社会主义新农村建设,必须选准切入点,抓住关节点,稳步推进,力求实效.     

人力资本对非农就业收入的影响——基于村庄内外的视角

利用山西省2004年3 506名农村居民的抽样调查数据,比较分析了人力资本对劳动力村内、村外非农就业收入的影响。在进行OLS估计,考虑到可能出现的选择性偏误,使用Heckman二阶段模型进行纠正后发现,无论是在村内还是在村外,受教育年数对非农就业收入均有显著的正向影响;受过职教培训与劳动力村内非农就业收入具有显著的负向关系,但其对村外非农就业收入的促进作用却十分明显;拥有技术职称在村内取得了显著的收入回报;健康对于村内非农就业收入的影响并不十分明显,但在村外,健康成为重要的影响变量。     

民族地区高职教育与地方经济良性互动的构建

在民族地区发展经济比其他地区面临更多的困难,在这些困难中最突出的是人才缺乏。它制约着经济的快速发展。要解决这一难题,一个重要的途径是发展高职教育。同时,只有民族地区的经济得到快速发展,民族地区的高职教育的发展才有良好的基础。因此,必须使民族地区的高职教育与当地的经济建设形成良性互动,才能实现两者的持续、稳定发展。     

少数民族村寨生态旅游开发与旅游可持续发展探讨——以贵阳花溪镇山村旅游开发为例

少数民族村寨在开发旅游的同时,也带来了自然和文化生态环境的破坏,要使民族村寨旅游实现可持续发展,必须走生态旅游发展之路。本文针对贵阳花溪镇山村旅游开发中的问题,指出了民族村寨生态旅游开发的薄弱点,从将目前的大众旅游转型为生态旅游、加强游客管理、组织村民积极参与、完善生态旅游产品结构几方面对少数民族村寨生态旅游开发规划进行了探讨。