Philosophical Foundations of Eminent Hong Kong Chinese CEOs’ Leadership

Because of the importance of Confucian doctrines in shaping ethical business practices under Chinese leadership, revealing the roles of other Chinese ethical doctrines in modern Chinese leadership is informative. A thorough understanding of the ethical foundations of Chinese leadership is necessary for fruitful interaction with Chinese leaders, according to cultural fit theory. The present study illustrates the philosophical foundations of business management, based on dialogues with five eminent corporate executive officers (CEOs). It reveals that the CEOs practice a style of Chinese leadership synthesizing Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, and Legalist doctrines. The Confucian doctrines advocate benevolence, harmony, learning, loyalty, righteousness, and humility. They are the most prevalent tenets that support paternalism and collectivism. The Daoist doctrines emphasize flexibility and reversion (e.g., the principle that the weak can defeat the strong). They bolster the leader’s forbearance. The Mohist doctrines underpin thrift and working with the masses whereas the Legalist doctrines inculcate self-control and innovativeness. Hence, contemporary Chinese leadership does not rely exclusively on Confucian ethics and this reflects evolution over 1000s of years.     

Modeling society with statistical mechanics: an application to cultural contact and immigration

We introduce a general modeling framework to predict the outcomes, at the population level, of individual psychology and behavior. The framework prescribes that researchers build a cost function that embodies knowledge of what trait values (opinions, behaviors, etc.) are favored by individual interactions under given social conditions. Predictions at the population level are then drawn using methods from statistical mechanics, a branch of theoretical physics born to link the microscopic and macroscopic behavior of physical systems. We demonstrate our approach building a model of cultural contact between two cultures (e.g., immigration), showing that it is possible to make predictions about how contact changes the two cultures.     

汉语外来词的历史进程及其社会文化性浅析

外来词的大规模进入是改革开放后显著的语言现象。在分析这种语言现象的同时 ,梳理了历史上汉唐时期 ,晚清至“五四”前后这段时期的外来词状况。在此基础上 ,从语言学角度阐释中国文化由封闭性向开放性的过渡及中国现代语言文化的包容性特征     

认知语言学与词汇习得的内在机制

通过论述认知语言学的基本范畴理论,提出在词汇习得过程中,要重视基本范畴词汇的学习,重视多义词的讲解,重视对隐喻的认识。     

从认知角度看“上”和“下”的方位性隐喻

隐喻不仅是一种语言现象,更是一种人类的认知现象。人们借助于隐喻实现了语言行为、社会活动等诸 方面的概念,即将情绪、身体状况、数量、社会地位等投射到方位性隐喻概念上,形成了用表示方位的词语表达抽象概 念的语言。     

试论市场营销中的文化因素及其影响

文化是企业市场营销环境中社会文化环境的重要组成部分，文化因素在营销活动中的影响和作用也越来越突出。本文从文化的基本含义入手，具体分析了文化的各个组成因素对市场营销活动产生的重大影响。最后强调了文化可以成为企业可控的营销要素这一理论的新观念。     

实施文化产业强市战略的若干问题研究——以济宁市为例

实施文化产业强市战略,对资源依赖型城市进行产业结构战略性调整尤为重要。济宁市拥有深厚的文化资源,具备实施文化产业强市的现实基础,但是也面临着很多制约因素和现实挑战。因此,必须破除传统思想障碍,构建现代文化产业体系,推进文化与科技、资本、旅游融合发展,形成公有制为主体、多种所有制共同发展的文化产业格局,实现文化产业跨越式发展。     

贵州非物质文化遗产生态环境保护探索

贵州特殊的地理环境和特定的历史背景造就了贵州独特、丰富的地域民族文化和非物质文化遗产。加强对非物质文化遗产保护需要通过对贵州非物质文化遗产自然环境和文化环境的分析,研究环境因素对非物质文化遗产形成和分布的影响,探索非物质文化遗产生态环境保护的相关问题。     

Cultural vs. operational market orientation and objective vs. subjective performance: Perspective of production and operations

The relationship between market orientation and organizational performance has been the focus of many studies for the last few years. The conclusions reported are very diverse and even contradictory. This ambiguity is reinforced to some extent by the high degree of methodological heterogeneity in the definition and measure of market orientation and organizational performance and the empirical formalization of the relationship between both concepts. This study tackles this question by comparing different methodological approaches. Three key aspects are considered: (1) cultural and operational approaches for measuring market orientation; (2) objective and subjective measures of performance; and (3) the source of information in the organization, specifically the perspective of production and operations. The results obtained from a sample of Spanish industrial firms show a stronger positive relationship for operational market orientation and subjective performance. Moreover, the adoption of ‘operational recipes’ of market orientation by the production and operations function seems to improve organizational performance regardless of the existence of any cultural support for market orientation.