How being rooted in the past can shape the future: The role of social identity continuity in the wish for a strong leader

Why do people support strong leaders? We examined the link between social identity continuity – the sense that a nation’s past, present, and future are interconnected – and the wish for a strong national leader. Drawing on a multi-country data set (Study 1: N = 6112) and a sample from Australia (Study 2: N = 621), Studies 1 and 2 showed that identity continuity was related to increased desire for a strong leader. Studies 3a (UK sample; N = 293) and 3b (US sample; N = 294) further showed that desired (not perceived) identity continuity was related to wish for a strong leader, suggesting that the key ingredient is the desire for continuity regardless of the perceived current levels of continuity. These findings suggest that people may want to preserve their national identity as a link to the past to face present and future challenges, even if it means forgoing democratic leadership.     

基于微信营销的品牌意见领袖对品牌关系质量影响分析

微信以其即时性、精准性、移动性等特点，迅速成为商家进行移动互联网品牌营销的绝佳平台。文章基于微信营销，探讨了品牌意见领袖与品牌关系质量之间的内在联系。通过对以往文献的回顾，构建了品牌意见领袖基于微信营销影响品牌关系质量的研究模型，采用实证分析法展开相关研究，得出研究结论：品牌意见领袖微信内容质量正向显著影响品牌关系质量，品牌意见领袖微信活跃度正向显著影响品牌关系质量，品牌意见领袖与粉丝的互动正向显著影响品牌关系质量。根据研究结论，对企业基于微信的品牌意见领袖营销提出了参考性建议。     

Commentary is free: Issue management and gaining capital with thought leadership

Expert commentaries are an avenue in which individuals and the organisations they represent position themselves on issues that are relevant to stakeholders. This paper considers the motivations for writing them, assessing this through two conceptual lenses: issue management and cultural, symbolic and economic capital. By writing an expert commentary an individual manages the way an issue is perceived and in doing so gains either immediate economic capital in the form of payment or symbolic or cultural capital which may in the future be converted into economic capital through increased career opportunities or promotion. We analyse expert commentaries in the Singapore news media and surveys their authors to investigate what prompted them to contribute their articles. We bring together (organisational) thinking on issue management and (individual) thinking on self-promotion as reflected in expert commentaries and suggest lessons for issue management through expert commentary.     

“接班人”危机与农村基层治理的现代化

“当家人”与“代理人”的角色冲突,使村民组长的职责履行陷入双重困境;低下的经济待遇和不可求的政治升迁机遇,使村民组长职位吸引力丧失殆尽,从而加剧了村民组长的“接班人”危机。稳固的乡村政治空间结构、强大的乡村社会资本以及双重角色寄托的延续,决定了村民组长“接班人”危机的解决不可一蹴而就。建议改进村民组长待遇制度,在乡村政治空间结构濒临崩溃、乡村社会资本面临瓦解的东部沿海农村,试行村民小组的合并或撤销措施,并伴随着我国农业现代化的进程而逐步推广。