Structural empowerment,psychological empowerment,and work engagement: A cross-country study

In this cross-country study we drew on job demands-resources theory to investigate whether psychological empowerment mediates the positive association between structural empowerment and work engagement and, consequently, task performance and intention to quit. A total of 1033 employees working in the service sector in Spain (N = 515) and the United Kingdom (N = 518) participated in the study. Multi-group structural equation modeling analyses revealed that psychological empowerment partially mediated the positive relationship between structural empowerment and work engagement, and that work engagement associated positively with task performance and negatively with intention to quit. Invariance analyses suggested that the positive link between psychological empowerment and work engagement was stronger for employees working in the UK than in Spain, providing support for partial structural invariance of the hypothesized model. These findings suggest that psychological empowerment is an underlying mechanism that may explain why structural empowerment relates positively to work engagement with implications for theory (i.e., extend the nomological network of the investigated constructs) and management practice (e.g., emphasize the role of structural empowerment for work design).     

Public school accountability,workplace culture,and teacher morale

Educational scholars claim that teacher morale has suffered from accountability pressures and constrained professionalism, but exactly what is most diminished by these pressures remains unclear. Drawing on recent theoretical work on public school organizational culture, we hypothesize that accountability pressures hurt teacher morale and increase the risk of turnover by undermining the professional culture of the school and by diminishing teacher cooperation and trust. We find support for this hypothesis in a national sample of teachers in 2011–12, and a follow-up survey from 2012–13. The analyses test whether a collective pedagogical teacher culture, comprised of professional culture and teacher collaboration, buffers the impact of these pressures that diminish teacher morale. Counter to past research, we find that a strong collective pedagogical teacher culture does not buffer teachers from the ill effects of negative workplace conditions in the form of accountability pressures. We also find that accountability pressures in the form of district dismissals are associated with a higher likelihood of teachers leaving their school, and this relationship is not mitigated by strong professional culture. We conclude that accountability pressures partly undermine goals of improving performance and equity in public schools by sowing seeds of teacher dissatisfaction and contributing to teacher turnover, thus thwarting student achievement in struggling schools.     

韩非子思想矛盾性浅析

韩非子是法家的集大成者 ,但其思想是矛盾的 ,这种矛盾同他的王室地位和先秦时期的夸饰风气有着密切的关系。这种矛盾并不影响其人格的评价。韩非子是个爱国者 ,其人格是伟大的。     

南宋理学极盛的过程与原因试析

宋代理学到南宋孝宗、宁宗时期达到极盛 ,但无论从理学道统承传方面还是从社会政治条件方面看 ,孝宗之前的高宗朝实为理学发展的关键时期。理学由北宋时的民间之学发展到南宋时占主导地位的学派 ,活跃于高宗朝的程门弟子对二程学说的极力推展是一重要因素。同时 ,面对激烈的民族矛盾 ,高宗集团选择了主和派的妥协主张 ,并有意识地寻找与这一政策相适应的学术思想作为其理论根据 ,程系理学正是在这一现实政治需要中得到高宗集团的接纳、支持而逐渐繁荣兴盛起来。到孝宗朝 ,朱熹使理学形成庞大的思想体系 ,标志着中国古典哲学进入了一个新阶段。     

西方服务营销研究的世纪回眸

自从营销学作为一门独立的学科以来 ,实体产品的营销一直作为主流学派主宰着理论界和实务界。但在 2 0世纪 80年代 ,服务营销走出了产品营销的窠臼 ,为营销学的发展开拓了新视野。本文借助UMI、EBSCD、ELSEVIER公司的电子文献库 ,对近 5 0年的服务营销研究进行了回顾 ,依各时期研究内容的不同 ,将这五十年的历程划分为四个阶段 ,并对各阶段研究的主要内容和特点作了简要评述     

几种数字图书馆互操作实现途径的比较研究

本文针对数字图书馆的互操作问题，从跨异构仓储的数字资源整合和服务协作这两个层面上，对几种互操作的实现途径进行了比较分析。     

历史的必然与偶然——李贽与公安派渊源探析

李贽对公安派的影响是直接的,在其理论建树上有启发作用。李贽和公安派的出现是历史的必然,又有某些偶然性因素。     

国际建筑采购最适方式选择的分析

从GATS关于建筑服务的定义出发 ,对项目采购的概念进行铨释 ,论述国际建筑采购方式的内涵及其在WTO和中国环境下的法律依据 ;对影响建筑项目采购方式选择的因素进行分析 ,提出建筑项目采购方式的最适选择的数学表达形式 ;并对该问题的应用进行简单的讨论 ,指出最适采购方式的选择不是唯一的 ,与不同业主的需求及其一致的项目特征有关 ,改进主观评价的客观性是挑选正确采购方式决策的关键。     

论严复与安徽近代高等教育

严复是我国近代著名的教育家,终身致力于教育救国事业。1906年,他应安徽巡抚诚勋和学界名流姚永概的极力邀请,出任安徽高等学堂监督,并协助创建省师范学堂,对安徽的高等教育进行了大刀阔斧的改革,为安徽近代教育的发展做出了一定的贡献。     

克服学生心理障碍 提高体育教学质量

结合教学实践,调查研究了体育教学中学生心理障碍的主要表现是:畏难情绪和恐惧心理。从心理学和身理学的角度分析了产生的原因,并提出了创设教学情景、营造教学氛围、创造成功机会、设置竞争机制等四种克服心理障碍的方法。