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).     

Feminist and empowerment theory and social work practice

Feminist and empowerment theories are especially important to the understanding of individual and sociopolitical levels of social work assessment and intervention. Incorporating feminist and empowerment approaches in practice will provide social workers with the knowledge, values and skills most likely to promote human rights and social justice. In this paper, we present an overview of both theories and illustrate them with a case example.     

Uneasy passages between neoliberalism and feminism: Social inclusion and financialization in Israel's empowerment microfinance

This article focuses on feminist non‐governmental organizations advocating for economic empowerment of women (EEW) through microfinance, using Israel as a case study. Through fieldwork, interviews and documents, we investigate the institutional practices, cultural discourses and struggles that EEWs develop in order to expose the particular ways in which feminist organizations interact with the world of finance and state institutions. Our analysis points to the complex power dynamics of mediation, suggesting that there are ‘uneasy passages' between neoliberalism and feminism, ones that help re‐signify the meaning of financial discourses while re‐politicizing women's social and economic exclusions. Simultaneously, however, this relation induces a series of compromises, whereby EEWs adopt neoliberal modes of governance. Rejecting the notion that contemporary feminism has simply been co‐opted by neoliberalism or the perception of EEW microfinance as a mere expansion of neoliberal rationalities, we reveal new sites and ways in which feminism both colludes and collides with neoliberalism.     

相互保险的风险识别及创新解决方案——基于TRIZ和TIF理论

相互保险是保险组织形态中非常重要的一种,但是由于信息不对称,相对于其他保险模式而言,同样存在着逆向选择和道德风险问题。传统的监管模式下,监管渗透不够,反制力不强,导致了相互保险无法彻底解决逆向选择和道德风险的治理困境。本文基于塔福域理论和TRIZ理论系统地分析了相互保险模式中存在的风险,并且提出了创新性的解决方案,即构建“保险域”。     

《老子》韵读研究

本文分三大部分：一、依王力古韵三十部，将《老子》各章所有入韵之字表而谱之；二、自用韵之部居、韵在句中之位置、韵在章中之位置、用韵之数量、用韵比配之形式等角度，归纳出《老子》用韵40例；三、古今诸家对《老子》韵读之研究，多有失误所在。究其失误之由，则主要在于对《老子》韵例之特殊性及《老子》以古谐声入韵之特殊性认识不足。特略考数例，以明一般。     

农村互助合作金融模式绩效分析

互助合作金融是中国农村金融市场的一种创新融资模式，尽管其组织化、制度化经营时间短、经验少，融资能力还很微小，但已经表现出财务上可持续发展的能力，在满足农户小额贷款方面的补充作用十分显著。资金互助合作密切了社会成员的相互关系，改善着农村社会关系，社会整体信用水平、将为之提高。论题分析了《农村资金互助社管理暂行规定》颁布前后农村互助合作金融模式的制度绩效、功能绩效和社会绩效。     

DBF系统的通道校正技术

描述了影响DBF系统特性的主要因素,研究了阵元间互耦对自适应方向图旁瓣和零深的影响及校正方法,讨论了在DBF阵中校正接收通道幅、相误差和I/Q支路正交误差的技术途径。计算机模拟和测试证明,按照所述方法进行校正可以得到满意的结果。另外,为了减小I/Q支路产生正交误差,建议采用中频直接采样和数字化的接收机方案。     

价值观念整合中的西部大开发

西部大开发是由多方主体参与的系统活动,整合和统一开发主体的价值观念是西部大开发的首要任务。这些价值观念主要表现在三个方面:一是双赢的经济价值观念;二是创新的文化价值观念;三是可持续发展的生态价值观念。在这三种价值观念的引导下,西部大开发才能真正被落实。     

基于互信息的功能磁共振图像配准

互信息作为衡量两幅图像配准的相似性测度函数,当两幅图像配准时,互信息达到最大值。该文提出了基于互信息脑功能磁共振图像配准新方法,采用了无需计算梯度的Powell直接搜索算法,并通过多分辨的方式加快了图像配准速度。磁共振的配准实验证明,互信息法能准确地实现多模态医学图像的配准,并且能达到亚像素的精度。     

我国金融业与现代物流的互动发展

随着现代物流业的迅速发展和金融体制改革的不断创新,双方需要在更高层次上以一种更新的理念构建更顺畅的合作关系和更高效的运行机制,以此取得良好的互动发展效果。中国的金融业应当与物流业携起手来,加强合作,共通信息,互相促进,将有限的资金合理、科学、高效地利用好,更好地为我国的经济建设服务,实现真正的“双赢”。