Impasses of Divorce: Neither Together Nor Apart

This paper looks at one type of intervention that has made it possible to help separating couples, given to irrationality and engaged in protracting disputes over their children, become more rational parents, capable of using mediation as a method of dispute resolution. The central theoretical formulation in this intervention is the divorce transition impasse. The process involved in overcoming the impasse combines a therapeutic and counselling effort with the mediation. One counsellor/mediator coordinates both phases of the process, by first assessing the impasse and then shifting the factors that created it and moving on to negotiation and implementation of the agreement made. A case seen by the author is presented to illustrate the phases of intervention and the strategies used in each phase. The possibility is raised that this type of intervention offered by specialised counsellor/mediators might prove to the Family Court's advantage in dealing with potentially complex cases, such as access enforcement cases and some ex-nuptial children disputes.     

入世后我国金融市场发展模式的转换

适应入世和社会主义市场经济发展需要 ,必须转变我国金融市场的发展模式 ,实现向金融主体多元化、经营多元化 ,货币市场与资本市场均衡发展 ,金融活动市场化及市场调控间接化 ,金融市场全面开放 ,日益国际化的转变     

CEO and Chairperson characteristics and firm performance

This paper focuses on the relationship between Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairperson characteristics and firm performance. Specifically, the study examines the association between the characteristics of the CEO and the Chairperson of the board and firm performance. Using a sample of S&P 500 firms, the evidence found suggests that demographic and experience-related characteristics may be associated with the market valuation and financial performance of the firm. In particular, the reported results indicate a positive relationship between the presence of female CEOs or Chairs and firm performance, thus suggesting that gender-based differences may affect the CEO’s/Chairperson’s success. Moreover, the findings concerning the age of the CEO or Chair are mixed, while their experience and quality appear positively related to firm performance. Interestingly, a CEO or Chairperson holding multiple board seats is negatively associated with firm performance, whereas CEO duality has a positive relationship with Tobin’s Q and the return on assets (ROA) of the firm.     

女真官制与满族共同体的形成

满族共同体形成的过程,既是建州女真吞并周围各民族大小部落以形成新的民族的战争行动,也是女真内部形成国家政权体系并确立爱新觉罗家族绝对统治地位的一系列政治变革。其中,官制的形成完善,从内部促成了满族的形成,从更大的范围来看,扩大了其统治基础,有利于与明朝廷抗衡,并最终取而代之。     

Who is Mum for the Children?. Custody Disputes between Teenage Mothers and Their Mothers

Defended custodies are usually seen as the hardest type of family dispute for which the conciliation method of dispute resolution is available. Family mediators assess custody disputes of ex-nuptial children among de facto couples, as the least likely to have a successful outcome. Custody disputes about ex-nuptial children between mothers and their mothers constitute a particular subgroup of these and may be viewed as symptomatic of an adolescent/parental dispute rather than an actual custody dispute. This paper describes the psychosocial correlates of teenage mothers and the context in which the pregnancies develop, as well as the demographic and social characteristics of a minority of young mothers who engaged in custody disputes with their own mothers. Stierlin's conceptual framework is presented as a way of considering the dynamics of these families. The writer, based on her experiences with this subgroup of mothers, outlines the point at which conciliation might be appropriately offered, describes the process of mediation and its stages and suggests a suitable format. Necessary guidelines for the conduct of the sessions, techniques for engaging these families, pitfalls and potential problems are highlighted and examples from actual cases given.     

矿井掘进工作面安全评价的灰色聚类方法

本文用灰色聚类方法[1]讨论了煤矿掘进工作面安全评价问题,提出了一种新的安全评价方法─灰色聚类综合法。同时,本文对灰色聚类的算法作了改进,改进后的算法便于记忆和应用。     

The praxiological validity of natural scientific practices as a criterion for identifying their unique social-object character: The case of the ‘authentication’ of Goethe's morphological theorem

The author would like to thank Mike Lynch, Eric Livingston, Shelley Schweizer-Bjelic, and the anonymous reviewers of this text for their comments.     

商科90后大学生选择财会专业的影响因素辨析

以个性独特的商科90后大学生为研究对象,采用实证研究辨析“财会热”背景下其是否选择财会专业的影响因素,可以发现学生是否选择财会专业的决定因素是人格特质,其中事物倾向的学生会选择财务专业,人际倾向的学生更有可能选择非财会专业;工作可获得性、初始工资、工作稳定性等情境因素也是影响学生是否选择财会专业的重要因素,但并不是决定因素;此外,虽然性别和父母意见也对学生是否选择财会专业产生影响,但作用有限。     

McDonald's ωt,Cronbach's α, and Generalized θ for Composite Reliability of Common Factors Structures

In the common factor model for subtest scores, several reliability coefficients, including Cronbach's α, have been found to be biased. In this article, we introduce a new coefficient, θ_G, or Generalized θ, which is a generalized version of Armor's θ coefficient and is equal to the true reliability when the dimensions are orthogonal and the measures are parallel. We assessed the McDonald's ω_t, α, and θ_G in terms of mean bias, efficiency, and precision using a Monte Carlo simulation. θ_G outperformed ω_t when the factors were orthogonal or nearly orthogonal with low correlations between them.