Bored employees misbehaving: The relationship between boredom and counterproductive work behaviour

In this study, the relationships among boredom proneness, job boredom, and counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) were examined. Boredom proneness consists of several factors, which include external stimulation and internal stimulation. Given the strong relationships between both the external stimulation factor of boredom proneness (BP-ext) and anger as well as the strong relationship between trait anger and CWB, we hypothesized that examining BP-ext would help us to better understand why employees commit CWB. Five types of CWB have previously been described: abuse against others, production deviance, sabotage, withdrawal and theft. To those we added a sixth, horseplay. Using responses received from 211 participants who were recruited by email from throughout North America (112 of them matched with co-workers), we found support for our central premise. Indeed, both BP-ext and job boredom showed significant relationships with various types of CWB. The boredom proneness factor also moderated the relationship between job boredom and some types of CWB, suggesting that a better understanding of boredom is imperative for designing interventions to prevent CWB.     

To What Extent Did Ethnicity and Economic Issues Matter in the 2007 Disputed Kenyan Elections?

This article assesses the key factors that influenced the intention to vote in the 2007 presidential election in Kenya, using data from a survey and other external datasets. Ethnicity was found to be one of the main factors. However, access to private and public goods, poverty and differences in wealth across ethnic groups also mattered, depending on how the voter claimed to be self‐identified. Those who self‐identified in terms of their ethnicity were influenced the most by access to services such as schools, health clinics and police stations, evidence suggesting that voters use ethnicity as a proxy to gauge which candidates will give them greater access to services provided by the state.     

An Empirical Examination of Sexual Relations Between Adolescents and Adults

SUMMARY

The American view that adolescent-adult sexual relations are by definition “child sexual abuse” has spread throughout the Western world and reshaped public policy. This paper, originally presented as a talk, examines the scientific validity of this view. A historical perspective traces the conflation of the adolescent experience with rape, incest, and that of the young, prepubescent child. Biological and cognitive perspectives support the view that adolescents have more in common with adults than children. Sweeping claims that adolescents react as children are said to is critically tested by examining two types of relations-those between heterosexual teenage boys and women and those between gay or bisexual teenage boys and men. Non-clinical empirical data show overwhelmingly that such relations are characterized mostly by positive reactions based on consent if not initiative on the part of the minor, with perceived benefit rather than harm as a correlate. It is concluded that the American view is false, and that public policy that heightens official reaction to such relations, such as that currently proposed by the European Union, are either misinformed or disingenuous in alleging to protect when the motive is to control adolescents.     

质量、信息和公共政策:消费者购买无公害鸡蛋的影响因素分析

本文以在北京市海淀区进行的消费者访谈和问卷调查,分析了消费者收入,消费者对产品的信任程度、消费者个体特征、无公害鸡蛋和普通鸡蛋的价格差等对消费者鸡蛋购买行为的影响。基于数量化理论Ⅱ类的模型估计结果表明,消费者的收入水平、对无公害鸡蛋的相信程度以及性别是影响消费者购买无公害和绿色鸡蛋的主要因素,而年龄和不同地点无公害鸡蛋与普通鸡蛋的价格差对消费者购买行为的影响比较复杂,教育程度对购买行为的影响较小,但其影响方向与理论预期一致。根据实证结论,最后提出了提高中低收入者的收入水平、通过政府监控宣传和生产者的自律提高消费者对无公害食品的信任程度、以及将无公害鸡蛋价格的合理设定等政策含义和商业启示。     

Associations among altruism, burnout dimensions, and organizational citizenship behaviour

Most studies of burnout have focused on lack of resources, prevalence of burnout, and negative outcomes. In contrast, this study examined the relationships among altruism, burnout and a positive outcome, namely, the engagement in organizational citizenship behaviour. Web questionnaires were distributed to employees in three professional organizations. The results from the 178 respondents indicated that altruism is related to organizational citizenship behaviour. Of the three dimensions of burnout, only reduced personal accomplishment was (negatively) associated with engagement in organizational citizenship behaviours. Implications of the results are discussed and directions for future research are offered.     

南渡词人朱敦儒悲剧心理及其艺术表征

朱敦儒作为著名的南渡词人,其创作以“靖康之变”为时间断限,呈现出鲜明的阶段性特征。前期之词清新俊爽,而后期之作则沉郁曲折。即便晚年为后人所称道的隐逸词也是在故作放旷的掩映下透露出悒郁难言的哀思。与人生经历相对应,其心路历程的曲线走向呈现出先扬后抑,春风得意的早年与郁郁而终的晚年之间形成巨大的反差,从一个侧面展示出一代士大夫的内心世界与精神层面,与之相偕应,艺术上也表现出来了这种内心世界与精神层面。     

大冶四棵高岭土的评价研究

文中以大冶四棵高岭土为研究对象,采用多种分析技术探讨、评价该资源的存在形态和特征.研究表明:四棵高岭土属于高硅(石英)、铁质渗蚀型的砂质粘土,石英及其它杂矿(长石)以较大颗粒存在,高岭土存在颗粒较小.     

探寻证券市场越轨行为的文化基因

从社会变迁的角度看,观念与文化对证券市场越轨行为的产生有重要影响。国人传统的人际关系模式及赌性、对金钱地位的观念变化、对外来文化的借鉴与模仿等方面存在着引发我国证券市场越轨现象的重要观念与文化因素。     

英语教师课堂行为的实证研究

本文从话语时间、反馈方式、体态语言和组织形式等 4个方面对英语教师的课堂行为进行实证研究 ,探讨其对学生的学习情感产生的影响。     

Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy intervention in childhood sexual abuse: identifying new directions from the literature

The short‐ and long‐term consequences of childhood sexual abuse have been extensively reported. However, for many years there has been an absence of psychological conceptual frameworks for understanding and treating abuse trauma symptoms. This paper reviews a number of outcome studies for the treatment of child sexual abuse where a post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) conceptualization was used to plan treatment interventions. The paper concludes that, contrary to some concerns expressed by clinicians, sexually abused children and their non‐abusing carers can signi?cantly bene?t from cognitive behavioural interventions which use reliving and confrontation of the abusive experience. Notwithstanding this, there is a need for further controlled outcome research of cognitive behavioural interventions using reliving techniques to explore how and why these interventions help in reducing abuse‐related PTSD symptoms. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.