Occupational Safety:

After a feedback condition, assigned (foreman-selected) and participative (worker-selected) goal-setting were examined to determine how they might augment the safety performance of 150 workers in 17 rooms of a paper mill. A statistical comparison of performance under assigned goal-setting, with that under baseline conditions of feedback-alone demonstrated a significant increase in the percentage of nonhazardous conditions but not of safe practices. Goal-setting by workers did not produce significant increases for either practices or conditions, and rates of injuries remained at the same reduced level as during feedback-alone. A visual analysis of a graphic plot of repeated performance measures suggested that trends established during feedback alone could account, in part, for the improvements. Possibly ceiling effects and the stated opinions of workers about various attributes of goal-setting may have been related to the outcomes.     

The effects of organizational learning climate,career-enhancing strategy,and work orientation on the protean career

The concept of the protean career has been discussed in the career development field over the last three decades. The main purpose of this study was to conduct an empirical assessment of the individual protean career attitude and investigate the relationships between the protean career attitude and other variables such as organizational learning climate, individual career-enhancing strategy and work orientation. The hypotheses were investigated through a correlation and a path analysis of data from 244 employees of a Korean financial company. The results provide useful information on the direct effects of career-enhancing strategy and work orientation on the protean career attitude. In addition, an indirect effect of organizational learning climate was identified.     

Stability and dominance in career success orientation in South Korean employees

This study explored whether career orientation is stable and whether predominant types exist by looking at the differences in specific demographic variables (age, years of work experience, employment level, gender, type of job and education level). These were examined through the framework of career success orientation in a Korean wireless communications company. The findings show that career success orientations were not the same by age, length of work experience, and employment level, and dominant career success orientations were based only on education level. The results imply that there are either generation differences or changes in career orientation and that theoretical re-investigation is needed in researching dominant career orientation by gender.     

Quality management and performance: a comparison between the UK and Turkey

Purpose: The aim of this article is to detail the correlation between quality management, specifically its tools and critical success factors, and performance in terms of primary operational and secondary organisational performances.

Design/methodology/approach: Survey data from the UK and Turkey were analysed using exploratory factor analyses, structural equation modelling and regression analysis.

Findings: The results show that quality management has a significant and positive impact on both primary and secondary performances; that Turkish and UK attitudes to quality management are similar; and that quality management is widely practised in manufacturing and service industries but has more statistical emphasis in the manufacturing sector. The main challenge for making quality management practice more effective lies in an appropriate balanced use of the different sorts of the tools and critical success factors.

Originality/value: This study takes a novel approach by: (i) exploring the relationship between primary operational and secondary organisational performances, (ii) using service and manufacturing data and (iii) making a cross-country comparison between the UK (a developed economy) and Turkey (a developing economy).

Limitations: Detailed contrast provided between only two countries.     

大型工程项目团队知识学习范式构建

分析大型工程项目团队学习与知识运动规律,建立了大型工程项目团队知识学习范式模型,研究了其知识学习流程和知识运动流程及其管理要点.     

关爱女孩行动试点工作难点分析及建议——以江苏省东海县试点为例

通过对江苏省东海县关爱女孩行动试点工作的调查发现,该行动进展顺利,取得了一定的成效,但在实际工作中还存在着一些难点问题。目前我国正在试点的关爱女孩行动在整体上还不够成熟,更没有建立起一套适合不同地区特点的工作模式。建议关爱女孩行动引入社会性别意识及社会性别视角,并运用社会性别分析方法治理出生性别比偏高问题。     

公共项目管理研究内容框架及其走向分析

公共项目投资额大、投资回收期长,对国家和地区的经济发展和社会环境产生了显著影响。关于公共项目研究,嘲内外研究文献大都集中在公共项目投资、合作、决策到项目评价再到项目管理,其中涉及许多问题,与许多学科交叉应用,并且能够也需要运用多种方法进行分析与研究,从这三方面着手归纳总结了公共项目的研究基础、方法及研究内容,并指明了公共项目领域的研究方向。     

南水北调与区域利益分配——基于水资源社会经济协调度的分析

通过对供水前后水资源区域社会经济协调度的测量可以得到南水北调工程供水效益在各受水区域之间的分配量,可以很好地衡量工程运行前后沿线受水区域之间的利益分配格局变化.通过实证分析可知,南水北调工程的实施在很大程度上改变了受水区域之间基于水资源的区域利益分配格局;各受水区城市口门水量分配本质上是依据各城市GDP的大小,是各城镇综合实力竞争的结果;水资源分配所引起的区域利益格局的变化主要体现在强化先发展区域的比较优势,进一步扩大区域发展差距.     

在儒家义理与事功之间——论曾国藩的为人、为学与为官

数百年来,能够以书生而克平世乱,戎马倥偬间亦为学不倦,并把学问事业均磨练成功之人可谓极少,而曾国藩居其一.究其一生的为人、为学、为官,我们可以用一句话来概括,那就是:在儒家义理与事功之间,曾国藩成功地交融了二者.     

南水北调工程下穿高速公路暗涵施工控制技术

南水北调是国家重点工程,下穿既有结构物的大型暗涵是南水北调工程中一种比较典型的结构形式。下穿段浅埋暗挖施工过程中洞内安全和地面环境问题突出;对于大型钢筋混凝土结构而言,施工中防温裂技术难度大,影响因素错综复杂,一旦控制不当,容易造成结构裂缝超限,严重影响暗涵结构的耐久性和使用功能。论文以南水北调中线古运河枢纽工程下穿石太高速公路段为背景,对既有高速公路路面沉降和箱涵结构混凝土限裂温控标准进行了分析研究。研究认为,施工过程中既有路面沉降应控制在 100 mm以内、结构混凝土内部温降应控制在54.4 ℃以下,