能力建设与关系建构:社会工作的基本目标

社会工作是什么的问题已成为社会工作界的百年历史难题与学科基本问题,该问题可以通过社会工作的目标进行解答.具体而言,社会工作的基本目标在于服务对象的能力建设和社会关系建构.能力建设是指通过充分挖掘受助者的潜力与能动性,使其获得独立面对生活困境的各项能力,实现受助者“自助”;关系建构则是通过扮演“资源链接者”的角色,帮助受助者建构足够的关系资源来助其渡过生活难关,实现受助者“他助”.能力建设与关系建构相互依赖、不可分割,受助者的能力是其社会关系运作的基础,而社会关系则是能力得以发挥的手段.只有兼顾二者,社会工作“助人自助”的总目标才能得以实现.     

在社会主义政治文明建设中坚持和完善民族区域自治制度

民族区域自治制度,是我国的一项基本政治制度,是发展社会主义民主、建设社会主义政治文明的重要内容。坚持和完善民族区域自治制度,必须牢固树立科学发展观,推进民族地区经济、社会全面、协调和可持续发展。     

大学内部学术权力与行政权力应然关系的原因探讨

作为知识性组织,大学内部存在着两种权力模式———学术权力和行政权力。它们之间的关系是行政权力应该服务于学术权利。但是,在实际的办学活动中,两者之间的实然状态与应然状态相距甚远。因此,有必要探讨两者之间应然关系的生成逻辑,以求正本清源。     

信息资源管理与管理信息系统的关系辨析

信息资源管理自诞生之初,与管理信息系统就有着千丝万缕的联系,在理论中存在着模糊认识。从二者的基本概念、学科性质以及发展趋势等方面分析了这两个学科的共性与特性,指出管理信息系统与微观层面的信息资源管理有相互渗透和融合的趋势。     

Virgins,Terrorists, and Ten Children: Immigrants' Humorous Play with Ethnic Stereotypes in Bonding with Danes in the Workplace

Drawing on fieldwork in a multi‐ethnic workplace (an industrial kitchen in Denmark), this article explores immigrants' self‐directed ethnic humor in collegial relationships with Danes as it spontaneously develops and plays out in everyday work settings. Approaching ethnic humor from a symbolic interactionist perspective rather than adopting the dominant conflict approach, this article emphasizes the bonding functions of ethnic humor. The article argues that immigrants' engagement in playful behavior with ethnic stereotypes in interactions with Danes is a form of “impression management” in which they defuse ethnic stereotypes and dissociate themselves from them by building joking relationships in the workplace with Danes. A video abstract is available at https://tinyurl.com/esholdt .     

Kernel density estimation under negative superadditive dependence and its application for real data

In this paper, the kernel density estimator for negatively superadditive dependent random variables is studied. The exponential inequalities and the exponential rate for the kernel estimator of density function with a uniform version, over compact sets are investigated. Also, the optimal bandwidth rate of the estimator is obtained using mean integrated squared error. The results are generalized and used to improve the ones obtained for the case of associated sequences. As an application, FGM sequences that fulfil our assumptions are investigated. Also, the convergence rate of the kernel density estimator is illustrated via a simulation study. Moreover, a real data analysis is presented.     

Crisis perceptions,relationship, and communicative behaviors of employees: Internal public segmentation approach

This study examines when and why employees engage in external communicative behaviors during the periods of a corporate crisis. Combining a cross-situational factor (i.e., pre-crisis relationship quality) and a situational factor (i.e., crisis-specific perceptions), this study segments internal publics to understand employees’ motivations of becoming advocates for or adversaries of their organization. The results of an online survey demonstrated that employees’ pre-crisis relationship to their organization plays a critical role in encouraging them to advocate for their company; meanwhile, their crisis-perception—whether they feel fewer constraints in solving a crisis—is more likely to make them share negative information externally. Segmented groups of employees with high levels of both relationship and activeness are most likely to engage in both positive and negative external communication behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications for public relations and internal crisis communication are suggested.     

Uniform consistency rate of kNN regression estimation for functional time series data

In this paper, we investigate the k-nearest neighbours (kNN) estimation of nonparametric regression model for strong mixing functional time series data. More precisely, we establish the uniform almost complete convergence rate of the kNN estimator under some mild conditions. Furthermore, a simulation study and an empirical application to the real data analysis of sea surface temperature (SST) are carried out to illustrate the finite sample performances and the usefulness of the kNN approach.     

Loneliness and the use of social media to follow celebrities: A moderating role of social presence

Because social media provide users with the possibility of an easy way to communicate with celebrities in society, it has become a more common practice to follow celebrities through social media. However, there exists few studies that examine how people’s individual characteristics are related to their celebrity-following behavior. In this regard, the current study examines whether celebrity followers’ loneliness is associated with the following behavior of their favorite celebrity. Data were collected through an online survey (N = 210). Primary findings suggest that celebrity followers’ loneliness is positively related to frequent visits of their favorite celebrity’s social media, greater social-interpersonal motive for following the celebrity, and greater enjoyment of learning about personal life stories of the celebrity. Social presence is found to be a significant moderator that can intensify more favorable parasocial relationship perceptions with the celebrity.     

Exploring the link between government funding and efficiency in nonprofit colleges

Previous literature has suggested that federal funding can hinder the efficiency of nonprofit organizations, but this has yet not been empirically tested. This study used a two‐stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to measure the efficiency of a set of private nonprofit teaching‐oriented colleges, then estimate the impact of federal and state funding on organizational efficiency. The findings indicate that, on average, increases in neither state nor federal funding effect efficiency of nonprofit colleges. Increasing state funding negatively impacted the efficiency of public colleges (N = 799). This study suggests that the challenges for nonprofits that accompany government funding may not rise to a quantifiable negative effect on efficiency.