Employee communication,job engagement,and organizational commitment: A study of members of the Millennial Generation

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between job engagement and two key components of employee-organization relationships (EOR). Findings from a survey of members of the Millennial Generation (N = 539) in the United States indicate that job engagement mediates the relationship between employee communication and organizational commitment. It is concluded that when employees are engaged in their work, their commitment to the organization is strengthened and the likelihood of them leaving the organization decreases. Furthermore, an argument is made in light of the study’s findings that engagement and commitment work in concert to strengthen EORs overall. To foster engagement, organizations should remove obstacles to internal information flow and provide ongoing feedback to employees about individual and organizational issues.     

Poking a sleeping bear: the challenge of organizational recruitment for controversial topics

ABSTRACT

Researchers often approach employers to investigate employees’ work and family experiences. Organizational willingness to grant access to employees can vary, especially when the research topic is seen as controversial or contentious for the employer. This paper explores this methodological challenge using a research example from Manitoba, Canada, which explored the use of parental leave by male employees and the impact of managerial attitudes and corporate culture on usage. Sixty large employers were recruited with only seven of those organizations agreeing to participate. In this paper, the reasons organizations gave for declining to participate and the implications of their decisions for the research are examined. Although the final sample included 905 managers and employees, participating organizations tended to be employee-focused and family-friendly employers. Organizations declined participation for a variety of reasons: avoiding raising the issue with unions, awareness that their policies unfairly benefited female leave takers, and simply not seeing the relevance of a topic relating to men’s work–family experiences. A dialogue often absent from the literature, it is important to understand how employers can limit researchers’ access to employees on controversial topics. The existence of such barriers suggests alternative avenues to recruit participants directly when topics are contentious for employers.     

“It’s a generosity loop”: Religious and spiritual motivations of volunteers who glean produce to reduce food insecurity

Food insecurity is a common social issue and households look to assistance from food pantries, which often have difficulty supplying fresh or nutritious food. A substantial amount of produce is left in the fields, which can be collected through gleaning. In a focus group with volunteer gleaners at a faith-based nonprofit organization that attempts to fill the gaps of food insecurity, the motivations, challenges, and benefits of volunteering were examined. Volunteering in gleaning generated a sense of collective purpose and community; it addressed deeply held religious and spiritual impulses; and it puts volunteers directly in contact with nature.     

The effects of perceived quality of organizationally provided meal service on employees’ job performance and mediating role of organizational identification

Contemporary managers are developing alternative ways to sustain their competitive advantages. Motivation-enhancing features such as high-quality meal service provided by organizations can be thought of as one of these methods. The effect of the perceived quality of meal service provided by organizations on the job performance of employees and the mediating role of organizational identification during this process is studied. Private security-sector employees working in Turkey (N?=?597) are being focused in this study. As a result of analyses (correlation and regression analyses, structural equation model), the authors find that the perceived quality of meal service provided by organizations improves employees’ job performance significantly and organizational identification has a partial mediating role on this association. The findings of this study will be of interest to key stakeholders such as public or private organizations, labor unions and the media.     

Getting to Where You Want to Go: Designing Information Systems and Using Your Data Through the Application of Analytics and Informatics

ABSTRACT

This article, based on the closing session from the 2017 NC Serials Conference, describes a systems perspective where data serve as both real-time and summative information and knowledge about how an organization is performing, what services and resources its users are using and interacting with, and areas for which the organization is doing well or needs improvement. The author posits that data are most useful when the context is informed by clear goals that provide a direction to where the organization is and wants to be. Applied examples are discussed for several environments, including an academic department, school of education, regional libraries, and public libraries.     

通识教育:西南联大“三常委”办学理念的认同

执校西南联大的梅贻琦、蒋梦麟、张伯苓是否具有通识教育的理念与认同(尤其是张伯苓是否赞成通识教育),是西南联大史研究中的一个命题。西南联大能够实施通识教育,深层次上的主要原因是居于西南联大最高领导层的"三常委"有着通识教育理念的认同。这种认同,集中体现在:"发展个性,完善人格;健强体魄,担当重任;文理兼融,博通为先;团体协作,消除涣散;陶冶情操,提高素养"五个方面。它表明西南联大要培养具有合理的知识结构与能力结构、品行高尚、判断独立、身体素质良好、情趣丰富高雅、勇于承担社会责任的全面发展的人。西南联大人才培养的成就及其学子的成长体悟,充分说明通识教育是高质人才辈出的重要因素。     

微博传播条件下的拟态环境研究

在微博传播时代,新闻信息的发布已经变得非常简便和自由,微博传播,在社会上引起了强烈的关注,起到了良好的传播信息和舆论监督作用。但是,大量微博谣言的传播,也形成了虚假的"拟态环境",影响了社会的和谐与稳定。分析微博谣言形成的原因和传播特点,创新微博管理机制,采取合理的应对措施,使"拟态环境"更接近于真实世界,是当前网络新闻传播的当务之急。     

乡村振兴与健康乡村研究述评

以CNKI数据库中的311篇CSSCI来源期刊论文以及Web Of Science平台中的716篇核心合集库文献作为研究样本,运用CiteSpace5.6.R2软件进行可视化计量分析,发现既有健康乡村研究文献的主要议题有乡村居民个体健康影响因素、乡村中的特殊群体健康、乡村健康风险与健康保障三个方面,国内研究与国外研究在议题设置阶段上有些许差别。进一步分析可知,国内研究将集中于乡村振兴战略和乡村治理现代化,相关重点议题有:“大健康”理念下的健康乡村研究、健康乡村政策研究、健康乡村韧性度提升研究、数字化健康乡村研究。     

医疗技术管理的伦理建制

医疗技术的快速发展在促进人类健康的同时,也带来了许多道德风险,产生许多负面的社会问题。为了实现医疗技术的科技价值、经济价值与社会价值的平衡,应该建立和完善医疗技术的伦理评估制度,恢复医疗技术活动的人文关怀,加强医疗技术人员的责任伦理建设,建立和完善医疗技术的临床准入制度。     

自媒体时代高校社会主义核心价值观教育研究

随着自媒体时代的兴起,高校培育和践行社会主义核心价值观,应全面把握和深入分析自媒体时代的特征及其影响,分析在自媒体时代的冲击下,高校社会主义核心价值观教育所面临的机遇和挑战,探讨如何用多维度策略推进高校社会主义核心价值观的政治认同。