Chapter 4: Research on the Integration of Employee Assistance,Work-Life and Wellness Services

SUMMARY

This article will focus on the research exploring the degree to which organizational integration of Employee Assistance, Work/Family and Wellness Programs has evolved since the early 1990s. The first study reviewed is the National Study of EAP and Work/Family Programs conducted in 1994 by Boston University's Center on Work and Family in which 100 of the top family friendly companies were inter viewed. Two major studies conducted under the guidance of the Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA) are then reviewed. The Phase I research conducted in 2001 was a large-scale survey of the professionals in fields of EAP and Work-life (N = 950). The Phase II research conducted in 2002 was comprised of two stages: A pilot study surveying vendors in the EAP and Work-life fields (N = 213) and a qualitative study consisting of in-depth interviews with vendors from all three professions (N = 79). The overall theme from this body of research is one of dramatically increasing movement and market demand for some form of collaboration/integration of service delivery. Finally, the chapter offers recommendations for further research regarding integration of services as well as implications for the professional fields.     

改革开放以来中国共产党解决“三农”问题的 理论创新及认识飞跃

改革开放以来中国共产党领导人民解决"三农"问题的历程,是一个思想不断解放、理论不断创新、认识不断深化的与时俱进的过程;在这个实践和认识的逻辑统一发展进程中,实现了两次关于"三农"问题的重大理论创新和认识飞跃,形成了集中体现中国共产党解决"三农"问题理论创新和认识飞跃的理论体系和政策成果.广大农民的实践是解决"三农"问题理论创新和认识飞跃的基础,解放思想、实事求是的思想路线是解决"三农"问题理论创新和认识飞跃的基本前提,"三个代表"重要思想是解决"三农"问题理论创新和认识飞跃的根本保证.     

Private Action for Public Good?: The Public Role of Voluntary Sector Organizations

Voluntary sector organizations claim to be private institutions acting for the public good. However, if the concept of public is disengaged from the state and connected instead to citizenship, VSOs can be shown to have both private and public origins, as well as private and public impacts. As citizens, VSOs are public organizations serving the public good through their purported representation of the people and civic leadership. The legitimacy of their assumption of these public roles remains a continuing challenge.     

国际理解教育研究

国际理解教育是面向21世纪的新的教育观念,是推进世界和平的重要教育内容。分析国际理解教育产生的历史背景、发展阶段和主要内容并以英、美、日等国为例具体分析目前世界各国开展国际理解教育的具体措施并在我国中小学教育阶段开展积极有效的国际理解教育不无裨益。     

Prevalence Rates of Youth Gambling Problems: Are the Current Rates Inflated?

While there is a general consensus in the literature that it is common for youth to gamble, considerable variability in the reported prevalence rates of youth problem gambling has been found. More recently, issues concerning the possible overestimation of these rates have been raised. Arguments underlying the proposition that problem gambling rates for youth are inflated are examined. It is acknowledged that more rigorous research is required, including the need for the development and refinement of current adolescent instruments and screening tools, agreement upon a gold standard criterion for adolescent problem gambling, and clarity of nomenclature issues. The advancement of scientific knowledge concerning the underlying risk factors associated with the onset and course of youth gambling involvement and the role of effective adolescent prevention and treatment programs will require these fundamental research questions to be addressed.     

论哲学基本问题与马克思主义哲学中心问题的关系

思维和存在的关系问题是哲学的基本问题 ,它通过时代哲学的主要问题和哲学派别的中心问题表现出来 ,是一般和个别、共性和个性的关系。在坚持哲学基本问题的基础上勇敢地去解决时代哲学的主要问题 ,以克服简单化、教条化和否定哲学基本问题的倾向。     

Friendships under strain: The work–personal life integration of middle managers

Middle managers in today's organisations have reported experiencing longer working hours and intensified work regimes. These increased pressures, in turn, have led to growing difficulty in addressing the integration of their work and personal lives. In an exploratory study of the daily workplace experiences of Australian middle managers and the impacts on their personal lives, one of the key themes to emerge was respondents’ concerns about the negative effects on their friendships. This paper discusses middle managers’ recognition of the value of friendships for their wellbeing, and the resultant anger and sadness reported at the strain on these relationships due to competing time demands. The significant role that friendships play in alleviating some of the stresses of work demands, while concurrently being impeded by these same demands, is an important issue for organisations to consider. These findings indicate the need for middle managers to truly have an ability to engage in activities – and friendships – which will aid them in their working lives. The study also indicates a need for further investigation into the development and maintenance of friendships for both middle managers and other groups of employees.     

整合财政支农资金加大农村基础设施投入力度

由于历史原因和体制惯性,“三农”投入,特别是财政支农资金的投入存在许多问题,多头管理、分散使用、效率低下的现象十分突出。继续加大对“三农”尤其是农村基础设施的投入力度,推进财政支农资金整合,提高财政支农的政策效应和制度效应,对发展现代农业,建设社会主义新农村意义重大。     

What does the pursuit of a high quality of life entail?: Grounding a theoretical model in lived experience

In response to calls for a better understanding of quality of life, we draw upon working professionals’ perspectives and experiences to introduce a theoretical model that emerged from an inductive analysis of respondents’ language. A key element of this model includes a collective picture of factors representing quality of life. Further, this model suggests interrelatedness among these factors with pursuit of a high quality of life emerging as a dynamic process with a tensional nature. Our proposed model extends existing research by more fully capturing the complex ways in which people from the United States describe quality of life and its pursuit.     

浅谈新中国成立初期的宁夏民族工作（1949-1958）

通过对大量历史资料、档案材料的分析总结，文章描述了新中国成立初期宁夏民族工作的概貌和取得的成绩。这些民族工作及其成绩的取得，充分体现了党的民族政策的正确性和可行性，它使宁夏地区顺利地完成了社会秩序恢复的各项目标，实现了民族团结和社会稳定，同时也为宁夏回族自治区的成立创造了条件。