Online crisis communication in a post-truth Chinese society: Evidence from interdisciplinary literature

Through a thematic content analysis of 118 journal articles from interdisciplinary fields, this study reviews the research trends of online crisis communication literature in a Chinese post-truth society, where objective facts play a diminishing role, and Chinese people are losing their trust, despite the best efforts of organizations to deal with fake news in crises. Results of this study disclose some unique crisis communication strategies (e.g., strategic distraction, rumor-rebuttal, fabrication, acting cute, and content censorship) in crises of China. Influential contextual factors such as the political system, cultural values, and media features are identified as well. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed, and a greater picture of online crisis communication in contexts is posited for future research.     

Inflation projections for monetary policy decision making

Many central banks set inflation targets over the medium term and inflation projections are a key input for monetary policy decision making. In this paper, we present the procedures used by the Spanish Central Bank staff to project consumer price inflation. We also provide some illustrations of their policy uses, such as fan charts, deflation probabilities and the monitoring of inflation targets.     

Interactive profit-planning systems and market turbulence: A dynamic capabilities perspective

This article describes, theorizes and empirically investigates the concept of interactive profit-planning systems (PPS) through the lens of the dynamic capabilities logic. With this conceptualization: interactive PPS capabilities comprise budgeting, forecasting and results-reporting routines, in which top and middle managers interact to create knowledge for sensing, seizing, and business model reconfiguring (to manage strategic business change). Survey data from 331 Australian firms is analyzed employing partial least squares structural equation modeling. The data provides support for two hypotheses: (1) greater market turbulence strengthens the positive effect of interactive PPS capabilities on business unit performance; and (2) greater market turbulence strengthens the positive effect of flexibility values (of organizational culture) on interactive PPS capabilities. Our findings show that interactive PPS capabilities function according to the salient tenets of the dynamic capabilities logic, and clarify the beneficial roles of formal cybernetic control systems and the intertwined involvement of top and middle managers in using dynamic capabilities.     

Role of Leaders as Agents of Negotiation for Counterbalancing Cultural Dissonance in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This study provides a unique perspective in the field of cross-cultural management by exploring the relationship between “cultural dissonance”—the gap between cultural values and actual practice—and effective leadership attributes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Incorporating cultural dissonance into implicit leadership theory, the study uses measurements of dissonance on nine cultural dimensions to identify particular leadership preferences in seven MENA countries. The overall findings suggest that societies prefer leaders who counterbalance cultural dissonance by allowing space for negotiations by members of society to reduce disparities between cultural values—“the way things should be”—and actual practices—“the way things are.” The greater the disparity between cultural values and practices, the greater the citizens' desire that leaders act as agents of change by creating space for negotiation.     

An audit of received international business corruption literature for logic,consistency, completeness of coverage

This analysis of International Business (IB) corruption literature identifies gaps and inconsistencies in how corruption is perceived or deliberated in top academic journals. The reviewed articles tend to focus on one of the three key themes of IB corruption (Contributing factors, Consequences, and Combating) and are categorised into the six sub-domains of the IB framework. The content of the articles is categorised into the respective themes and discussed in relation to underpinning theories and key constructs. The process is intended to be less a synthesis of the literature than an audit revealing that IB corruption research is weakened by tendencies to: 1) Be siloed within its subtheme and to not cross-tie to work in other key themes—this issue is very severe in the Combating theme; 2) Have a short-term focus that disregards the cumulative effects of total graft, and; 3) Asymmetrically focus (predominantly) on the supply side of corruption. These finding suggest several avenues for further research.     

宋代女性的拒巫活动

宋代巫风盛行,女性中既有巫术的笃信者、信疑参半者,也有对巫术持否定态度者,本文通过对女性柜巫态度及行为表现的考察以展现其特有的精神风貌.     

从解释学视角看新闻文本的特征

解释学是当代西方最重要的哲学思潮,解释学意识正在广泛地渗透到各人文学科的研究中,将解释学方法运用于新闻文本的解读可以为我们提供一些创造性的启示和发现。从解释学视角考察新闻文本的特征,其鲜明的“作者消隐”特征和“受众指向”为读者独立的、多元的解读文本提供了一定的合法性,但是透过受众多元解读的表象,新闻文本的实质却是一种传播者本位的活动,受众本位没有实现的理论和实践的基础。     

编辑学理论研究——组稿机理

阐述了读者需要、作者需要、编者需要存在的形式.通过分析三种需要的特点、区别与联系以及各自在组稿工作中的地位与作用指出,三种需要有其各自相对的独立性,但相互之间又有着密切的联系,相互制约、相互依存,并且三者都根植于社会,有机地统一于出版物之中.认为以出版宗旨为原则、稿件价值为基础、作者需要为动力、读者需要为依据、编者需要为准绳,达到三种需要的有机统一,是组稿工作必须遵循的客观规律,也即组稿机理.     

论童年经验对苏童小说创作的影响

年轻作家苏童的小说引起人们的广泛关注。苏童生于江南古城苏州,有着孤独而寂寞的童年,对于祖辈生活过的扬中有着难以释怀的“故乡情结”,在体弱多病的日子里积聚了敏锐的观察力,同时有着丰富的想象力和独特的感受力,这一切都对其小说创作产生了深远的影响,促其形成“说故事”的创作风格,并以多种方式在其作品中体现出来。他的童年经验对其“红粉系列”、“枫杨树系列”、“香椿树街系列”以及“宫廷系列”等四类小说影响深远。     

生存困境的两种叙写——刘恒与池莉作品比较研究

刘恒、池莉的作品虽然都以凝重写实的风格,表现了人的生存艰难和生命卑微,但他们在叙述悲剧之源、叙事美学、作品的潜性主题等方面是不一样的。较之刘恒作品,池莉作品还包涵了执着的理想,而读者评论者往往忽略池莉作品中的潜性表现。