Transparency tested: The influence of message features on public perceptions of organizational transparency

The concept of transparency has been promoted within the public relations and business literature as both ethical and advantageous; however, the effectiveness of transparency is seldom empirically put to the test. In particular, the use of clarity, disclosure, and accuracy in organizational messages needs to be empirically examined. To this end, we conducted an online experiment using a 2 (high vs. low message transparency) x 2 (news story placed before or after an organizational statement) between-subjects design. Participants (n?=?357) perceived organizations as more transparent and credible when exposed to messages exhibiting greater levels of clarity, disclosure, and accuracy as opposed to messages that did not. Placement of an information anchor in the form of an objective news story before the organizational message increased the perceived organizational transparency when messages employed transparent design features and decreased the perceived organizational transparency when messages did not use these features. These results provide significant implications for practitioners attempting to convey organizational transparency at the tactical level through message features.     

Tweeting about emergency: A semantic network analysis of government organizations’ social media messaging during Hurricane Harvey

While social media like Twitter have been increasingly adopted by public-sector organizations, it remains less explored as to how government and emergency management (EM) organizations use these platforms to communicate with the public in response to emerging natural disasters. Extending the Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) to the realm of social media, this study examines the emerging semantic networks from 67 government and EM organizations’ official tweets during Hurricane Harvey over a three-week period. It identifies how multiple crisis response strategies—including instructing information, adjusting information, and bolstering—are constituted of different issues, actions, and organizational actors before, during, and immediately after the disaster event. Results suggest that government agencies use the strategy of instructing information predominantly before and during the disaster, whereas adjusting information and bolstering strategies are utilized more during post-disaster recovery. The study offers theoretical and practical implications of using a semantic network approach to studying organizational crisis responses.     

南京国民政府前期县知事兼理司法浅析

县知事兼理司法是在民国时期新式法院设立不足的情况下,所推行的一种由县级行政长官兼理审判检察权的一种临时性司法救济措施。在实践过程中,该制度并没有得到很好的执行,一定程度上造成了司法上的黑暗。它是现代司法制度对当时中国社会的屈从．中国转型社会的表现。     

日本政府钓鱼岛事件对策的演变及其原因

20世纪70年代以来,日本政府的钓鱼岛事件对策,虽基本立场未有微动,但在具体方式上却经历了从政治处理、政治和司法二元处理到司法处理的转换。这种转换之所以可视为有其必然性,主要在于日方对钓鱼岛事件在对华关系格局中的定位和成为决定事件处理方针制约要素的日本政治及国际政治的状况已发生重大变化。     

埃及过渡政府的外交政策之调整

埃及过渡政府成立以来,已在外交政策方面做出多方面调整:对中东和周边的以色列、伊朗、尼罗河流域国家等,过渡政府的外交政策调整以转向和改变为主,且调整幅度较大;对以美国为首的欧美大国,采取了延续基础上的调整;对包括中国在内的传统友好国家,则继续维持与深化与这些国家的关系.过渡政府对外交政策作出调整的原因主要包括:国内群众的诉求、重塑阿拉伯世界的领导形象以及革命后埃及“本土化”意识的兴起.埃及在外交方面的调整涉及美国、伊朗、以色列、海湾国家、非洲各国等,无疑对地区安全与合作产生了重要影响.     

地方政府支出与农村居民消费需求：基于1998-2007年省级 面板数据的经验分析

 政府支出对居民消费需求产生挤出抑或挤入效应是理论界最近关注的焦点之一。本文在理论诠释地方政府支出对农村居民消费需求的传导机制以及模型建立的理论框架下,通过建立地方政府支出与农村居民消费支出之间的个体固定效应变截距模型,运用我国31个省份1998-2007年的经验数据进行实证检验,结果表明：地方政府财政支农支出对农村居民消费具有显著的挤入效应,而转移性支出与农村居民消费的相关程度并不明显。基于理论分析和实证检验结果,本文最后针对地方政府扩大农村居民消费提出相关建议。     

清廷守旧派对义和团迷信的认可与利用

庚子年,以慈禧为首的清廷守旧派因在"废立"等问题上与西方列强产生积怨,欲借助义和团仇洋排外,在八国联军入侵的形势下,对义和团"神道灭洋"不仅表示认可,且欲加以利用。清廷守旧派认可、利用义和团迷信,引起其他官绅阶层的坚决反对,从一个侧面反映出清政府统治危机因"庚子事变"而加剧的状况。     

我国古镇旅游业的政府治理绩效评价研究——以湘西凤凰古镇为例

随着社会经济的不断发展,人们生活质量不断提升,对旅游业的需求也不断提高。古镇旅游作为旅游业的一个重要领域,在旅游行业中起着至关重要的作用。通过经济、社会、环境三方面对湘西凤凰古镇景区政府治理绩效进行评价,研究结果认为凤凰古镇的政府治理绩效不太理想,旅游主体部门职权界定不清晰,旅游政策执行效率不高,经济绩效与社会、文化、环境绩效协调性有待提高。最后,对古镇旅游业的健康与长期发展进行思考与展望。     

论政府在和谐社会构建中的责任

建设一个和谐相处的社会是人类孜孜不倦的追求和梦想,是全体中国人民的共同愿望,更是各级政府义不容辞的责任。政府在和谐社会构建中具有发展社会主义民主的责任;协调社会利益关系的责任;维护社会公平正义的责任和促进人与自然和谐相处的责任。     

Conjuncture and cultural reproduction in the process of embedding: social work practice in the context of government purchase of services in China

This paper focuses on the Chinese government’s policy of purchasing social services and discusses how relevant organisations provide social work and develop it within local socio-political and cultural contexts. An ethnographic research method was adopted for the study by the first author while participating in social work development in Q City. We argue that the policy of purchasing social services succeeded in achieving “embedded development” but also created a “conjuncture structure” in cultural reproduction. However, due toprofessional social workers in China have, in practice, passively responded to the conjuncture there has been a failure to reproduce professional values of social work in the Chinese cultural context. Therefore, further development of social work in China needs to strengthen cultural reflection in practical actions, focus on the exploration of cultural connections between social work practice and local communities, and enhance the cultural capacity of social workers in the local cultural context.