How publics’ active and passive communicative behaviors affect their tornado responses: An integration of STOPS and SMCC

During imminent threat crises, such as natural disasters, publics have minutes to decide how to respond after receiving a warning. This study advances understanding of publics’ crisis communicative and noncommunicative behaviors in the context of tornadoes through combining and extending two theories: the social-mediated crisis communication (SMCC) model and the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS). Findings from a survey of Southeast U.S. residents (n = 1,585) indicate that STOPS is internally consistent and accurate at measuring its intended outcomes of communicative action in problem solving. However, the STOPS measures do not have a significant relationship with the desirable outcome for imminent threat crisis communication: individuals following government’s protective action guidance about tornadoes. In comparison, the expanded SMCC model predicts individuals’ self-reported compliance. Finally, variables from the SMCC model and tornado-specific variables were integrated into the STOPS model to explain individuals’ communicative engagement. Implications for theory and public relations practice are discussed.     

Innovative approaches to regulating decent work for domestic workers in Côte d'Ivoire: Labour administration and the judiciary under a general labour code

The authors offer a contextualized analysis of judicial decisions rendered during 1971–2013 in Côte d'Ivoire, where domestic work is regulated by a general labour code. Assessments of those decisions, alongside qualitative interviews of institutional actors, elucidate how innovative practices were mainly derived from the code by attentive inspectors and by jurisprudence evolving to treat domestic work like any other. Yet limitations emanating from the inability to grapple with the specificity of domestic work are also identified. Reaffirming that the regulation of domestic work must embrace its duality (work like any other and work like no other), the authors conclude with a call for an international community of learning on decent work for domestic workers.     

Life Balance and Work Addiction Among NCAA Administrators and Coaches

Intercollegiate athletics represent an industry prone to challenges of work addiction and life balance. Work addiction and life balance domains in male and female intercollegiate athletic coaches and administrators (N = 245) were examined using multiple regression analysis. Higher levels of stress/anxiety, sleep disturbance, and career satisfaction and lower levels of quality of relationships and friendships were the strongest predictors of work addiction. Counseling focused on reducing the negative aspects of work addiction, while maintaining job performance, may benefit this population.     

现代行政法平衡论的不平衡审视

现代行政法“平衡论”通过行政关系与监督行政关系的互动实现平衡,但是在涉及主体之间、行政与环境关系、执行中所导致的结果等方面并不平衡,其提倡的以民制权论在目前可行性也不强,经历着后现代冲击的行政法也需要有新的发展思考。     

高校管理工作之我见

管理水平的高低决定着高校的生存与发展。面对新的形势,高校管理工作者必须借鉴“以人为本”、“知识管理”、“战略管理”以及“成本管理”等管理理念,不断提高号召能力、分析能力、学习能力、服务能力和创新能力,在管理过程中坚持摆位准确、大局为重和求真务实的原则,灵活运用各种管理方法,从而达到管理效果。     

国外儿童语言研究综述

国外儿童语言研究源于儿童心理研究,历经了心理学、语言学双重取向的研究和儿童语言研究的独立学科等过程。期间的研究成果丰富,揭示了儿童语言词汇、语法、语义、语用习得和发展的特点。     

“注意力经济”下的电子政府建设

随着因特网的迅速普及,与信息爆炸相对应的是人的注意力资源的稀缺性.注意力成为一种重要的资源,它的出现对电子政府产生了深刻影响.注意力经济下的电子政府建设,应该通过创造政府品牌网站,以公众为中心建设参与型政府、回应性政府和人性化政府.     

论高校教学管理创新

随着我国高等教育形势的发展和创新人才培养目标的要求,要求高校树立“以人为本”管理理念,营造“以人为本”的现代管理氛围,创新教学管理制度,创立人本管理机制,引进激励、竞争机制,充分调动教师教学改革的积极性和主动性,推进教学管理创新。