Hypothesis Testing of CNA Perceptions of Organizational Culture in Long Term Care

This commentary for the special issue on research that went wrong describes a study that explored factors that contribute to variability within Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) on organizational safety culture. We know from previous research that CNAs provide most direct care in nursing homes and that direct care workers often experience agency culture differently from agency management (Wolf et al., 2014). We were looking for factors that nursing homes could alter to improve the culture for CNAs, and thus, residents. We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected via a multi-component paper survey of CNAs employed in long term care. We used results from the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture and primary shift, type of unit, and years as a CNA to identify modifiable characteristics that would explain variability in the perceptions of patient safety culture. The final sample included n = 106 from three nursing homes. Dimension scores were compared using bivariate tests appropriate to the scale and ordinal logistic regression. Despite support in the literature for the hypothesis, we found few significant differences on the total scale within groups. Differences in perceptions have implications for quality of care and the experiences of residents within nursing homes.     

运营滞后与信用担保互换下的项目投资决策模型

在项目投资面临运营滞后以及债务融资约束的情形下,基于实物期权框架构建了企业家签订信用担保互换契约的两阶段投资决策模型。运用动态规划以及均衡定价方法,给出了企业家股权及期权价值的显示表达,得到了两个阶段担保成本满足的代数方程,并进一步分析了运营滞后和信用担保下企业家的最优投资决策问题。数值结果表明：外部运营时滞会提高杠杆率,导致企业家提前投资,同时会提高企业家第一阶段债务融资的担保成本,但会降低第二阶段债务融资的担保成本;随第一阶段投资额度逐渐增大,企业家的最优投资水平呈U型变化,第一阶段债务融资时的担保成本单调递减,而第二段债务融资时的担保成本呈现倒U型;企业家两个阶段的融资缺口对项目最优投资水平、最优破产水平以及担保成本有显著影响。     

‘Back to our Roots?’ Re-visiting psychoanalytically-informed baby and young child observation in the education of student social workers

While there is a well-established literature on psychoanalytically-informed baby and young child observation in social work education, little has been published recently. This paper reviews the rationale for its use, evaluating its impact on students’ learning in the light of contemporary policy and practice contexts facing social work education. Analysis of feedback gained from a recent cohort, identifies three ways in which learning through baby and young child observation contributes: firstly, students encounter and learn about the complexity of child development from the direct experience of observing and secondly, observing facilitates the development of important skills for practice; students’ ‘use of self’. Thirdly, through observing, students describe how they develop the capacity to take-up and sustain a professional role. Well-structured teaching and learning through observation is therefore shown to provide a rigorous, theoretically-grounded contribution to the training of university-based social work students entering this complex and challenging professional field.     

中职学校做好贫困生资助工作的思考

随着国家对中职学校贫困生资助政策的进一步完善,中职学校的相关工作也应该进一步加强。首先,要加强对资助工作的组织领导。其次,各中职学校应根据自身条件,制定出发放国家助学金的具体办法,并努力挖掘内部力量,形成"助、奖、勤、免、补、捐、贷"为一体的资助体系。同时,结合"加大对资助政策的宣传力度;实行弹性学制,完成工学结合;重视对贫困生的心理辅导和教育;为贫困生提供就业和家庭脱贫信息服务"等方法做好贫困生资助工作。     

试论开发性金融机构的盈利性目标

国家开发银行作为政府的开发性金融机构,是一种特殊的经济组织。其是否追求盈利,决定了其不同的经营方针和经营模式,这是财政融资与市场化融资的分野所在,也是开发性金融与政策性金融的根本区别。本文在此基础上解释了开发性金融机构盈利性目标的内涵,开发性金融机构的盈利模式,并论证了其为什么需要注重盈利性目标,并实现政策性目标与盈利性目标的协调统一。     

工业设计的多元功能及其对河南开放带动战略的影响

全面、准确地认识工业设计的多元功能是发展和利用工业设计的前提。工业设计与产品直接相关的功能称为工业设计的直接功能或微观功能,工业设计通过产品表现出来的对经济运行全局发生作用或影响的功能叫间接功能或宏观功能。工业设计的多元功能对河南开放带动经济战略的实施,有重要的推动作用。     

农村政策执行阻滞及其对策--以粮食直接补贴政策为例

政策执行是一个动态的过程。农村政策执行过程中因为政策宣传不够等影响了执行的效力。以粮食直补政策为例分析了农村政策执行受阻滞的原因,试图找出解决问题的对策,可为解决农村政策执行中出现的问题提供新的参考。     

影视产业融资机制分析研究——以加拿大影视产业资金保证体系为例

中央提出文化强国的发展战略,无疑为文化产业的全面推进创造了发展机遇。就影视产业的发展来看,虽然这些年出了不少佳作,进行了有益的尝试,但一些瓶颈问题仍然困扰着我们。他山之石,可以攻玉,别人的经验可以让我们少走弯路,文章正是以此为出发点,提供出一个借鉴的视点。     

论科学证据的两种概率解释

在科学证据研究中,存在＂正相关＂和＂高概率＂两种科学证据的概率定义。从这两个定义出发,能够比较清晰直观地解释科学证据的许多相关问题,如科学证据中的＂比较级＂和＂可接受性＂等。然而,两个定义自身存在着不可忽视的缺陷：＂正相关＂不是证据的充要条件,＂高概率＂也不足以使证据之为证据。     

“新金融”发展态势及上海的鼓励政策研究

中国式"新金融"规模不断扩大,对中国经济发展和宏观调控产生了重要影响。它在一定程度上使得经济增长与实体经济背离,也未能完全解决中小企业融资难问题。当前政策的出发点,不应仅出于控制金融风险而对"新金融"加以限制,更多的还是应考虑如何加大力度引导资金流向中小企业等实体经济。上海"新金融"政策定位,应借助"新金融"体系,引导社会资金流向实体经济,并以金融支持科技创新和产业升级转型为重点,以活跃和繁荣金融机构和中介服务体系为抓手,构建上海"新金融"鼓励政策。