管理与文化的关系探讨

管理与文化的关系在学术界有众多争论,二者构成一了个纠缠的“结”(com p lex)。管理学追求普适性,而文化表现特殊性,二者之结导致管理学研究出现了相应的偏差。文化在管理中的作用包括价值定位、优先选择、惯习支配、思维方式4个方面,对这4个方面的管理学研究,最终要形成超越特殊性的普适性学说。所谓中国式管理和东方管理学,正是在这一纽结上陷入了歧途。相当多的管理文化研究,实际上是管理经验总结而背离了管理学的普适要求。管理学中对文化的重视,需要回归管理学的普适性。     

论高校国防教育的学科定位

随着教育自身的发展和国际局势的变化,高校国防教育呈现出新的时代特色和学科特点,表现为:全球性的视角、多功能的互补和多学科的渗透。高校国防教育处在众多学科的交叉点上,从共性中突出个性,从普遍性中寻找特殊性,是确立学科定位的基本原则。依照主体性原则,高校国防教育应以高校为主体;其次,国防是国防教育的出发点和落脚点,是目的和归宿,因此高校国防教育应以国防为本位;再次,任何领域的教育现象最终都要落实到育人上来,因此,育人是高校国防教育的基础。     

浅析美国的多元文化主义与国家认同

美国国家认同由盎格鲁—撒克逊新教徒(WASP)文化和"美国信念"等观点构成,主要反映了WASP文化和欧洲移民的历史认知。20世纪60年代兴起的多元文化主义,对美国国家认同构成了严峻挑战,在20世纪末的美国学术界引发了一场"文化冷战":文化保守主义者认为美国国家认同的核心是WASP文化,指责多元文化主义可能导致美国的分裂,而多元文化主义者更强调美国文化的多样性。受美国保守主义崛起和"9.11"事件的影响,多元文化主义转为低潮,但围绕美国国家认同的争论不会消失。从长远来看,"和而不同"的理念,即对多元文化的尊重和对"美国信念"的共识,也许是对美国国家认同的最好诠释。     

ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE EURO: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON THE GERMAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC PANEL (SOEP)

This paper investigates changing attitudes towards the euro over time in Germany using longitudinal micro-data from the German Socio Economic Panel Study. We observe that a large part of the German population was worried about the new currency both before and after its introduction. Social psychological theories provide insight into these attitudes. Concerns regarding the euro are apparently connected with problems in handling the new currency and with the press coverage of price rises. For these reasons, future EMU member states should prepare their populations better for these challenges.     

屈原与中华民族精神

从中华民族精神的形成与发展的角度,结合古今历史事实尤其是当代老舍、陈祖芬等文学作家及其作品,论述了屈原与中华民族精神的密切关系,说明屈原在继承刚健自强这一源于孔子的核心民族精神的同时,又着重在爱国与重德这两个层面上的有所补充和发展。因此,屈原及其作品,不仅对中国文学尤其是浪漫主义文学产生了巨大的深远影响,而且在塑造中华民族精神与民族文化──心理结构的过程中发挥了不可替代的重要作用。     

《诗经》所反映的民族精神及其与儒道思想渊源之关系

《诗经》的内容体现了中华民族精神的初步形成。这种素朴的民族精神作为社会心理 ,可分为两部分 ,即忧患意识与自然意识。忧患意识是儒家哲学思想的源泉 ,自然意识是道家思想的源泉。忧患意识与自然意识又相互影响 ,相互渗透。儒道哲学的对立统一发展构成中华文化基本精神     

国民精神重塑的百年追思

中国最早于１９世纪末提出国民精神重塑的问题。五四新文化运动虽然抓住提高国民素质的两大关键性问题──科学与民主,然而由于其新思想是“舶来品”,与民众的思想观念存在着严重的脱节,难以产生广泛的社会效果。在紧张的政治斗争中,又对农民身上的封建文化因素作某些体让。所以,中国民众始终未受现代性的陶冶与训练。今天,我们要站在时代的高度,进行科学与民主的普及与提升的工作。当前,重点是培育国民的科学精神;不但要把民主作为社会制度来实现,而且要作为培育人的独立性人格的价值目标来实现。同时要认识中国民主化进程的特殊性、长期性。     

Transnational queer sociological analysis of sexual identity and civic‐political activism in Hong Kong,Taiwan and mainland China

The sociology of homosexuality lacks engagement with queer theory and postcolonialism and focuses primarily on the global metropoles, thus failing to provide a plausible account of non‐Western non‐normative sexual identities. This research adopts the author’s newly proposed transnational queer sociology to address these deficiencies. First, it critiques the Western model of sexual identity predominantly employed to elucidate non‐Western, non‐normative sexualities. It does so by examining not only the queer flows between West and non‐West but also those among and within non‐Western contexts to produce translocally shared and mutually referenced experiences. Second, the proposed approach combines sociology with queer theory by emphasizing the significant role of material, as well as discursive, analyses in shaping queer identities, desires and practices. This article employs the approach to examine young gay male identities, as revealed in 90 in‐depth interviews conducted in Hong Kong (n = 30), Taiwan (Taipei, n = 30) and mainland China (Shanghai, n = 30) between 2017 and 2019. More specifically, it highlights the interplay between the state and identity by investigating the intersection and intertwining effects of these young men’s sexual and cultural/national identities, revealing three different forms of civic‐political activism. The article both demonstrates the way in which sexuality and the state are mutually constituted and provides nuanced analysis of the heterogeneity of contemporary homosexualities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China. In applying a new sociological approach to understanding sexuality, this research joins the growing body of scholarship within sociology that is decentring the Western formation of universal knowledge.     

Finite mixture of regression models for a stratified sample

Despite the popularity and importance, there is limited work on modelling data which come from complex survey design using finite mixture models. In this work, we explored the use of finite mixture regression models when the samples were drawn using a complex survey design. In particular, we considered modelling data collected based on stratified sampling design. We developed a new design-based inference where we integrated sampling weights in the complete-data log-likelihood function. The expectation–maximisation algorithm was developed accordingly. A simulation study was conducted to compare the new methodology with the usual finite mixture of a regression model. The comparison was done using bias-variance components of mean square error. Additionally, a simulation study was conducted to assess the ability of the Bayesian information criterion to select the optimal number of components under the proposed modelling approach. The methodology was implemented on real data with good results.     

National culture and organisational culture in lean organisations: a systematic review

Despite the extensive literature suggesting that culture plays a key role in lean implementations, no previous review has focused on the topic. This study is a systematic review of the literature that synthesises over two decades of publications according to the levels of national culture (NC) and organisational culture (OC) and maps which cultural dimensions foster or hinder lean implementation. In terms of NC, this study shows that Japanese cultural traits might hinder lean, such as masculinity and power distance, hence avoiding the over simplification that lean is a country-specific management approach. In terms of OC, the literature review unveils a lack of consensus and underlines two paradoxes, namely the co-existence of both process and result-focused orientations and both normative and pragmatic approaches. This review ultimately offers a relevant agenda for lean research as well as a guide for managers who face the challenge of implementing and sustaining lean in their organisations.