Rank test statistics for umbrella alternatives

This paper proposes an optimal rank test procedure for testing an umbrella alternative when the peak of the umbrella is known. It is referred to as maximin efficient linear rank test. Also when the peak of the umbrella is unknown, a test procedure is proposed and its performance is discussed.     

A Study of Battered Women’s Purpose of Life and Resilience in South Korea

The principal objective of this study is to determine whether battered women’s purpose of life (meaning/value) affects resilience (self‐efficacy/communication efficiency/optimism). This purpose is meaningful in that it may help provide battered women with a new perspective of a changeable life, away from the negative perspectives frequently associated with domestic violence sufferers. The subjects of this study were 110 battered women staying at shelters located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, Korea. The survey was conducted between August 15 and September 20, 2010. The data were collected using questionnaires measuring sociodemographic variables, a purpose‐of‐life scale, and a resilience scale. The collected data were evaluated with frequency, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, the meaning and value of life positively influenced self‐efficacy. Second, only the meaning had a beneficial effect on communication efficiency. Third, only the value variable positively affected optimism. Therefore, this study implied that resilience is an important area in the context of spousal abuse. Based on these results, a program for enhancing the meaning of life is suggested to help domestic violence survivors to build up resilience.     

高校引智工作应讲求效益原则

高校引智工作是高校教育管理的重要组成部分,应讲求效益原则。高校引智效益包括学术效益、经济效益和社会效益。在高校引智工作实践中,应在以下几个方面贯彻效益原则:一是引智的目标和项目;二是保证外国专家的质量水平;三是优化外国专家的结构;四是改革和完善高校引智工作的管理体制和运行机制;五是提高外事部门的管理效能和外事干部的素质。     

The Effects of the Facial Expression of Beneficiaries in Charity Appeals and Psychological Involvement on Donation Intentions

To increase the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns, many human‐need charities include pictures of beneficiaries in their ads. However, it is unclear when and why the facial expression of these beneficiaries (sad versus happy) may influence the effectiveness of charity ads. To answer these questions, an experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of the facial expression on donation intentions, while considering the moderating role of psychological involvement with charities. It found that psychological involvement with charities moderated the impact of the facial expression on donation intentions in that seeing a picture of a sad versus happy person increased intentions to give among participants with lower levels of psychological involvement, whereas the reverse was true for highly involved participants. The moderating effect of psychological involvement was fully explained by the perceived efficacy of one's donation. The findings not only contribute to our understanding of the effect of the facial expression of people pictured in charity appeals on donation behavior, but also suggest that nonprofits should tailor their ads to target potential donors with various levels of psychological involvement with charities.     

切实增强失地农民再就业培训的实效

目前,失地农民失业形势比较严峻,根本原因是其自身素质相对偏低,切实开展失地农民再就业培训势在必行。但由于制度规范缺乏、思想观念滞后、宣传工作较薄弱、培训针对性和实用性不强、管理机制不健全等因素制约,失地农民培训和再就业的效果仍不甚明显。因此,应尽快制定相关制度、加强宣传引导工作、实施有效的示范和激励、注重培训需求的表达和整合、建立健全管理机制等,以增强失地农民再就业培训实效。     

再就业:职业中介组织的功能和作用

劳动市场是社会劳动要素进行交换的场所，职业中介组织是劳动市场供求联系机制的主要实现形式。社会主义市场经济条件下，完善以职业中介组织为核心的就业服务体系，发挥职业介绍组织在劳动力供求联系、再就业指导和失业救济中的功能和作用，有利于安排好下岗员工的生活，促进未就业劳动力资源的充分、有效利用     

对地方水资源法规执行效能的实证研究

青岛市在全国有地方立法权的城市中拥有较为完备的水资源法规体系。在青岛市地方立法整体评估所收集的资料基础上，通过个案研究的方法，可以对青岛市地方水资源法规的执行效能进行有典型意义的实证分析，从中总结地方水资源法规的实施绩效和执行阻碍及原因；并从地方立法的角度提出增强地方水资源法规执行效能的建议。     

Facing Death: Buddhist and Western Hospice Approaches

This article draws on ethnographic data to examine how moral person‐hood, emotions, and social relationships are constructed quite differently within two organizations with the similar goal of holistically caring for the dying. The analysis shows how the moral rhetoric and related practices at a mainstream hospice encourage volunteers to esteem a static conception of the self‐as‐character, whereas the Buddhist approach requires volunteers to engage in a process of transcending a self that is continually being worked on. The analysis points to paradoxes in the hospice conceptions of a “good death” and offers critical reflection on the assumption that Western and Buddhist approaches to hospice care are largely equivalent. Organizational, structural, and phenomenological strands of symbolic interactionist thought are drawn on to interpret these findings.     

The Origin of Major Choice,Academic Commitment,and Career‐Decision Readiness Among Taiwanese College Students

The present study aimed to examine if and how career‐decision readiness relates to the origin of college major choice among Taiwanese college students. A total of 375 junior and senior college students (147 women, 228 men) responded to measures of college major choice, academic commitment, career self‐efficacy, and career‐decision readiness. Results indicated that students' academic commitment to a college major tend to increase when they choose their majors based on personal and career preferences. In sequence, high levels of academic commitment lead to high levels of career self‐efficacy, and increased self‐efficacy augments the extent of career‐decision readiness that students manifest near the end of their college education. These findings have practical implications insofar as many Asian students choose a college major because of parents and other authority figures, and these findings demonstrate that a full understanding of career‐decision readiness may require incorporating the origin of college major choice and its academic effects into future research.     

从“再就业”工程向“再创业”工程转变

职工再就业的过程实质上是再创业的过程 ,这也是解决职工下岗问题的根本出路。当前的“再就业”工程 ,无论是指导思想、政策措施还是就业服务等方面 ,都与真正意义上的劳动力市场体系的建立有一定距离。因此 ,应当把原来的以“解决下岗职工的基本生活保障、维护社会稳定”为主要目的的低起点、低层次的“再就业”工程 ,转化为以“促进全民解放思想、更新观念、提高素质、推动经济和社会发展”为主旨的高起点、高层次的“再创业”工程