Work and family: Understanding men's role evaluations

Analysis of data provided by a random sample (N=92) of married police officers was used to evaluate the effects of time constraints, job stress, family strengths, family structure, and social networks on men's role evaluations. These men had generally positive evaluations of their income provider, husband, father, and home care roles. Multivariate analysis showed complex relationships between work, family, and network conditions and men's evaluations of their roles. Commuting time, job stress, family strengths, number of children, kin available, friends available and contact with friends effected role evaluations. The centrality of family roles for these men and the patterns of personal gain they received did not support stereotypic images of men's family relationships.This is a revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, November, 1985. I wish to thank Kuo-Liang Lin for his able assistance, and Robert A. Lewis and Fred Piercy for their helpful comments.Karen Altergott received her doctorate in Sociology from the University of Minnesota, and is currently Assistant Professor of Family Studies at Purdue University. Areas of research include family relations and social networks across the life course, comparative family studies, and family gerontology. Send correspondence to Dr. Altergott at Family Research Institute, 525 Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907.     

Role stress among Canadian white-collar workers

The incidence of various stressors at work and outside work was examined in a group of public service workers with a large Canadian federal government department. Workers were either in clerical, technical and supervisory ('officers'), or management positions. Measures of work stress included role stressors (load, insufficiency, conflict ambiguity and responsibility), as well as stress due to the physical environment. Both life events and daily hassles were included as measures of non-work stress. The consequences of stress were considered in terms of vocational, psychological, interpersonal, and physical strain, as well as in terms of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Potential moderators of stress included social support and self-esteem. Among work stressors conflict, ambiguity and insufficiency were the more closely associated with vocational outcomes. MANCOVA followed by discriminant function analysis showed that clerical workers were distinguished by higher levels of insufficiency, officers by higher levels of conflict and the lowest levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and managers by higher levels of perceived responsibility for others. The results are discussed in terms of social role theory.     

我国产业集群的优势和风险分析及对区域经济发展的作用

产业集群是当今区域经济发展研究中的热点问题,是促进当地经济发展,带动地区经济增长的主要原因之一。作为一种新的产业组织形式,产业集群在市场竞争中表现出强大竞争优势。分析了我国产业集群的优势及风险,并在此基础上探讨了产业集群对我国区域经济发展的作用。     

Imposing Views,Imposing Shoes: A Statistician as a Sole Model

Statisticians and teachers of statistics are thought to face formidable obstacles regarding image and being a role model. A funded controlled experiment indicates that such prejudice may indeed be valid.     

人力资本投资对中国经济增长作用的实证分析

作者应用计量经济学的方法,对中国经济增长中人力资本的贡献率进行实证分析,得出的主要结论是:中国的初级人力资本投资对经济增长具有十分显著的作用,中等教育层次上的人力资本投资对经济增长的“发动机”作用较为显著,高等教育层次上的人力资本投资对经济增长的作用不是十分显著。     

边界人员角色模糊及其结果:管理控制及其与角色导向匹配的作用

不同于以往研究的企业内部视角,本文聚焦于渠道关系中边界人员的角色模糊问题,实证检验了不同管理控制方式及其与边界人员角色导向的匹配对边界人员角色模糊感知的影响,同时检验了边界人员角色模糊对工作绩效和关系满意的影响。研究发现,结果控制与行为控制都会减少边界人员角色模糊。管理者的结果控制与朋友角色导向的边界人员相匹配,有利于减少角色模糊。角色模糊不利于提升边界人员的工作绩效和关系满意。在此基础上,对研究结果及理论意义进行了讨论,并给出相应的管理建议和未来研究方向。     

“三农”问题中政府角色的重新厘定

"三农"问题形势严峻,表现为经济贫穷、社会事业滞后,权益得不到保障等,这不仅损害了社会公平,也导致了效率损失.在中国,"三农"问题的产生中政府负有不可推卸的责任,政府角色错位、政府管制的资源配置不合理、管制过度与管制失效并存、管制成本过高等因素是引发"三农"问题的重要原因.寻求"三农"问题的解决必须对政府角色重新定位,使政府管制与市场机制形成良性互动.     

Examining Pathways from Innovation Orientation to Patient Satisfaction: A Relational View of Healthcare Delivery*

The federal government and industry leaders view innovation as a potentially fruitful way to improve hospital performance, specifically patient satisfaction. However, translating a hospital's innovation orientation into improved performance is challenging given that important network participants—namely physicians—may possess different aims. Grounded in Relational RBV, this study tests a model linking innovation orientation to patient satisfaction through a pathway of knowledge‐sharing routines (physician partnering and customer relationship management) and complementary capabilities (hospital responsiveness). Further, this study investigates the moderating role of physician employment (a form of governance) by examining hospitals with high and low levels of employed physicians. Structural Equation Modeling results from a paired sample of primary survey and secondary data from 173 acute care hospitals in the USA reveal the following. Hospitals with high levels of employed physicians translate innovation orientation into patient satisfaction by using customer relationship management (CRM) programs to influence hospital responsiveness directly, ultimately leading to patient satisfaction. Hospitals with low levels of physician employment use CRM programs in a fully mediated fashion to inform physician partnering activities, which influence hospital responsiveness, driving patient satisfaction.