A construal level analysis of organizational change processes

To effectively manage planned change and understand differences in leaders’ and recipients’ responses to it, it is essential to understand how change is cognitively represented by organization members. In this theory-development article, we draw upon construal-level theory (CLT) and conceptually explore the role of change construal level in explaining responses to organizational change. We discuss differences between change leaders’ and recipients’ change construals, and differences in the relationships between change construal level and the response to change as a function of the change activities taking place. Specifically, we argue that high-level (i.e., abstract) construals of change will facilitate the effective initiation of change when the focus is on equilibrium-breaking activities, and that low-level (i.e., concrete) construals will facilitate the effective implementation of change when the focus is on institutionalization of the change. We further propose that leaders’ engagement in visionary leadership increases the likelihood that their generally higher level construal of change will be integrated into recipients’ change construals, elaborating and elevating them, and that recipients’ engagement in upward prohibitive voice behaviors will increase the likelihood that their generally lower construal of change will be integrated into leaders’ change construals, elaborating and concretizing them. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of our framework.     

Understanding manager resistance to blockchain systems

Blockchain technology has received much attention in the media and there is an increasing interest amongst organizations within financial services due to the potential benefits. As blockchain-based systems are a nascent technology, the requirements of the technology need to be understood, to allow blockchain systems to be successfully integrated within financial service organizations. There are gaps in academic research in understanding how managers evaluate the value of a blockchain-based system. This study develops a model to explain manager resistance to implementing blockchain-based systems in financial services organizations. This research advances the theoretical understanding of managers’ perspectives on blockchain-based systems and models their resistance to blockchain technology.     

《说文解字》“女”部字及其文化内涵

《说文解字》是我国析字形、解字义、辨读音的文字学专著。本文在对284个《说文解字》中“女”部字及女性文化相关字进行全面考察的基础上,依据《说文解字》中“以类相从,以义相贯”的分类原则,建构“女”部字分类体系,将其分为姓名、称谓、婚嫁、女性价值评判标准、中性字五个类别;通过《说文解字》与《现代汉语词典》中“女”部字对比,研究“女”部字形义变化;探讨“女”部字中反映出的古代女性主流社会地位和古代婚姻制度。     

《〈黑格尔法哲学批判〉导言》中的思想政治教育理念

作为马克思主义思想政治教育具有“原则高度”的理论开端,《〈黑格尔法哲学批判〉导言》在对宗教、思辨法哲学等迄今为止政治意识形式的否定性批判中,内在建构了马克思意识形态概念的核心要素与理论逻辑：从意识形态生成根源、精神变物质原理、理论实现条件等批判维度,深刻揭示了“颠倒的世界决定颠倒的世界意识”“彻底的副本批判必然会专注于原本和实践”“理论一经掌握群众也会变成物质力量”以及“理论实现程度取决于国家需要程度”等基本规律,初步确立了马克思意识形态批判和无产阶级思想政治教育的基本理念。     

农户持续参加科普培训意愿的影响因素

持续参与科普培训对提升农户科学素质具有关键作用。基于社会认知理论,将外部环境划分为参与环境和人际环境两个维度,将农户结果期望划分为素质结果期望和收入结果期望两个维度,采用陕西省305户农户随机分层抽样调研数据,运用Probit模型对农户科普培训持续参与意愿影响因素进行实证分析。研究发现:外部环境和结果期望对农户持续参与意愿均有显著的正向影响,其中素质结果期望在参与环境、人际环境对持续参与意愿的关系中具有中介作用,收入结果期望在参与环境对持续参与意愿的关系中具有中介作用。据此提出营造良好外部环境、增强科普培训的实用性以满足农户结果期望等提升农户持续参与科普培训的建议。     

利用数控增益放大器提高A/D转换器的分辨率

文章介绍利用数控增益放大器LH0086大幅度提高A／D转换器分辨率的方法,可将8位A／D转换器的分辨率提高到接近16位A／D的水平,适用于高速数据系采集系统,给出了相应的硬件原理图和软件框图。     

从生成史略论《水浒传》的主题

本文从《水浒传》生成史的角度,将《水浒传》的成书和作品主题的嬗变联系起来,论证梁山故事在流传过程中不断出现的传奇色彩和归正倾向。它是封建社会全社会被压迫者与有志之士的反抗与追求的“交响曲”,是对封建社会后期现实的一种“全景式的综合反映”。     

Correlates of honor ratings in a clinical clerkship employing a faculty forum evaluation system

5he purpose of this study was to determine whether or not suspected variables affected a surgery clerk's chances of being awarded an honor rating. Findings indicated a significant relationship between a student receiving an honor rating and his or her preceptor's predetermined level of student advocacy, the number of completed patient interview and physical examination write-ups, and final examination scores. There was no significant relationship found between honor ratings and the preceptor's status, the sequence in which the student was discussed or the length of time spent discussing the student at the final evaluation meeting, or the number of clinical faculty present at the meeting. These results lend support to the faculty forum evaluation approach, but suggest a need for further scrutiny of some influencing variables to ensure all students are fairly considered and honor ratings judiciously awarded.     

Physician perceptions of medical malpractice and defensive medicine

Using judgments obtained in interviews with 33 Massachusetts physicians, the annual statewide volume of expenditures incurred for defensive medical reasons in 1982 was estimated to be $1.0 billion, 12% of all medical care expenditures. Estimates for the nation were $37 billion, 14% of expenditures. Nationally, 180,000 cesarean deliveries were thought to be performed for defensive motives. In their own institutions, respondents judged 43% of all skull x-rays following injury to be medically justified, 30% to be defensive medicine, 16% to be placebos, and 11% to be physician misjudgments. In considering the economic and noneconomic costs of medical malpractice procedures, the dollar costs of insurance were considered most serious, followed closely by defensive medicine, unfairness, and poorer relations with patients. Thirty-two percent of the responsibility for the negative aspects of malpractice processes was assigned to lawyers, 21% to physicians, 18% to legislatures and courts, 16% to patients, and 13% to insurance companies.