‘Environment’ Submissions in the UK's Research Excellence Framework 2014

There has been much debate about university research assessment exercises. In the UK, a major element of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) has been the research environment. Here we analyse 98 REF2014 ‘environment’ submissions in Business and Management Studies. We explore whether there are distinctive language‐related differences between submissions of high and low ranked universities and conclude that submission writers have a strong incentive to exaggerate strengths and conceal problems. In addition, innate biases such as the ‘halo’ and ‘velcro’ effects may distract the attention of assessors from a submission's strengths and weaknesses, since they are likely to influence their pre‐existing impressions. We propose several changes to improve how environment is evaluated. We also argue that the research environment would be more likely to be enhanced if the number of outputs submitted in future was an average of two and a maximum of four per academic, rather than the maximum of five currently being considered.     

管理者特征对上市公司避税行为的影响

以我国2011-2013年沪深A股相关上市公司作为研究样本,主要针对企业管理者特征中的专业背景、学历、任期、年龄、薪酬以及持股水平,研究了管理者特征对企业避税行为的影响.研究结果表明:企业管理者的专业背景、薪酬、持股水平均与企业的避税行为呈显著的负相关关系,即管理者中拥有经济管理类专业背景的人数越多,管理者的薪酬与持股水平越高,企业的避税程度越低;管理者特征中的学历、任期及年龄则对企业避税行为没有显著影响;此外,相比于国有控股企业,非国有控股企业的管理者倾向于采取更多的避税行为.     

Discrimination and Quality of Life Among Marriage-Squeezed Men in Rural China: Unexpected Functions of Structural and Functional Social Support

Social Indicators Research - In rural China, marriage-squeezed men are more likely to experience discrimination than other males. Using data collected from Anhui Province in China on...