"Her" Marriage after the Revolutions

Recent social changes have made husbands' emotional investments and wives' perceptions of equity in the division of housework crucial for women's marital happiness. But wives are also happiest in their marriages when they share a strong normative commitment to lifelong marriage with their husbands and when their husbands take the lead in breadwinning. Thus our research suggests that elements of the new and the old promote marital happiness among contemporary wives.     

Making the Best of a Bad Job? Female Part‐Timers’ Orientations and Attitudes to Work

This article uses data from 50 qualitative interviews with female part‐time workers in low‐level jobs in Britain to illustrate their attitudes, orientations and aspirations towards paid work. The research reports two main findings. Firstly, even female part‐time workers at the bottom end of the occupational structure are not a homogeneous group of workers. Secondly, they are not all highly satisfied with their jobs. The article argues that many women (especially those in working‐class households) still do not have a genuine choice between ‘family work’ and ‘market work’. It concludes by presenting a theoretical model of orientations to work.     

导游人员组织承诺与离职倾向关系实证研究——以广东佛山为例

采用SPSS13.0软件对问卷调查的统计数据进行因素分析、相关分析和回归分析,结果显示导游人员的组织承诺与离职倾向之间存在着显著的负相关关系,感情承诺和经济承诺对离职倾向有显著的预测性。为此,旅行社应着重实行＂以人为本＂的管理方式,提高导游人员的感情承诺,设计合理的薪酬体系,提高导游人员的经济承诺,达到降低导游人员离职率的目的。     

企业伦理气候、组织承诺与组织公民行为的关系——以温州民营企业为例

企业社会责任等方面存在的问题是造成温州民营企业“民工荒”的重要原因。通过问卷调查,发现员工对企业伦理气候中的法规导向最为认可且看法比较一致,对组织承诺中的情感承诺最为认可且对道德承诺的看法相对一致,对组织公民行为中的组织公益最为认可且看法比较一致。员工对组织承诺、组织公民行为的主张是正向积极的,未发现企业伦理气候、组织承诺对组织公民行为有强烈的正向影响。提出温州民营企业摆脱困境的思路：重视企业伦理气候建设,形成正确的企业文化,增强员工的向心力;强化员工的组织承诺;鼓励员工的组织公民行为。     

Employee communication,job engagement,and organizational commitment: A study of members of the Millennial Generation

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between job engagement and two key components of employee-organization relationships (EOR). Findings from a survey of members of the Millennial Generation (N = 539) in the United States indicate that job engagement mediates the relationship between employee communication and organizational commitment. It is concluded that when employees are engaged in their work, their commitment to the organization is strengthened and the likelihood of them leaving the organization decreases. Furthermore, an argument is made in light of the study’s findings that engagement and commitment work in concert to strengthen EORs overall. To foster engagement, organizations should remove obstacles to internal information flow and provide ongoing feedback to employees about individual and organizational issues.     

Self-interest and the theory of action

The concept of self-interest remains underdeveloped in sociology although central to economics. Recent methodological and social trends render sociological indifference to the concept untenable. The term has enjoyed historical predominance in the West since the sixteenth century. While it is seen in modern economics as a singular motivating force, Adam Smith regarded self-interest in economic action as necessarily moderated by sympathy. In addition to its problematic economic conceptualization self-interest has an experiential basis in unequal power relations. An alternative to the concept of self-interest is presented by Amartya Sen in his account of commitment; its inconsistencies, however, render Sen's statement unsatisfactory. Differences between present and future interests indicate that the distinction between self-interested and other-interested action is not sustainable.     

技术创新网络的知识权力、结构权力对网络惯例影响

网络惯例是维系和协调技术创新网络顺畅运转的核心要素,权力和关系承诺作为技术创新网络中的关键因素,也影响着网络惯例的形成和发展。构建技术创新网络环境下知识权力、结构权力对网络惯例影响的结构方程模型,结合中国13个省、市高新技术企业的样本数据,利用SPSS和AMOS进行实证分析,检验组织成员间关系承诺的中介效应。研究结果表明,知识权力积极显著影响规范性承诺和工具性承诺,结构权力积极显著影响工具性承诺而对规范性承诺没有影响;知识权力和结构权力积极显著影响网络惯例;规范性承诺和工具性承诺积极显著影响网络惯例;规范性承诺在知识权力与网络惯例关系中具有中介效应,但是在结构权力与网络惯例关系中不具有中介效应,而工具性承诺在知识权力和结构权力对网络惯例的关系中均具有中介效应。深入探索网络惯例的内在规律,对指导技术创新网络情境下组织成员间的网络关系治理具有实践意义。     

Managing Uncertainty through Profit Sharing Contracts from Medieval Italy to Silicon Valley

Organizational innovation is essential to economic development. But, the way successful societies have organized new ventures has been remarkably similar in both past and present. The commenda organizations of medieval Italy shared many characteristics with modern startups that are financed by venture capital. Profit share contracts; limited liability and periodic reevaluations are cases in point. Agency contracts in both types of ventures are designed to absorb the high uncertainty inherent to these enterprises through risk sharing. Uncertainty prohibits a unique ex ante ranking order of investment projects and prompts investors to look for hidden human capital. Equity finance is better equipped to even out unexpected losses and gains that are inherent to uncertainty than debt finance.     

Fairness and commitment to change in M&As: The mediating role of organizational identification

This paper examines the determinants of employees' affective commitment to change in the context of M&As. Based on the group engagement model (Tyler & Blader, 2000, 2003), we predicted that organizational identification with the newly formed organization mediates the positive impact of employees’ overall justice judgments and perceived change favorableness on affective commitment to change. We tested our predictions using data collected during an international merger. After controlling for country effects, results support our hypotheses. Implications for research and practice alike are discussed.     

网购环境下在线零售商的退货运费承担策略研究

在电子商务环境下，宽松的退货政策能够刺激需求，促进货品销量的增长，但与此同时也导致了退货量的增多。在面临高退货，特别是无缺陷退货不断攀升的挑战下，在线商家应如何制定合理的退货策略成为值得研究的一个问题。本文主要针对退货运费承担问题，重点比较消费者承担退货运费、商家承担退货运费、双方共同承担退货运费三种策略，探讨不同策略下在线零售商的最优定价及其盈利能力。研究结果表明：为实现利润最大化，在线零售商应根据商品的无缺陷退货比例特征选择相应的策略。具体而言，当商品的无缺陷退货比例较低时，宜采用消费者承担退货运费策略；当无缺陷退货比例高时，宜采用商家承担退货运费策略；当无缺陷退货比例居中时，宜采用共同承担退货运费策略。值得注意的是，退货政策的目的是为了刺激需求的增长，但有时退货政策对需求的促进作用不够理想，不能抵消退货的负面影响，那么这种情况下则无论无缺陷退货占比如何，在线零售商的最佳退货策略只能是让消费者承担退货运费，以此避免更多非理性退货行为的发生。