Gender differences in willingness to compete: The role of public observability

A recent literature emphasizes that gender differences in the labor market may in part be driven by a gender gap in willingness to compete. However, whereas experiments in this literature typically investigate willingness to compete in private environments, real world competitions often have a more public nature, which introduces potential social image concerns. If such image concerns are important, and men and women differ in the degree to which they want to be seen as competitive, making tournament entry decisions publicly observable may further exacerbate the gender gap. We test this prediction using a laboratory experiment (N = 784) that varies the degree to which the decision to compete, and its outcome, is publicly observable. We find that public observability does not alter the magnitude of the gender gap in willingness to compete in an economically or statistically significant way.     

Coalition for a Healthier Community: Lessons learned and implications for future work

The Coalition for a Healthier Community (CHC) initiative was implemented to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. Underpinning CHC is a gender-based focus that uses a network of community partners working collaboratively to generate relevant behavior change and improved health outcomes. Ten programs are trying to determine whether gender-focused system approaches are cost-effective ways to address health disparities in women and girls. Programs implemented through coalitions made up of academic institutions, public health departments, community-based organizations, and local, regional, and national organizations, are addressing health issues such as domestic violence, cardiovascular disease prevention, physical activity, and healthy eating. Although these programs are ongoing, they have made significant progress. Key factors contributing to their early success include a comprehensive needs assessment, robust coalitions, the diversity of populations targeted, programs based on findings of the needs assessments, evaluations taking into consideration the effect of gender, and strong academic–community partnerships. A noteworthy impact of these programs has been their ability to shape and impact public, social, and health policies at the state and local levels. However, there have been challenges associated with the implementation of such a complex program. Lessons learned are discussed in this paper.     

论中国人社会化与心理咨询本土化

不同民族的人具有显著的心理差异。西方心理咨询模式与中国人社会化特点存在显著的矛盾冲突 ,其核心是个人取向与社会取向的矛盾。由此决定了心理咨询在中国的发展必须经历一个本土化过程。     

《丹麦刑事执行法》及其对我国立法的启示

《丹麦刑事执行法》内容全面而系统,操作性强,蕴含着人权保护、行刑社会化等法制理念,自2000年颁布施行以来对该国刑事执行工作的良性运作发挥了重大作用。虽然我国与丹麦在政治制度、历史文化传统等方面存在明显差异,但他山之石,可以攻玉。对《丹麦刑事执行法》的统一立法体例、先进的执行理念以及对罪犯权利的保障等制度规则的研究与探索对我国刑事执行立法具有积极的借鉴意义。     

职业地位取得的社会性别差异

本文从描述被调查夫妇之间职业流动的性别差异出发，分别勾画出他们的地位实现模型。首先验证了不论性别，教育地位都是决定职业地位实现的首要变量；但也正是在教育地位的实现和向上流动(再求学)中，伴随婚姻生育等生命事件的发生，无形的结构性制度因素(意识形态层面的性别制度、性别规范和性别文化)正如后现代主义试图解构的那样依然支配着性别角色的社会化和继续社会化，使扮演双重角色的妻子或无意识地或有意识地遭遇了丈夫不为之所累的两难困境，并最终阻碍了女性的教育地位、既而是职业地位的实现。本文最后提出了三点建议和几个尚待解决的问题。     

Children's gender- and age-based categorization in similarity and induction tasks

The present studies examined children's and adults' preferences for gender- or age-based categorization using similarity and inductive inference tasks. Four-year-olds, 6-year-olds, and adults looked at pictures of people and decided which of two was more like a target (similarity condition) or which shared a novel age- or gender-related property with the target (inference condition). Age or gender-based matches were possible. The results are consistent with previous findings that gender-based classification decreases with age. However, they also demonstrate that children use gender more for judging similarity than for making inferences about novel properties. Distinct patterns emerge from the two tasks: 6-year-olds and adults in both conditions categorize more by age than gender; 4-year-olds categorize by gender more than age in the similarity task, but by age more in the induction task. Only adults differentiated by property in the inference condition. These findings suggest that the salience of gender categories cannot entirely be attributed to their inductive potential. Gender has a salience beyond what would be predicted by its power for directing novel generalizations.     

荀子社会化思想与西方社会化理论的比较分析

荀子的社会化思想与西方社会化理论有共同性,也有差异性:二者都重视社会环境以及同辈群体在个体社会化过程中的重要作用,但二者社会化思想的出发点存在着明显差异。荀子社会化思想是从社会整体视角来展开的,西方社会化理论的研究则是在个体论的视角指导下进行的。     

我国残疾人组织社会化刍议

分析了我国残疾人组织的现状,指出其存在的不足:残疾人组织行政色彩浓厚、组织发展动力不足、组织功能薄弱。通过对其他国家和地区先进经验的总结和探讨,并结合我国实际,指出残疾人组织社会化有利于消除当前残疾人组织运行过程中存在的各种弊端,并着重阐述了我国残疾人组织社会化的实现途径:加强政府宏观调控及政策引导、组织机构社会化、人员配备社会化、组织功能社会化、资金来源社会化。     

如何从理论与实践高度认识高校后勤服务社会化

高校后勤社会化要建立服务主体企业化、服务成果商品化、服务对象社会化、服务方式多样化的新体制、新机制。它必须解决好高校内部服务的价格问题 ,实行转制后职工的分流问题。还必须处理好两个关系 :一是后勤服务社会化与“三服务、二育人”的关系 ,二是后勤服务社会化与稳定和发展的关系。