Structural empowerment,psychological empowerment,and work engagement: A cross-country study

In this cross-country study we drew on job demands-resources theory to investigate whether psychological empowerment mediates the positive association between structural empowerment and work engagement and, consequently, task performance and intention to quit. A total of 1033 employees working in the service sector in Spain (N = 515) and the United Kingdom (N = 518) participated in the study. Multi-group structural equation modeling analyses revealed that psychological empowerment partially mediated the positive relationship between structural empowerment and work engagement, and that work engagement associated positively with task performance and negatively with intention to quit. Invariance analyses suggested that the positive link between psychological empowerment and work engagement was stronger for employees working in the UK than in Spain, providing support for partial structural invariance of the hypothesized model. These findings suggest that psychological empowerment is an underlying mechanism that may explain why structural empowerment relates positively to work engagement with implications for theory (i.e., extend the nomological network of the investigated constructs) and management practice (e.g., emphasize the role of structural empowerment for work design).     

中国员工企业伦理态度调查及分析

随着中国市场经济的发展,各种企业丑闻的频发引起业界广泛关注,公司治理越来越受到重视。已有的研究表明,员工企业伦理态度关乎员工承诺度和企业竞争力。本文依据个人层次研究理论,采用实证分析方法,选择国内6家企业的员工为调研对象,沿用国外企业伦理个体层次研究中广泛使用的量表"Attitude Towards Business Ethics Questionnaire"(ATBEQ)即企业伦理态度量表,考察当代中国企业员工对企业伦理态度的看法;另外,也分析了不同的工作年限,性别,学历,户口等因素下的企业员工伦理态度差异。调查结果显示:中国员工的企业伦理观存在困惑;大部分中国员工有企业利益相关者意识;教育对企业员工伦理态度存在显著影响。     

Changes in work and care trajectories during the transition to motherhood

In most mid- and high-income countries, there have been significant demographic, structural, and cultural changes in the past decades. However, we know little about how these changes have shaped women's work patterns during a key life stage: the transition to motherhood. Using longitudinal data from Chile, covering over 30 years of employment histories and three periods of first births (1980–2010), I conduct sequence analysis to identify women's work-care trajectories during an eight-year period of the transition to motherhood. Over time, I find that continuous care work at home has declined, for which education plays a key role, while the chances of working continuously have not changed over time. Instead, I find an increasing trend of unsteady paths that combine paid work with either caretaking or unemployment. I discuss how these changes, as well as their association with education, have important implications for both gender and social inequality.     

Women's employment decisions in Malaysia: Does religion matter?

Religion may influence female employment decisions because different religions specify different life styles. This study investigates whether religion is a significant determinant of married and single women's paid-work and full-time employment in Malaysia. Using the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey and a sequential logit approach, this paper finds that religion is less influential in urban areas than in rural areas.     

社会主义和谐社会的政治伦理意义探讨

政治伦理及其规范对社会政治关系及其派生关系中"善"与"恶"的认知、建立,政治伦理及其规范内含的制度伦理意义、"实践精神",以及我们党加强政治伦理建设的自觉意识和对政治主体、政治行为者的引导、内化和约束作用,对于当前构建社会主义和谐社会具有重要价值和现实意义.     

Coping with work stress: Psychological benefits of exercise

Although the health-enhancing effects of physical exercise have been well documented, less is known about how exercise benefits stressed employees psychologically. This article examines exercise as a coping response, and identifies changes in self-schemata (a person's underlying belief systems about him or herself) as the means by which exercise affects coping resources. In addition, by drawing on schema theory and the exercise literature, the active components of an exercise programme and the individuals who might enhance their ability to cope with stress through such a programme are identified.     

清代司法实践中的情理初探

在清代,司法实践的根本依据不是成文法,而是自身含义带有极大非实定性的情理。可以说,情理构成了清代的司法精神。那么,以灵活变通为追求的情理,是否存在一个不变的、实定的核心,或者说情理的本质是什么呢?如果存在,它产生于怎样的社会土壤?本文将从情理的词源含义、法律含义等角度入手,分析情理的本质;并从伦理作用下的情理与情理中的伦理两方面阐释情理生存的社会土壤。     

行政人的伦理困境和伦理自主

行政人与其他人一样生活在复杂的社会关系下并承担着不同的角色,每一种角色都附带着一系列的义务与利益规定。角色冲突、利益冲突甚至是道德冲突产生的伦理困境,使得行政人经常处于两难的境地。因此,应从创设制度化的个人伦理生存空间、行政人对角色责任的清醒认识、弘扬行政人的个体独立人格、界定行政人的忠诚限度等方面帮助行政人找到既可保存公共利益又可保存自己人格完整的有效途径。     

社会转型时期我国伦理道德体制的重构

随着改革的进一步深入,我国已经进入社会转型的快速运转期。在这一过渡时期,我国伦理道德问题突出,道德理念冲突不断、道德约束力也在不断下降,整个社会的道德责任观念已不再具有强有力的制约功能,社会伦理道德的缺失正严重影响着社会的正常有序运行。在市场化和现代化快速发展的今天,社会分化仍在进一步加剧,为有效实现社会和谐与稳定,构建新的伦理道德体制已经成为时代进步发展的必然要求,伦理道德体制的重建也成为失范社会实现高度整合的必要途径。     

增权：受虐待老人社会工作新理念

针对不断增加的虐待老年人这一社会问题,将增权理论及理念运用于老年人社会工作中,结合对老年人受虐待现状和困境的考察与分析,探讨了帮助受虐待老年人维护自身合法权益的有效工作方法。