Engaging leader – Engaged employees? A cross-lagged study on employee engagement

The goal of this study is to provide a cross-lagged examination of the relationships between engaging leadership, job resources and employee work engagement. We propose a mediation model and we postulate that engaging leadership can increase perceptions of three specific job resources (i.e. autonomy, support from colleagues and opportunities for learning and development) which theoretically correspond to the three facets of engaging leadership (i.e., inspiring, connecting and strengthening, respectively). Subsequently, in keeping with the extant body of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) research, we link job resources to employee work engagement. Our hypotheses were tested on data collected at two time-points – T1 (N = 759) and T2 (N = 273) –from employees working for a hotel chain in the Netherlands. In line with our expectations, engaging leadership showed a significant cross-lagged relationship with autonomy and support from colleagues, but did not predict learning opportunities and work engagement across time. While we formulated specific hypotheses, we also tested reversed causation relationships. We found no direct effect from engaging leadership on employee work engagement, however, the reversed effect was significant; employee perceptions of engaging leadership were shaped by their own engagement experiences. Importantly, engaged employees at T1 reported more job resources at T2. By providing a cross-lagged examination of our model, we showed that engaging leaders as well as employees’ positive affective state of being engaged, are essential to shaping a resourceful work context. A comprehensive view on the triggers and outcomes of work engagement and engaging leadership is needed, as the traditional unidirectional cause-effect rationale fails to explain how these concepts relate to one another and to employee experiences of job resources.     

Interval estimation for conformance proportions of multiple quality characteristics

A conformance proportion is an important and useful index to assess industrial quality improvement. Statistical confidence limits for a conformance proportion are usually required not only to perform statistical significance tests, but also to provide useful information for determining practical significance. In this article, we propose approaches for constructing statistical confidence limits for a conformance proportion of multiple quality characteristics. Under the assumption that the variables of interest are distributed with a multivariate normal distribution, we develop an approach based on the concept of a fiducial generalized pivotal quantity (FGPQ). Without any distribution assumption on the variables, we apply some confidence interval construction methods for the conformance proportion by treating it as the probability of a success in a binomial distribution. The performance of the proposed methods is evaluated through detailed simulation studies. The results reveal that the simulated coverage probability (cp) for the FGPQ-based method is generally larger than the claimed value. On the other hand, one of the binomial distribution-based methods, that is, the standard method suggested in classical textbooks, appears to have smaller simulated cps than the nominal level. Two alternatives to the standard method are found to maintain their simulated cps sufficiently close to the claimed level, and hence their performances are judged to be satisfactory. In addition, three examples are given to illustrate the application of the proposed methods.     

德行领导对员工创新行为的影响---工作繁荣与情感承诺的作用*

研究表明，德行领导作为家长式领导的核心维度，对员工行为有重要影响，但现有研究忽视了员工工作状态的重要作用。本文基于自我决定理论，以员工工作繁荣为中介，探讨德行领导对员工创新行为的影响，并从社会认同的情感视角出发，考察了情感承诺在上述关系间的调节作用。研究表明，德行领导对员工工作繁荣与创新行为均存在显著正向影响；员工工作繁荣对其创新行为存在显著正向影响；员工工作繁荣在德行领导与创新行为之间起部分中介作用；情感承诺调节了德行领导对员工创新行为的影响，情感承诺越高，德行领导对员工创新行为的影响越显著。     

学校领导干部的自我发展素质及培养

自我发展素质是学校领导干部综合素质的重要组成部分 ,它反映了社会发展、领导职位和人的本性发展的要求。形成学校领导干部自我发展素质的主要方式是干部培训和教育实践中的探索与反思     

中共三代领导集体国防教育思想的历史探索

研究表明，中国共产党的三代领导集体对国防教育都很重 视，特别是在和平建设年代，中共领导人能随着国际国内形势的变化而适时调整其国防教育 思想的主要内容，从而使党的国防教育思想更趋成熟，向科学化、系统化、制度化迈进。     

纪念邓小平《党和国家领导制度的改革》发表22周年

本文重温邓小平同志１９８０年８月关于《党和国家领导制度的改革》的讲话，概括指出：一、其三个方面的内容：实行党政分开；适当分权；改革干部人事制度。二、政治体制改革的原则方针：改革必须坚持社会主义方向；改革必须要有利于坚持和加强党的领导。三、政治体制改革的目标取向：发展社会主义民主，走民主的制度化、法制化道路。深刻领会该讲话精神，对于推动我国新世纪的政治体制改革具有重要的理论意义和现实意义。     

构建社会主义和谐社会的哲学思考

构建社会主义和谐社会的战略决策是我们党对新世纪、新阶段我国经济社会发展的新要求和我国社会出现的新趋势、新特点的科学判断和理性抉择。要从社会有机体的理论视角阐释物质文明、政治文明、精神文明和和谐社会的"四位一体"建设;要不断认识和把握和谐社会建设的特点和规律;要以马克思主义关于社会主义社会建设理论为科学的理论指导,深入调查研究,不断提高构建社会主义和谐社会的能力。     

铸理论丰碑 展实践风采——评《中国共产党三代领导集体的民族理论与实践》

文章从学术研究水平、体系的完整性和创新性、研究方法的科学性和严谨性等方面论述了<中国共产党三代领导集体的民族理论与实践>一书的理论价值和实践意义.     

浅谈创新能力与文献检索利用技能

本文论述了创新能力与文献检索技能的关系。文献检索技能是现代人所必须具备的能力 ,是铸造创新能力的重要因素。并提出了文检课存的问题以及在新世纪加强文检课的一些建议。