Eliciting children’s recall regarding home life and relationships

Abstract

Child interviews form an important component of custody evaluations. Yet, research on children’s responses to questions about home life and relationships is lacking. In the present study, children (N?=?47) aged 6 to 10?years were interviewed about their daily routines and family relationships. Responses to four categories of questions were compared: open and specific questions about routines, and negative and positive aspects of family relationships. Responses were coded for amount of information, informativeness, topic pertinence, and refusals to answer. Results suggested that questions about everyday routines and relationships elicit relevant and informative responses from children. It is suggested that interviewers begin with open-ended questions regarding daily routines to structure family law interviews with children.     

浅析武术套路中的动静观思想

中国武术的动静观,不仅注意身体运动表面的动静变化,而且强调人的身体和心灵整体内外的动静运动变化。动静是武术中最重要的一对阴阳范畴,武术讲究动与静的和谐,它深刻地反映在各种技术特点之中。     

The Effect of Language Differences and National Culture on Operational Process Compliance

With increasing frequency, firms are locating their operations in disparate countries with distinct national cultures and languages. This study develops and empirically tests hypotheses relating an operation's process compliance performance to (1) the presence of a language difference between the location of the operation and that of headquarters and (2) the national culture of the location of the operation and that of headquarters. Employing an international sample of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants located primarily in Western nations, the analysis reveals that a language difference between the location of a plant and the firm's headquarters is consistently related to decreased process compliance at the plant level. Regarding national culture, only limited evidence of a direct relationship between national cultural dimensions (at either the plant or headquarters location) and process compliance exists. However, the analysis does suggest that cultural congruence between the location of the plant and that of headquarters can relate to improved compliance performance. Such a relationship depends on the specific national cultural dimension studied. While these results are obtained in a specific manufacturing setting, they potentially have implications for process compliance in any global operation.     

A routine-based framework implementing workload control to address recurring disturbances

Abstract

This research focuses on responsiveness in high variety manufacturing environments. To achieve it, the article proposes to develop Dynamic Response Capabilities (DRCs) of the manufacturing system defined as the abilities to readjust the planned operating parameters of workload, capacity, and lead time, in the wake of disturbances. To inform their development, built on the Workload Control theory, a routine-based framework is proposed. The framework supports an integrated approach for the implementation of adaptive decision-making routines for workload, capacity, and lead time readjustments at different stages in the order fulfilment process. Findings from two empirical cases show the appropriateness of the framework to develop and utilise DRCs in different settings of disturbances. Results of a simulation study, with one of the case companies, also shows the effectiveness of the framework to drive performance improvements in presence of recurring disturbances leading to demand variability.     

Habits and orders of everyday life: commensal adjustment in Anglo‐French couples

This paper examines processes of habit reshuffling and change in different contexts of household formation, looking specifically at habits regarding eating and commensality. It is based on a study of 14 couples, each with one English and one French partner, half of whom live in France, half in England. We examine the interplay between partners, their determination to eat together as a couple, and the various ‘orders’ associated with their commensal pact (diets, routines, extra‐marital commensality), both when they start as couples and as parents of young children. We draw on the specificity of cross‐national couple experience to cast light on processes of adjustment – to one another, and to the new country of residence for the migrant partner. In particular, we explore the potential of notions of ‘split’ and ‘solid’ ‘patrimonies of incorporated habits’, ‘re‐shuffling’ of habits and dispositions, and ‘habit memory’, to characterize the dynamics of habits at play in each of the orders under scrutiny. Overall, the paper contributes to the analysis of habit as the ‘stuff’ of orders of everyday life.     

Sleepless in school? The social dimensions of young people’s bedtime rest and routines

There are increasing concerns that social pressures, such as family changes and social media, are ‘invading’ the sanctuary of the bedroom with the result that students arrive at school tired and stressed. This paper seeks to examine whether these concerns are justified and contribute to the growing literature on the social dimensions of sleep through examining the rest and routines of two cohorts of young people aged 12–13 and 14–15 years old. Our research indicates that, in general, most young people have ‘reasonable’ amounts of sleep and routines. But, a significant proportion does go to school tired, with apparent negative consequences for their well-being. The paper examines some of the within-cohort variations, in particular, the significance of volume of sleep, routines and engagement with social media and how these may reflect the material and cultural circumstances of the young people. The paper concludes by arguing for more research on the complex social causes and consequences of sleep deprivation among today’s youth.     

组织惯例演化的重新定义： 基于组织免疫的视角

组织惯例与环境变化的匹配问题是研究组织能否适应环境变化的关键,虽然惯例生成观理论与组织免疫理论都描述了一种组织内生性的主动适应环境变化的能力,但两种理论各有不足。组织惯例-免疫应答理论则是一种根植于惯例生成观理论、组织免疫理论以及免疫网络理论的惯例演化新理论。该理论将组织惯例与环境变化相匹配的演化过程类比为免疫系统选择一个在抗体独特位上具有合适抗原镜像对应物的抗体与相应抗原发生反应的免疫应答过程。该过程是一个由惯例运行中的具体情景及惯例的明示与实行三方面构成的循环交互模式,其中具体情景是指组织在持续修改惯例以应对环境压力的变革过程中某一时间点上与惯例执行相关联的具体情境,惯例的明示是一个由一系列启示构成的组合,而实行则是由特定的人在特定的时间和地点所采取的特定行为,三者之间的路径关系可用组织监视、组织防御、组织记忆来概括。     

非英语专业学习者程式话语语用能力探究

通过选取227位受试对象,以性别和英语水平作为研究变量,对其程式话语语用能力展开实证探究。研究发现：1）受试者的程式话语语用能力整体水平偏低,识别与回应会话能力高于表达与发起会话能力且差异显著;2）女性受试者的语用能力普遍高于男性且差异显著,性别对高水平受试者的语用能力影响最小,对中水平组的影响最大,而对低水平组影响不大;3）男、女受试者语用能力的具体表征存在差异性,赞美、警告等言语行为的语用能力较高,而邀请、请求等言语行为的语用能力较低。程式话语语用能力在大学英语及专门用途英语教学中具有重要意义。