The re-enchantment of social institutions: Max Weber and public relations

The German sociologist Max Weber is rarely referred to in public relations theory and research. In this article it is argued that his concepts of legitimacy and legitimation are relevant for understanding and analyzing public relations activities. Legitimacy, i.e. having sufficient external support to continue to exist, is seen as the ultimate purpose of public relations, and legitimation is seen as the efforts which are aimed at acquiring organizational legitimacy. The article discusses both theoretical and practical implications of these ideas for the field of public relations.     

律师调查令正当性的法理思考

因现行法律限制,律师调查权受到极大制约,妨碍司法正义和当事人合法权益的实现,各地法院试行的"律师调查令制度"均缺乏法律依据,处于实践先行的尴尬境地.现阶段律师不可能享有强制调查权,但律师因客观情况不能调查取证时可以申请调查令.法院委托律师调查是合理的,律师是承担调查取证责任的合适人选.其他国家先进的立法经验可供我们借鉴.     

论新时期思想政治工作的合法性基础

担当现代政治系统合法性基础的是能够体现现代民主政治理念的制度规则。非公有制经济组织思想政治工作的一些特征反映了传统思想政治工作模式遭遇的合法性危机,这些危机植根于我国社会结构的多元化变迁及公共权力运行中的崭新变化。新时期思想政治工作的合法性基础应当建立在“执政为民、依法执政”的基本理念上,在价值目标、制度创新和职能边界方面重新安排思想政治工作的合法性基础。     

香港社会工作管窥之三:评估与问责

在香港,无论是接受政府资助的社会服务机构,还是自筹经费的社会服务机构,都必须面对评估和问责的要求.不同的是,前者主要接受资助方-政府的评估与问责,而后者更多是向社会公众交代.说到对受资助机构的评估,就必须要提到《服务表现监察制度》.它是对受资助机构进行规管、厘定及评估服务表现的重要文件,包括社会福利署与受资助机构签订的...     

20世纪中国政治权威的艰难转型

20世纪中国的政治权威经历了艰难转型。辛亥革命造成传统型权威的瓦解与权威真空的形成。个人魅力型权威的崛起重建了现代化所必需的秩序。进入现代化建设时期,个人魅力型权威的负面效应日渐突出。“文革”之后终于开始了向法理型权威的转型。     

Learning,signaling, and convincing: The role of experimentation in the business modeling process

This study examines experimentation in the business modeling process, unpacking three different roles of experimentation: learning, signaling, and convincing. Learning is an inherent role of experimentation, as managers typically experiment to engage with the environment and to obtain knowledge. This study uncovers another set of roles, which have a symbolic nature. These roles show that experimentation is not just a learning process, but also a strategic legitimation process, aimed at enacting the environment. Experimentation serves the purpose of signaling to potential customers and other stakeholders, and of convincing them to embrace the business model. Furthermore, this study shows that experimentation takes two forms—purposeful interactions and experimental projects—and that these forms can support the different roles of experimentation.     

关于建立我国行政诉讼简易程序的思考

简易程序是一种相对于普通程序而言较简便易行的审判程序,其因自身的内外部正当性而成为平衡诉讼中公平与效率的一种捷径。而长期以来,我国行政诉讼中却排斥简易程序的适用。我们应当在简易程序正当性的基础上构建适宜的行政诉讼简易程序。     

Leadership across hierarchical levels: Multiple levels of management and multiple levels of analysis

We examined differences in leadership influence processes, perceptions, and multiple levels-of-analysis effects between close and distant charismatic and contingent reward leadership across three hierarchical levels in 13 Korean companies. Multi-source data revealed that followers' commitment to the leader mediated relationships between leadership and followers' attitudinal, behavioral, and performance outcomes in close situations, but not in distant relationships. Leadership at higher levels of management was positively related to leadership at the next lower level, which in turn related to follower outcomes at the lowest echelon. Multivariate within and between analysis indicated multiple-level effects differing by leader–follower distance and for the variables of interest.     

Charismatic/Pentecostal Christians,Spirituality, and Treatment: The Revival Phenomenon

ABSTRACT

This article examines the practice of revival as a means of “treating” people with addictions. Revival is practiced widely in Charismatic/Pentecostal circles and many people believe that that their recovery from addictions would not have been possible without it. The practice is reviewed and suggestions are made as to how to provide evidence-based practice while recognizing the contributions of revival practice.     

What circles look like

Over the past decade, under the influence of the Catholic charismatic movement, the Ambonwari people of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea have radically altered their relationships with bush spirits and, simultaneously, their attitudes towards their landscape. During the current process of abolishing prohibitions pertaining to taboo places, the Ambonwari have also abolished a set of cultural activities that were characteristic of ancestral placemaking and have weakened the effect these places and their spirits have on the Ambonwari's contemporary life world. By abandoning their relationships with bush spirits and embracing God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit and by moving their eyes, thoughts and feelings from earth to heaven, the Ambonwari want to transcend their familiar landscape and the life world that it sustains.