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).     

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.     

加强邓小平理论教育提高大学生思想政治素质

文章论述了加强大学生思想政治素质教育的必要性,邓小平理论在大学生思想政治素质教育中的指导作用,以及我院如何开展邓小平理论教育、提高大学生思想政治素质。     

对增强新时期大学生思想政治教育理论说服力的思考

国务院《关于进一步加强和改进大学生思想政治教育的意见》科学地阐明了重视科学理论、加强理论武装对于做好新形势下大学生思想政治教育的极端重要性,明确了理论在思想政治教育中的基础性作用。探析增强大学生思想政治教育理论说服力的路径,是贯彻《意见》精神、做好新世纪新阶段大学生思想政治教育工作的必然要求。     

借鉴国际先进经验,加快研究生创新教育改革的步伐

通过研究发达国家研究生创新教育的特点和发展趋势 ,指出影响中国研究生创新意识和创新能力培养的主要因素 ,并针对中国研究生创新教育的改革提出具体的建议 ,即应该进一步扩大国际交流、拆除学科壁垒、以人为本、为学科和人才超常发展提供条件 ,实现教育管理制度创新等     

源自身体的创造以现代舞教育塑造学生的创造性人格

现代舞自身的多变性、个性、原创性特征,与大学生开放活跃的心智、健全的体能、强烈的好奇心等身心特征有相通之处;现代舞的训练机制注重自我创造的内涵,能启发大学生思维的敏锐性和创建意识,催进创造性的培育;现代舞的多变独创魅力还可以在审美观念上引导大学生突破传统审美观念束缚、树立宽容豁达的理性精神,以个性化的参与去引发创造.所有这些,均与素质教育的创造目标有相通之处.     

试论高校党建评估标准下的大学生道德教育

本文对高校党建评估工作对大学生道德教育的意义等问题加以论述。     

以学生为中心，构建新时期高校学生教育服务管理体系

以学生为中心,构建新时期高校学生教育服务管理体系,必须做好以下重点层面的工作:全方位、多层次、有实效的思想道德教育;促进优良学风的形成;健康、文明、有序的宿舍文化建设;学生骨干队伍建设;心理指导;帮困助学;就业指导。     

高等教育学费和学生资助政策

在高等教育投入的多元化趋势中,伴随着高校收费政策的实施,学生资助问题成为国家宏观教育政策关注的重点领域。本文在国际高等教育投入和学生资助模式比较分析的基础上,对我国高等教育学费和学生资助提出政策建议。争取除学费外的其他社会投入应成为中国进一步筹措高等教育经费的重点;在确定高等教育学费时应兼顾培养成本和人均收入水平;同时要建立和完善多元化的学生资助体系。     

关于硕士研究生培养“两年制”的思考

我国硕士研究生教育的培养目标一直定位在学术型人才的培养上,但随着国际化进程的发展以及国内现实的需要,硕士研究生的培养模式发生了转变。改革硕士生的培养学制被提上了日程,在国内某些重点高校也进行了试点。然而“两年制”的学制改革也引发了社会各阶层的争议,学制改革是否可行成为争论的焦点。两年制的改革不仅影响到硕士研究生教育未来的发展道路,而且也成为关系教育能否高效、高质的为国家经济、社会建设输送高级人才的重要课题。