Organizational identity challenges in a post-merger context: A case study of an information system implementation project

This study examines the effects of the differences in organizational identities that emerged during a post-merger project that aimed at unifying the laboratory services of a large healthcare center that resulted from the merging of three hospitals by supporting them with a unique information system. We draw on the concepts of organizational identity and sensemaking to analyze the laboratory information system implementation project. Organizational identity is conceptualized as the mental representation that organizational members have of themselves as a social group in terms of practices, norms, and values and how they understand themselves to be different from members of other organizations. Data analysis suggests that divergent organizational identities and team members’ alternative interpretations of others’ practices, norms and organizational symbols, coexist during the post-merger integration phase. These interpretations are reflected in the final functionality of the information system that was different from the planned one.     

基于目标导向行为的高技术产业产品创新绩效研究

以我国2008—2019年28个省份的高技术产业为研究对象,对相关数据进行剔除缺失值和熵值法处理,构建产品创新绩效、目标导向行为下研发人员和研发资金投入、战略能力、宏观经济调控等5个指标的面板向量自回归（PVAR）模型,并在建模基础上进行格兰杰因果检验、脉冲响应和方差分解,分析目标导向行为对于企业产品创新绩效的影响机制。结果表明,目标导向行为下的研发人员和研发资金投入均正向影响企业产品创新绩效,且研发资金投入影响更显著;战略能力主要通过对目标导向行为的作用机制间接正向促进产品创新绩效,但在长期有弱化趋势;宏观经济政策调控对目标导向行为的直接贡献率较小,其影响机制主要在于直接正向促进企业产品创新绩效。     

The nexus between innovativeness and knowledge management: A focus on firm performance in the hospitality sector

While the importance of knowledge management is increasingly acknowledged, many firms do not fully understand the significance of innovativeness in relation to knowledge management and firm performance. Consequently, the objective of this article is to investigate innovativeness and its relationship with knowledge management and organizational performance in an under-examined industry sector and country context. The study methodology was survey-based and took place in the hospitality industry sector in Lesotho, Africa. Findings highlight the importance of knowledge management practices as an important driver of firm performance, where the results emphasize the positive mediating effect of innovativeness on the relationship between knowledge management and firm performance. The study has important practitioner and policy implications, where it is recommended that knowledge management be utilized in conjunction with innovativeness so as to positively influence firm performance. The article delivers a novel contribution to the literature in terms of establishing empirical associations between knowledge management, innovativeness and firm performance in an emerging country context.     

音乐审美体验中的音乐行为研究

伴随音乐审美体验这一种动态过程,必然会发生一些音乐行为,诸如听赏、创作、概念化、分析以及评估等行为。不同的音乐行为对审美体验有着不同的作用,主要有目的和手段音乐行为,各音乐行为之间不是孤立存在,而是紧密联系且相互作用,从而实现或达到音乐审美体验的目的。     

Achieving organizational de-escalation: Exit strategy implementation among United States collegiate athletic departments

Given the increasing commitment associated with NCAA Division I participation, higher learning institutions in the United States have recently engaged in initial stages of de-escalation behavior, or the reversal of escalating commitment via project termination or redirection. However, difficulty arises upon implementation of the selected alternative exit strategy. Applying escalation of commitment theory, this collective case study explored exit strategy implementation among institutions (N = 8) having achieved organizational de-escalation. Participants (n = 32) included decision makers involved in athletics exit strategy implementation. NVivo 9 was employed for analyzing collected data throughout the course of a three-step coding process. Findings revealed the importance of presenting stakeholders with objective data concerning the true costs of participation in a non-consulting manner. Additionally, exit implementation should consider the most timely departure possible, accounting for project-specific consequences potentially hindering de-escalation achievement. Finally, decision makers at institutions incorporating newly formed athletic-related initiatives did not exhibit impression management in de-institutionalizing the former course of action.     

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Citizenship, Competence and Profound Disability

In this paper I argue that reflection on competence and enfranchisement in relation to profound disability forces re-examination of the grounds of citizenship, with implications for theories of distributive justice in education. The primary purpose is less to point up that some people are disenfranchised without injustice; it is more to advance the view that, since enfranchisement is not an option for some profoundly disabled people, we require a conception of citizenship that is more sensitive to their distinctive needs and interests.     

Reframing citizenship education in Beijing: competing views and strategies

This narrative documentary study depicts two approaches of citizenship education (CE) in Beijing over the past decade—change through curriculum development, versus change through the international exchange of ideals and practices. It reveals the varied interests of CE designers and the tensions arising from competing approaches to CE. Analysis unfolds three dimensions of CE in Beijing, i.e. CE as a civic mission advocated by Chinese scholars, as a diplomatic platform for local government to showcase the city’s image building, and as an authoritarian agent serving to resist notions and terminologies associated with the state’s political enemies. Reframing the citizenship discourses into these three dimensions allows us to order, conceptually, how we approach the function of CE in Beijing. The case of Beijing illuminates the methods, tensions, and likely future directions of CE in other Chinese polities, such as Hong Kong.     

Role of human and relational capital of universities as underpinnings of a knowledge economy: A structural modelling perspective from north Indian universities

Authors propose a research framework that human capital of universities enhances performance through the mediating mechanisms of relational capital. Against the backdrop of the report issued by the National Knowledge Commission set up by the Indian government with a vision to transform India into a global knowledge hub, this study explores how universities can contribute in contriving a knowledge economy. Data collected from 13 north Indian universities has been tested empirically using structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings reveal that human capital has a significant influence on a university’s performance and relational capital partially mediates that effect. The results of this study will be of paramount importance for planners in the Indian higher education sector to achieve the goals that have been laid down in the report. Furthermore, it will help administrators and policy makers at universities to take cognizance of the global shift towards the knowledge economy and leverage human and relational capital in the process.     

基于计划行为理论的高校图书馆移动信息服务质量评价

为研究移动信息服务质量这一图书馆以及用户共同关注的焦点问题,文章基于计划行为理论,构建移动信息服务质量评价指标体系,设计调查问卷对使用移动信息资源的用户进行指标重要度调查,利用加权统计方法对调查结果进行计算获得指标权重,通过模糊综合评价方法对西安科技大学图书馆移动信息服务质量进行评价。研究结果显示,该馆移动信息服务质量处于中等偏上水平,该图书馆还需要在服务手段、移动资源、检索系统、个性化服务等方面加强和创新,提高其移动信息服务水平,从而更好地满足用户的移动信息需求。