Gender and ethnic differences in perceptions of equal opportunity climate and job outcomes of US Army Reserve component personnel

We examined equal opportunity climate (EOC) perceptions of reserve component personnel in the US Army (n = 949). We expected that gender and ethnic group membership would influence perceptions of the equal opportunity climate; and that gender and ethnic group membership would moderate the relationship between equal opportunity climate perceptions and ratings of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and workgroup effectiveness. Consistent with our hypothesis, we found the women and minorities perceptions regarding the equal opportunity climate were less favorable than White men. We also found that both gender and ethnicity moderated the relationship between equal opportunity climate perceptions and job outcomes of these groups. Our findings suggest that different groups are sensitive to particular aspects of EOC (e.g., harassment or discrimination) and that these sensitivities affect job-related outcomes.     

领导者的发展理论研究述评

近年来,欧美领导学理论工作者开始关注领导者的发展问题。他们指出,领导者的发展直接影响着企业和广大员工的长远发展,因此,学术界和实业界都应重视领导者的发展问题。本文介绍欧美学者对领导者的发展的内涵、计量方法、影响因素等方面的研究概况,并提出今后的研究方向。     

“以学习者为中心”的网上小组讨论教学案例分析——以《组织行为学》课程为案例

网上教学是广播电视大学开放教育教学工作极其重要的组成部分,也是广播电视大学教学能力甚至学校发展水平的直接呈现,又是继续推进广播电视大学信息化建设的迫切要求。本文结合《组织行为学》课程网上小组讨论探索实施过程,提出从观念、引导、平台及管理四个方面树立“以学习者为中心”的网上小组讨论,切实推动网上教学的开展。     

文化产业中知识型员工行为特征与过程规律的研究

文化产业主要提供满足人们精神需要的知识型产品,与制造业相比,文化产业生产的核心不再是机器设备,而是知识型员工。知识型员工使用脑力劳动并运用自身的各种工作行为对知识进行储备、生产、传播、使用。在这一系列环节中,知识型员工行为体现出了独有的特征和过程性规律。     

基于信息搜索行为模型的检索系统评测研究——以北京航空航天大学统一检索平台和google为例

本文在总结相关研究的基础上,着重从用户与系统交互角度构建用户信息搜索行为分析模型,并对影响信息搜索行为的用户因素和系统因素进行了深入剖析。随后参考上述结果构建研究模型及假设,以北京航空航天大学学术信息资源统一检索平台和google两种类型的信息检索系统为研究对象,设计实证研究试验,考察用户使用感受及其影响因素。研究结果显示:统一检索平台在资源丰富度和可靠度方面优于gongle,而google的系统反馈速度更迅速、功能细节设计更符合用户的系统使用习惯。     

Buscando para nuestra latinidad: Utilizing La Llorona for Cultural Critique

Abstract

This essay analyzes the contemporary constructions of Latina/o identity, Latina/o gender and Latina/o nationality as evidenced in the self-proclaimed “first major studio comedy to reflect the Hispanic cultural experience in America,” Chasing Papi. The contradictions between the film's progressive mission and the film's representations are teased out by a cross-reading of the film's usage of the popular Chicana/o mythic figure, La Llorona. Invoking La Lorona as muse and means, we find that the Latin Lover stereotype succeeds in its anti-assimilationist task while concurrently furthering confusion on who and what is a U.S. Latina/o. However, the authors also demonstrate how cultural cross-readings can provide hope out of delimiting discursive constructions.     

Thawing the North: Mostly Martha as a German-Italian Eatopia

Abstract

The establishment of the European Union, reunification of Germany, and Germany's extension of dual citizenship to immigrant minorities provided challenges to the country's understanding of itself as a nation. In negotiating these changes, debates on citizenship frequently centered on definitions of German culture. Using the concept of Leitkultur (guiding culture), conservatives argued that Germany should reject multiculturalism and stem immigration. This essay analyzes discourses on cultural policy in Germany through a contextual and textual analysis of the film Mostly Martha. In its alignment with aesthetic conventions of the art house food film, Mostly Martha participates in the debate on cultural citizenship and embodies changes in the German film industry that have moved German cinema toward increased commercialism. The film's main character, Martha, is transformed through an intercultural relationship and a trip to Italy. We argue that the film's citation of this well-known tradition of traveling south to redeem oneself and its treatment of ethnic “Otherness” engages in the Leitkultur debate and participates in the transition from national German to transnational cinema. Through the utopian treatment of Italian food, the film fetishizes cultural difference and reaffirms fixed constructs of nation and gender, thereby avoiding an explicitly politicized engagement with intercultural citizenship and identity.     

Striving to Be King of Mobile Mountains: Communication and Organizing Through Digital Fitness Technology

This study considers fitness-tracking applications as settings for communicative performances. Qualitative interviews and observations with 41 users of a cycling-focused fitness application revealed communicative themes of qualifying, social sharing, and withholding. Users also assessed other members through social-group comparing and upward comparing. This study develops theory by revealing how individuals use the technology to communicate about their physical acts, and how the context of use facilitates organizing processes. We argue that use of this fitness application extends our understanding of how communication can constitute a community of practice (CoP; Brown & Duguid, 1991; Lave & Wenger, 1991). Primarily, the hybrid online/offline nature of Strava complicates the traditional understanding of communication and CoPs.     

面向学习者特征——行为数据融合的协同学习系统框架设计

文章将个性化学习和协同学习的教育理念结合起来,提出了一个基于数据融合技术的协同学习系统框架,以解决协同学习中个体学习目标往往得不到实现的问题。