A multiplex view of leadership structure in management teams

In the hope of complementing the structural perspective in upper echelon research and advancing a fine-grained understanding of dyadic leadership influence in management teams, the current study combines two types of intrateam structures—leadership network and friendship network—to create a multidimensional conceptualization of leadership structure in management teams. Specifically, we propose that management teams with a denser singular leadership network (i.e., a network consisting of many leadership ties that are not coupled with friendship ties) should have lower management team cohesion, which subsequently renders worse business unit performance. To contrast, management teams with a denser multiplex network (i.e., a network consisting of many leadership ties that are coupled with friendship ties) should have higher management team cohesion, which subsequently renders better business unit performance. Guided by structural contingency perspective, we further propose that management team task interdependence will strengthen team cohesion's positive impact on business unit performance. To test the hypothesized model, we collected team-level social network data and multiple-wave survey data from 697 managers nested in 148 hotels (i.e., 148 management teams) owned by a large hospitality company. We also obtained objective performance data for each hotel (i.e., occupancy percentage rate and revenue per available room per day) as the criterion measure. The data supported our hypotheses. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings are discussed.     

金鱼游不出盛它的缸——关于无神论教育问题与中学生的系列对话(三)

学生:前两次您们谈了对超常现象问题和宗教问题的认识,认为世界上根本没有超自然力存在,对超常现象的声称一定要求有实在的经得起检验的事实;宗教不过是历史阶段的产物,把灵魂托付给谁一定要理智,人生道路只可“摸着石头过河”,不可指望“仙人指路”。我觉得都有一定道理,可是为什么历史上那么多的名人、科学家都要信教,连科学巨人牛顿也是虔诚的清教徒,包括爱因斯坦也信教、信上帝,还有很多科学家都是基督教徒,难道他们不理智吗?秋实:你的问题很好,很多人都有这方面的疑问,认为既然科学家是搞科学研究的,那他就应该相信确实存在的事实,不该…     

Six-month-old infants' preference for lexical words

Previous work has shown that newborn infants categorically discriminate the fundamental syntactic category distinction between lexical and grammatical words. In this article, we show that by the age of 6 months, infants prefer to listen to lexical over grammatical words. In Experiment 1, infants were habituated to a list of either lexical or grammatical words, and then tested on new lists of words from the same and the contrasting categories. The infants showed recovery to lexical words after habituation to grammatical words but not vice versa. This asymmetry indicates a possible preference for lexical words. In Experiments 2 and 3, preference was assessed directly by presenting infants with alternating trials of lexical and grammatical words, in the central-fixation preference procedure. The infants looked significantly longer during lexical-word than grammatical-word trials. These results show that by 6 months, infants attend preferentially to lexical words. The implications of this emerging attentional preference for subsequent language acquisition are discussed.     

中国医科大学附属盛京医院312项科研课题中标情况统计分析

对我院2001年~2005年中标的312项科研课题级别与数量,获经费资助情况,中标科研课题的学科(专业)分布,课题负责人的年龄结构进行系统地统计分析,表明我院承担科研课题的能力在逐年提高,取得了很好的科研成绩。中青年科研人员已成为我院科研发展的主力军,促进了学科的发展。     

不同深度平面与表面的视知觉完形加工

以往有关视觉完形加工的研究主要探索同一深度平面内的相似纹理表面或相关轮廓特性等对完形加工的影响。该研究采用汉字碎块,考察了双眼视差、颜色以及遮挡等线索在视觉完形中的作用。发现结果如下：视差与颜色等线索阻碍了视觉完形加工;遮挡线索加速了整体的视觉完形形成;在高级认知加工参与下,遮挡线索有效抑制了视差、颜色等线索的分离作用。通过对知觉填补机制及其理论的讨论,可以认为,该研究结果为不同深度平面间的视知觉完形加工提供了实验支持。     

7~12岁儿童视觉搜索能力的发展

该研究主要考察7~12岁儿童视觉搜索能力的发展。实验结果表明：儿童视觉搜索能力随年龄的增长而提高,性别差异不显著;儿童对三种不同视觉刺激材料（阿拉伯数字、英文字母、汉字）的视觉搜索的反应时没有表现出明显的差异,这个结果与通常的一些实验结果不同。同时,儿童在视觉搜索过程中,判断刺激出现的反应时均明显短于判断刺激没有出现的反应时;两种判断与左右手之间存在着交互作用。     

检测时与智力关系的研究述评

检测时是信息加工速度的重要指标,它与一般智力测验分数之间存在着稳定的相关,两者之间的相关常被解释为智力个体差异的认知或生理学的基础。文章介绍了检测时与智商之间的相关研究。讨论了研究者对检测时和智力之间相关本质的几种理论解释。同时,总结了从生物学和发展的角度对检测时与智力之间相关的本质理解的研究。在此基础上,文章分了检测时与智力之间关系研究中存在的问题和未来的研究方向     

论俄罗斯主体心理学的理论特征

主体心理学是俄罗斯心理学发展的新方向,其主要理论特征体现在:研究作为主体的人;强调主体积极性;具有鲜明的人文特征;注重对群体主体问题研究;关注社会问题;重视心理学的理论研究。     

弘扬科学精神，加强科普宣传——纪念《科普法》颁布5周年座谈会综述

2007年6月12日在中国科技馆召开了"弘扬科学精神,加强科普宣传——纪念《科普法》颁布五周年座谈会"。会议由中国反邪教协会和中国无神论     

关于加强膜拜团体问题的理论研究座谈会在京举行

2007年7月31日上午,中国无神论学会、《科学与无神论》杂志编辑部邀请中国反邪教协会等有关负责同志,在中国社科院宗教研究所举办了一个小型座谈会,商议了今后共同加强膜拜团体问题研究,办好专栏,加强交流与合作等事宜。