The role of career adaptability in predicting entrepreneurial intentions: A moderated mediation model

Guided by the Career Construction Theory (Savickas, 2013), we view entrepreneurship as an adaptive vocational behavior driven by an individual's self-regulatory capacity to thrive in a complex entrepreneurial career context. Our research model posited that individuals rely on their adaptive resources and entrepreneurial self-efficacy as they form entrepreneurial intentions. Career adaptability, as self-regulatory competencies, is further strengthened by prior exposure to family business. We collected data over three measurement periods from Serbian business students (n = 380) and validated the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS). The moderated mediation model was supported and as predicted: (a) career adaptability was positively associated with entrepreneurial intentions and (b) the mediated relationship between career adaptability and entrepreneurial intentions via entrepreneurial self-efficacy was stronger for individuals with prior exposure to family business. In addition, we provide evidence for the psychometric properties of CAAS by examining its internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and factor structure. Taken together, our study offers the groundwork for understanding successful adaptation in the entrepreneurial career context and supports the cross-national measurement equivalence and utility of CAAS in a developing economy.     

Does work engagement increase person–job fit? The role of job crafting and job insecurity

Drawing on the expanded model of person–environment fit and job crafting theory, this study investigates the underlying processes of the relationship between work engagement and changes in person–job fit. A two-wave longitudinal study was conducted among 246 Chinese employees of a high technology company. As hypothesized, the results show that work engagement is positively related to changes in demands–abilities fit through changes in physical job crafting and positively related to changes in needs–supplies fit through changes in relational job crafting. As predicted, the positive relationship between work engagement and changes in relational job crafting (however, not changes in physical job crafting) is strengthened under conditions of high (vs. low) job insecurity. Our findings indicate that engaged employees craft their work in physical and relational ways, which creates a better person–job fit. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.     

To change or not to change: A matter of decision maker’s role

The status quo effect derived from loss aversion is common in decision making. However, we propose that advisors (vs. personal decision makers) are less susceptible to such an effect because they are less loss-averse. The difference in loss aversion between personal decision makers and advisors is reflected in both the query order and content. Compared to advisors, personal decision makers produce more queries favoring the status quo, at an earlier time, than those favoring the new option. As hypothesized, the status quo effect was observed among personal decision makers, but not among advisors (Studies 1 and 2). Query order and content were found to mediate the impact of decision maker’s role on the status quo effect (Study 2). When personal decision makers and advisors made queries in the same order (Study 3) or of the same content (Studies 4a and 4b), the difference between self–other decision making disappeared.     

We‐commerce: Exploring factors influencing online group‐buying intention in Taiwan from a conformity perspective

Group buying is a relatively new online consumption practice. Consumers negotiate product or service prices with businesses to obtain low prices or an increased number of products. This study investigates factors influencing online group‐buying intention from a conformity perspective. An online survey is used to sample 650 online group buyers in Taiwan. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is applied to examine the hypotheses within the theoretical framework. Analytical results indicate that social factors (online recommendations, media recommendations, and personal recommendations) positively affect social influence and online group‐buying intention. Individual factors (compliance and attention‐to‐social‐comparison‐information) positively affect social influence and conformity. Psychological factors (financial risk, performance risk, and social risk) negatively affect online group‐buying intention, and are positively correlated with social influence and conformity. Furthermore, social influence (informational influence and normative influence) are positively correlated with conformity and online group‐buying intention. Social influence and conformity are positively correlated with online group‐buying intention. Finally, implications of analytical findings are discussed.     

词汇飞跃的本质:命名洞察力的实证研究

通过个案跟踪和控制实验探讨了词汇飞跃的本质。研究结果表明命名洞察力具有现实性,且词汇飞跃与命名洞察力的出现紧密相关,这在一定程度上解释了儿童词汇量快速增长的原因。命名洞察力的获得促进了词汇的快速增长,标志着儿童建立起词汇与指称之间的匹配关系。词汇飞跃之后,儿童很快建立起词语间的符号关系,并最终促进了儿童语法的发展。基于此实证结果,本研究还建构了诠释词汇飞跃本质的理论模型。     

中小学班主任情感素质的调查研究

在理论分析与实践探索相结合的基础上,按照严格程序,编制了具有开创性和良好信效度的中小学班主任情感素质问卷。运用该问卷对上海市8个区县54所中小学的1576名班主任进行了情感素质的现状调查。结果表明,中小学班主任的情感素质总体尚可,但仍需提升;女性总体稍优于男性;中小学班主任的情感素质随着学段升高有所下降;教龄和做班主任时间长短对其情感素质有重要影响;班主任情感素质在性别和教龄上有交互影响。     

径山寺的禅宗与茶道

<正>中国的茶与禅,自古以来就有着深厚的历史渊源。相传,南北朝时期,达摩到中国传法,面壁修行九年之际,有一次睡着了,醒后十分后悔,便割下眼睑扔在了地上,结果长成了一株茶树。他摘取上面的茶叶,以热水冲饮,竟消除了睡意,完成面壁之修炼,终成正果,创立了禅宗。这虽然只是一个传说,但此后凡禅者打坐入定、诵经念佛之时,经常以饮茶来解渴提神,并且渐渐成为了禅门风尚,以致于到了晋朝,全国的寺观庙宇相继种植茶树。特     

企业社会责任视角下“制造疾病”现象的成因及对策研究

制药企业除应履行一般企业的社会责任外,因其产品的特殊性还应以“安全、健康”为首要职责,并通过协调自身“福利性”与“盈利性”实现可持续发展。企业参与和影响新的疾病定义和标准制定的主要原因是缺失社会责任意识,盲目追求短期经济利益。此外,制定主体不明确,制定流程不规范;法制体系仍不完备,监督体系不够健全等也是导致“制造疾病”现象发生的潜在原因。因此,应采取加强制药企业社会责任意识建设;规范疾病定义和标准制定主体和流程;完善“制造疾病”法律法规和监督体系等措施减少“制造疾病”现象的发生。