A collection of essays by a social economist seeking to balanceeconomics as a science of means with the values deemed necessary toman′s finding the good life and society enduring…
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A collection of essays by a social economist seeking to balance economics as a science of means with the values deemed necessary to man′s finding the good life and society enduring as a civilized instrumentality. Looks for authority to great men of the past and to today′s moral philosopher: man is an ethical animal. The 13 essays are: 1. Evolutionary Economics: The End of It All? which challenges the view that Darwinism destroyed belief in a universe of purpose and design; 2. Schmoller′s Political Economy: Its Psychic, Moral and Legal Foundations, which centres on the belief that time‐honoured ethical values prevail in an economy formed by ties of common sentiment, ideas, customs and laws; 3. Adam Smith by Gustav von Schmoller – Schmoller rejects Smith′s natural law and sees him as simply spreading the message of Calvinism; 4. Pierre‐Joseph Proudhon, Socialist – Karl Marx, Communist: A Comparison; 5. Marxism and the Instauration of Man, which raises the question for Marx: is the flowering of the new man in Communist society the ultimate end to the dialectical movement of history?; 6. Ethical Progress and Economic Growth in Western Civilization; 7. Ethical Principles in American Society: An Appraisal; 8. The Ugent Need for a Consensus on Moral Values, which focuses on the real dangers inherent in there being no consensus on moral values; 9. Human Resources and the Good Society – man is not to be treated as an economic resource; man′s moral and material wellbeing is the goal; 10. The Social Economist on the Modern Dilemma: Ethical Dwarfs and Nuclear Giants, which argues that it is imperative to distinguish good from evil and to act accordingly: existentialism, situation ethics and evolutionary ethics savour of nihilism; 11. Ethical Principles: The Economist′s Quandary, which is the difficulty of balancing the claims of disinterested science and of the urge to better the human condition; 12. The Role of Government in the Advancement of Cultural Values, which discusses censorship and the funding of art against the background of the US Helms Amendment; 13. Man at the Crossroads draws earlier themes together; the author makes the case for rejecting determinism and the “operant conditioning” of the Skinner school in favour of the moral progress of autonomous man through adherence to traditional ethical values.
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Dan Ni, Xin Liu and Xiaoming Zheng
This paper aims to examine how and when perceived narcissistic supervision influences subordinates' work engagement and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) based on…
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This paper aims to examine how and when perceived narcissistic supervision influences subordinates' work engagement and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) based on organizational justice theory.
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Two-wave data were collected from 320 employees in a Chinese manufacturing company.
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Subordinates' perceived interactional justice mediated the relationships between perceived narcissistic supervision and work engagement and CWB. Higher levels of subordinates' need for belonging strengthened the detrimental impacts of perceived narcissistic supervision on subordinates' outcomes.
Practical implications
Organizations should reduce the occurrence of narcissistic supervision, enhance subordinates' perception of interactional justice and pay more attention to subordinates' need for belonging in personnel and team arrangement.
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Although research has documented the detrimental effects of perceived narcissistic supervision, little effort has been made to investigate how such effects occur and which factors might amplify such effects. This study identified the mechanism underlying the link between perceived narcissistic supervision and subordinates' outcomes and unpacked the moderating role of subordinates' need for belonging.
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Wen Wu, Dan Ni, Shaoxue Wu, Lu Lu, Xijing Zhang and Shengyue Hao
The extant literature mainly focuses on the antecedents and outcomes of envy at the individual level. Workgroups have become ideal units for research on envy given the ubiquitous…
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The extant literature mainly focuses on the antecedents and outcomes of envy at the individual level. Workgroups have become ideal units for research on envy given the ubiquitous teamwork in organizations. This study aims to examine whether, how and when envy climate can influence group performance.
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The authors analyzed data collected in three waves from a sample of 72 groups with 475 team members in full-service hotels in China.
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Envy climate was negatively associated with group performance via intragroup relationship conflict. Furthermore, competitive climate moderated the effect of envy climate on intragroup relationship conflict and the indirect effect of envy climate on group performance through intragroup relationship conflict.
Practical implications
The present research offers organizations valuable insights into how to minimize the climate of envy and competition within a group and relieve the relationship conflict that may damage group performance.
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Drawing on a social functional perspective of emotions, this study enriches the envy research by conceptualizing envy climate as a collective perception and clarifying its effect on group performance. The authors extend the understanding of envy climate by showing how a climate of envy embedded in a group influences group performance and also explain when group members may be more likely to act in a destructive way to respond to such a climate.
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1. En guise d’introduction.‐ 2. Droit du tra vail, droit social et (des)ordre international.‐ 3. Droit du tra vail, droit social, légalité et droits sociaux.‐ 4. Droit du…
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1. En guise d’introduction.‐ 2. Droit du tra vail, droit social et (des)ordre international.‐ 3. Droit du tra vail, droit social, légalité et droits sociaux.‐ 4. Droit du travail, droit social, légalité et correction des inégalités.‐ 5. Quelques mots á propos du rôle du Droit dutravail.‐ 6. Réflexions (supplémentaires) sur le droit du tra vail: les domaines possibles de spéculation théorique et de re cher che appliquée.‐ 7. En matière des orientations générales du droit du travail á l’époque contemporaine. ‐ 8. Le défi de la mondialisation.‐ 9. èour un modèle économique et so cial européen.‐ 10. A propos de Constitution européenne et ..... alentours.‐ 11. Le traitement juridique de la ques tion économique et sociale en Eu rope.‐ 12. Le mythe de la li bre concurrence.‐ 13. Quelques conclusions, pas conclusives.‐
Jack A. Lesser, Lakshmi K. Thumuluri and William T. Kirk
Attempts to understand consumer behaviour through a study of the physiological brain functioning processes. Refers to literature on physiological psychological theory. Provides a…
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Attempts to understand consumer behaviour through a study of the physiological brain functioning processes. Refers to literature on physiological psychological theory. Provides a brief description of the nervous system and brain centre functions. Tests three models of psychological variables dealing with shopping – the hypothesized developmental state model, hypothesized disposition model, and hypothesized danger model – then integrates these models into one and tests the new model. Tests the models against data gathered during interviews with shoppers in a US shopping mall. Finds some support for Hilgard’s “neodissociationistic theory” of behaviour. Recommends further investigation of the brain’s mechanisms should be carried out.
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Dans son récent livre sur les étapes de la croissance économique, l'auteur américain W. W. Rostow, dans une vision presque apocalyptique, voit deux fauves qui barrent le chemin au…
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Dans son récent livre sur les étapes de la croissance économique, l'auteur américain W. W. Rostow, dans une vision presque apocalyptique, voit deux fauves qui barrent le chemin au bonheur suprême de l'humanité: la course aux armements d'une part et l'existence de pays sous‐développés d'autre part. Si notre génération n'arrive pas à supprimer ou à contourner ce double danger, son avenir donnera lieu, selon l'avis de l'éminent économiste américain, au plus grand pessimisme!
Sunday Samson Babalola and David E. Okurame
The study examined gender differences in careerist attitudes toward work of Nigerian managers. Participants were 150 first‐line managers (75 males and 75 females) of four large…
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The study examined gender differences in careerist attitudes toward work of Nigerian managers. Participants were 150 first‐line managers (75 males and 75 females) of four large industrial organisations in Lagos, Nigeria. Results revealed that male managers were significantly higher on careerist attitudes toward work compared to female managers. Independent t‐test analysis showed that marital status significantly in fluenced careerist attitudes toward work among women but did not play a significant role in the career istattitudes to ward work of men. The study concludes that gender enhances the use of careerist strategies in men but inhibits it in women. The implication of this finding for policy formulation and future studies were discussed.
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Le problème. Il faut être conscient du fait que la question de la réglementation des vacances est tout d'abord toute autre chose qu'une affaire de tourisme. C'est en premier lieu…
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Le problème. Il faut être conscient du fait que la question de la réglementation des vacances est tout d'abord toute autre chose qu'une affaire de tourisme. C'est en premier lieu un problème social ou, mieux encore, un problème d'hygiène sociale et, en second lieu, un problème juridique.
Le mode de transport auquel on recourt pour pratiquer le tourisme ne figure dans aucune définition de celui‐ci. Bien qu'elle soit susceptible de nuances importantes, dont…
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Le mode de transport auquel on recourt pour pratiquer le tourisme ne figure dans aucune définition de celui‐ci. Bien qu'elle soit susceptible de nuances importantes, dont quelques‐unes sont incontestablement dues à l'apparition et à l'usage de l'automobile, comme, par exemple, le déplacement d'affaires fait en automobile, durant lequel on réserve quelques heures à unbut d'agrément, ou le choix d'un itinéraire pittoresque, de préférence à la route directe, il y a intérêt à adopter la définition la plus large et la plus libérale. Dès lors, on peut tenir pour tourisme tous déplacement et séjour temporaires, non exclusivement utilitaires, permettant de visiter un lieu autre que celui de la résidence habituelle.
Alorsque les directeurs de nos agences de voyages se frottent les mains avec satisfaction en contemplant les taux de croissance (à deux chiffres) des inscriptions et que de…
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Alorsque les directeurs de nos agences de voyages se frottent les mains avec satisfaction en contemplant les taux de croissance (à deux chiffres) des inscriptions et que de nombreux touristes en quête de vacances et de délassement montent dans leur avion charter pour jouir quelque part d'une, de deux ou de trois semaines d'exotisme, on doute de plus en plus que ce penchant violent pour le tourisme profite aux pays en voie de développement. Cette incertitude concernant les avantages de l'encouragement du tourisme en tant qu'instrument du développement du Tiers monde provient de raisons bien précises. Les doutes portant sur la doctrine de la croissance économique, qui a été en vogue pendant longtemps, ainsi que le poids différent accordé à l'environnement naturel et aménagé constituent finalement la base et la matière de la discussion relative au sens ou au non‐sens de l'encouragement du tourisme dans les pays en voie de développement.