NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT VALUES AND PERSON‐ORGANIZATION FIT: A SOCIO‐PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH AND EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION AMONG PUBLIC SECTOR PERSONNEL

This paper takes a socio‐psychological approach to NPM and its value‐based theory in public administration. We develop a model for the study of NPM values based on the idea of Person‐Organization Fit (POF) and examine it empirically. Findings, based on a survey of 205 Israeli local governance personnel, revealed that the POF of several core NPM values (that is, responsiveness, transparency, innovativeness, and achievement orientations) was positively related with job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and service climate, as reported by these public personnel. The findings suggest that, beyond modern strategies and effective policies for the public sector, lies an essential quest for NPM value‐fit with public personnel. Consequently, the study advocates a better theoretical and practical understanding of the socio‐psychological interfaces, such as POF, in public administration. Implications and directions for future studies are discussed, both in the context of public administration research and in the generic field of organizational behaviour theory and practice. The detailed results of the factor analyses are available directly from the authors.     

Snooker in China

AS one of world＇s seven professional snooker tournaments, the Roewe Shanghai Masters is now in its fourth year, attracting top players and countless snooker fans. This year＇s contest will take place from September 6 to 12.     

Enacting the “Incomprehensible China”: Modern European Jurisprudence and the Japanese Reconstruction of Qing Political Law

The great ambition of Japanese colonialism, from the time of its debut at the end of the nineteenth century, was the reformulation of Chinese law and politics. One of the most extraordinary examples of this ambition is The Administrative Law of the Qing Empire [Shinkoku Gyōseihō], a monumental enterprise undertaken by the Japanese colonial government in Taiwan intended not only to facilitate Japanese colonial administration of Taiwan but also to reorder the entire politico‐juridical order of China along the lines of modern rational law. This article examines the legal analysis embraced in The Administrative Law of the Qing Empire and recounts its attempt to reconstruct the Qing's “political law” (seihō) by a strange, ambiguous, and hybrid resort to “authenticity.” The strangeness of this Japanese colonial production comes from Japan's dual position as both colonizer of Taiwan and simultaneously itself colonized by “modern European jurisprudence”(kinsei hōri). In uncovering the effects of modern European jurisprudence on the Japanese enterprise, we will discover Japan's pursuit of its own cultural subjectivity embedded in The Administrative Law of the Qing Empire, epitomizing the campaign of national identities observable in the process of East Asian legal modernization.     

Dream Factory --Made in Xi＇an

CAPITAL for more than a dozen royal regimes - national or regional - Xi＇an in Shaanxi Province is a monument to China＇s rich and splendid past. Now it is putting its stamp on one of the industries that define the nation＇s future - manufacturing. In its northern suburb, the largest manufacturing center in western China is on the rise. Jingwei New City is the latest star to be born in the Western Development Drive.     

Rags to Riches,a Man and His Village

Arural community of 1,400 in a northwestem suburb of Beijing was from the outset a stark break from the stereotype of the Chinese countryside. Zhenggezhuang Village in Beiqijia Town, Changping District has roads that are paved and in good repair, lined by a variety of bustling retail businesses. Here, each morning, villagers stream out of their villa-styled homes and head for their decent jobs in the nearby industrial park.     

高层建筑火灾特性与防控对策研究

针对当前高层建筑消防严峻形势及火灾威胁的现实问题,分析了高层建筑的火灾特点以及高层建筑产生火灾的原因,探讨了自防自救、严格执法、消防设计、日常消防管理、安全疏散、逃生训练与演习对于超高层建筑火灾防控的重要性和难点。结合高层建筑火灾成因,提出从加强消防监督管理,增强消防设施建设及建筑材料的选择,建立火灾防控安全体系,实战演练,建立火灾应急体系及大力发展火灾科学基础研究,加强国际间的交流与合作等方面着手,立足自助互救,以减少伤亡损失。     

Sport Professionalism Viable in China？

THIS year＇s Australian Open Tennis Championship, the first of 2010＇s Grand Slam Tournaments, saw for the first time in its lO0-year history two Asian players advance to the final four. The two athletes, Li Na and Zheng Jie, represent a new level of professionalism in Chinese sports, giving hope to the nation＇s sport reformers.