Recruitment and selection practices among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Ghana

Taking into consideration the eugenic nature and perspective of high-performance human resource management functions on organizational effectiveness, the authors examined managerial and employee level of recruitment and selection on operational performance with emphasis on human capital and three indicators of organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuous) as mediators. Questionnaires totaling 282, 122 for managerial level and 160 for employee level, were administered. A multilevel analysis of data were conducted on a selected number of Ghanaian NGOs using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study revealed that recruitment and selection ideally leads to improved operational performance, however, this affiliation can be enhanced through the inescapable role of human capital and the three commitment indicators (affective, normative, and continuous). It was also exposed that effective recruitment and selection leads to a desirable employee’s level of affective, normative and continuous commitment, which also have greater influence on the operational performance. The study is thus considered very significant contextual support to existing literature and practitioners since not much of such work has been done in the Ghanaian context. Therefore, the current study implicates recruitment and selection, human capital, and the three commitment levels as a core value-creating ability that drives non-governmental organizations performance.     

介入·深入·反思——2008年文坛热点问题述评

文学回应生活(雪灾、震灾、奥运等)的热情、批判现实能力的提升、类型小说的横向拓展、新时期文学30年实绩及网络文学10年的评价、文坛清淤及批评的自律、文学奖的强势评价及微妙变化等构成了2008年中国文坛的长篇画卷.当代文学创作与理论批评突然表现出强大的回应现实能力,而且从介入走向深入,从深入走向反思,这一切都在表明中国文学逐渐从世俗化、市场化、娱乐化、消费化的阵痛中醒来,中国文学已经走过了社会转型之初最困难时期,逐渐走向健康、理性.     

从德国统一进程看德国及柏林的国际法律地位

从国家法角度看,德意志帝国没有由于德国在第二次世界大战中战败而消亡。作为平等的国际法律主体,联邦德国与民主德国于1973年同时被联合国接纳,获得国际社会的承认。联邦宪法法院认为,在1990年两德统一之前,联邦德国与德意志帝国在国际法上的主体身份是一致的。1990年10月民主德国根据《基本法》第23条加入联邦德国之后,联邦德国成为整个德国在国际社会中的惟一代表。对于德国的法律地位和柏林曾一度拥有的相对特殊的地位,关、英、法、苏四国的行动具有决定性影响。     

Youth Adversities Amplify the Association between Adult Stressors and Chronic Inflammation in a Domain Specific Manner: Nuancing the Early Life Sensitivity Model

There is strong evidence that chronic, systemic inflammation hastens onset of the diseases of old age that ultimately lead to death. Importantly, several studies suggest that childhood adversity predicts chronic inflammation. Unfortunately, this research has been plagued by retrospective reports of childhood adversity, an absence of controls for adult stressors, and a failure to investigate various competing models of the link between childhood adversity and chronic inflammation. The present study was designed to address these limitations. Using 18 years of data collected from 413 African Americans (58% female) included in the Family and Community Health Study, hierarchical regression analyses provided support for a nuanced early life sensitivity explanation for the link between early adversity and adult chronic inflammation. Controlling for health risk behaviors and adult SES, late childhood (ages 10–12) adversity amplified the association between adult adversity (age 29) and chronic inflammation. This interaction operated in a domain-specific fashion. Harsh parenting amplified the relation between intimate partner hostility and inflammation, whereas early discrimination amplified the relation between adult discrimination and inflammation. These findings suggest that individuals may be primed to respond physiologically to adverse adult circumstances that resemble those experienced earlier in life.

     

拉开城市布局,调整城市结构,建设现代化中心城市——关于进一步调整广州市城市规划布局的思考

改革开放以来 ,随着广州迅速的工业化和城市化进程 ,布局不合理和功能混杂的问题仍相当突出。进入 2 1世纪 ,广州要建设成为现代化的中心城市 ,必须拉开城市布局 ,调整城市结构。     

人身侵权责任相关问题研究

早期社会人身侵权的公法与私法救济的界限相对模糊,随着社会的发展,人身侵权责任在公法与私法的配置上发生分离,两者相互影响并指导司法实践.人身损害行为带来的损害赔偿责任分为人格利益补偿与财产性利益的补偿.人格利益包括生命利益与人身健康权利,财产性利益的补偿可以分为积极利益的补偿与预期利益的补偿.而根据我国当前国情,在司法实...     

Great Power War: Historical Inevitability or Deterrable Choice?

Proponents of a wide range of power transition theories suggest that conflict between the United States and China is inevitable. History indicates that is not true and conflict can be deterred. A key element to that deterrence is an effective Alliance strategy. While the Obama Administration has outlined an effective deterrent national strategy, it has not provided any military strategy. Some have proposed Air Sea Battle can be that strategy. For a variety of reasons, ASB will not work. This article proposes the Alliance adopt Offshore Control as a military strategy to deter China and assure allies and friends in the region. It is based on the concept of defending the first island chain, denying China use of the seas inside the first island chain and dominating the seas outside it. Its deterrent power is enhanced because Offshore Control is affordable, politically feasible, and can be executed today.     

强制调解模式研究

通过搭建“强制调解的主导者”和“强制调解的适用阶段”两个维度所形成的框架，可以对强制调解进行类型化分析并提炼出四种模式。一国或地区选择何种强制调解模式，要受到程序正义理念、传统法律程序等因素的综合影响。基于我国实际，未来有必要引入司法性诉前强制调解模式，实现从程序保障提高、调解人适格和制裁措施到位三方面确保诉前强制调解优势的发挥，同时有必要对我国原有的司法性诉中强制调解模式进行改造，实现调解者与审判者身份的分离和调解程序与审判程序时空的分离，并在立法中明确赋予法官动态裁量调解启动的权力以及启动调解时应当考虑的基准。     

国外青少年价值观教育及其启示

每个人的价值观是否符合社会主流价值观,对于个人自身发展以及社会稳定都很重要,而培养青少年正确的价值观更是关乎国家未来稳健发展的大事。国外的青少年价值观教育研究早于我国并且比较完善,通过对其进行梳理,可以为我国青少年价值观教育提供一些启示。     

试论陕甘宁边区“改造说书”运动

“改造说书”运动是继“新秧歌”运动之后文艺工作者面向大众、面向工农兵普及的又一实践。文艺工作者和民间艺人一起，改造了旧的传统的陕北说书，使之成为反映阶级斗争、生产斗争、军事斗争等新内容的“新说书”，并在边区蓬勃发展起来。“新说书”作为一种有效的宣传手段，发挥了开启民智，教化民众；宣讲时事，评议新闻事件；传递战争信息，稳定民心；引导舆论，唤起大众的斗争意识等社会功能。产生了很大的社会影响。