Cynicism about Change,Work Engagement,and Job Satisfaction of Public Sector Nurses

This paper uses the job demands‐resources theory to examine the consequences of changes on nursing work. Data were collected from 220 public sector nurses in Australia to test the model. We conducted a two‐wave data collection process where independent variables (organisational change, workload, job control, nursing administrative stressors, cynicism about organisational change, and demographic variables) were collected in Time 1. The dependent variables (nursing work engagement and job satisfaction) were collected 6 months later. Changes to nursing work were found to cause high workload and an increase of administrative stressors that leads to an increase in nurses’ change cynicism. Job control was needed to cope with the increase in workload and reduction in cynicism about change. Cynicism about organisational change was found to have a direct negative effect on nurses’ engagement which in turn was found to negatively impact job satisfaction. Our contribution to theory and practice arises from the discovery that the connections between organisational change, work environment variables, and job outcomes of nurses are more complicated than previous research suggests. Theoretical and practical implications will be discussed.     

Green Devaluation: Disruption,Divestment, and Decommodification for a Green Economy

This paper argues that taking up questions of value can help political ecologists and economists develop a more powerful analysis of the green economy, as it introduces new urban, industrial, and technological dimensions into a self-identified green capitalism. More specifically, I maintain that processes of green devaluation, decommodification, and techno-industrial replacement are as important in understanding green economic development as new value enclosure and green growth. Twenty-first-century green economic politics have been marked by Schumpeterian ambitions and zero-sum intra-capitalist struggles, alongside a more general hardening of anti-fossil fuel industry politics from both grassroots climate justice activists and, increasingly, mainstream investors. I explore three interrelated initiatives—disruptive innovation in Silicon Valley cleantech, the U.S. fossil fuel divestment movement, and the global financial industry’s stranded assets organizing—as windows into these struggles. Themes of devaluation, obsolescence (both technological and “moral”), and (more or less absolute) decommodification carry through this discussion as activists struggle to translate quantitative advances against fossil fuels into a more profound qualitative break. Understanding these fights is essential to developing more effective engaged scholarship on climate change and a just energy transition.     

Executive Remuneration: Industry and Job Family Effects

This research explores the distribution of executive remuneration based on the type of industry and job family in South African state-owned enterprises. A regression analysis of secondary data collected on 222 executives was conducted. The overall results based on pairwise comparison suggest that the distribution of executive remuneration across various categories of industry was the same except between forestry—defense, forestry—telecommunications, defense—telecommunications, and energy—development funding. However, the results also indicated that there was no difference in the distribution of remuneration across various categories of job families in South African state-owned enterprises.     

“过劳”的概念界定及分类特征研究

在文献综述的基础上,从劳动行为、健康表症、不良后果三个层面循序渐进地论述、界定"过劳"。将三种说法合三为一,贯通始终诠释这一词汇。不但凸显了三者的因果关系,而且由表及里地层层深入,逐步剖析这一概念。同时,也提出了"过劳"广义及狭义概念的含义。并对与此概念容易相混淆的其他词汇做了详尽的比对和辨别。按照不同特征,对"过劳"进行分类阐释,旨在匡清此概念的内涵、外延。     

就业质量的概念内涵与政策启示

就业质量概念的提出,是对就业/失业二元划分局限性的突破,但对其概念内涵界定尚未统一。"体面劳动"主要是应对经济全球化带来的劳动权益受损问题,基于此的就业质量内涵更侧重于宏观层面的劳动力市场供求状况和配置效率;"工作和就业质量"主要是应对福利国家高失业率和招工难的结构性困境,基于此的就业质量内涵更侧重于微观层面的劳动待遇、工作福利及就业满足等。就业质量概念的政策启示在于:积极就业政策应覆盖到对工作贫困的治理;制定有利于提高就业质量的劳动政策;引导就业质量学术研究的规范发展;系统地构建微观、中观、宏观的提升就业质量政策体系。     

Green grabbing and the dynamics of local-level engagement with neoliberalization in Tanzania's wildlife management areas

This paper analyzes the politics and struggles ongoing within wildlife management areas (WMAs) in Tanzania to discuss the dynamics of neoliberalization of the wildlife sector. We discuss neoliberalization as a new political-economic context within which the ongoing politics of natural resource management are played out, and focus on green grabbing as an expression of these politics. We discuss how local-level actors are engaged in these processes, often in strategic ways, to negotiate their roles within WMAs and address green grabbing by the state. Secondly, we discuss an example of the politics of land control and local-level actors’ enactment of accumulation by dispossession within a WMA.     

发展绿色经济 建设“两型社会”

该文指出,必须从现在做起,转变增长方式,调整优化产业结构,形成可持续的生产方式和消费模式,才能实现可持续发展能力不断增强的全面小康社会目标。     

绿色议题联盟与复合安全化实践：美国关键矿产联盟的构建逻辑

随着碳中和共识成为全球气候治理的主流认知,关键矿产作为支撑清洁能源转型的核心要素,对一国在世界低碳秩序转型中能否获得绿色竞争优势具有重要影响。面对中国等新兴大国的绿色崛起,美国对本国在关键矿产供应上的结构性劣势产生了浓重的霸权焦虑和不安全感。为此,美国选择对传统联盟体系进行调整,试图通过构建绿色议题联盟重塑对竞争对手的战略优势。为了解决联盟调整过程中的合法性约束和政策性约束,美国开启了复合安全化实践。其中,美国的安全化话语实践框定了联盟调整的合法性问题,针对国内民众和外部盟友塑造了关键矿产领域的不安全感,明确了议题联盟需要对抗的目标和具体做法。美国的安全化政策实践则在话语实践的基础上推动了与外部盟友之间在关键矿产问题上的政策协调,在双边和多边层面建立了一系列相互嵌套、兼顾多方位需求的合作机制。安全化话语实践和安全化政策实践相互交织,推动了以美国为主导的关键矿产联盟不断成形。然而,美国关键矿产联盟在理念、分歧管理和资源支撑等方面都存在较为明显的缺陷,其效力难以达到美国政府的预期。     

普遍基本收入:回应人工智能挑战的政策选择

当前,人工智能技术给人类社会带来了广泛而深刻的挑战,传统有偿工作急剧萎缩,工作的意义、社会稳定问题受到严重冲击,相应的社会保障制度与政策则并未与时俱进,使人类陷入了巨大的风险。作为定期的、普遍的、无条件的和针对个人的现金转移政策,普遍基本收入通过财富共享为所有公民提供基本生活保障,奠定了社会和解和稳定的物质基础,挑战了近代工业社会对工作意义的有限理解,为未来社会注入了更多的自由、平等和公正,因此可以成为回应人工智能挑战的政策选择。     

绿色原则在民法典物权编中的实现

环保的时代趋势推动绿色原则的提出,民法典分则编的修订相应地有了更高的要求。物权编绿色化的过程中不可避免地存在价值取向不一造成的矛盾冲突。通过解读绿色原则的内涵与意义能够更好地分析物权编绿色化的可行性。以所有权制度为例,立足于基本原则和目的条款,分析相邻关系、建筑物区分所有权、所有权取得这些现有制度如何注入绿色因子,探讨新增添附、先占和时效取得等制度的优势。据此提出物权编绿色化要树立体系意识与大局意识,着眼于制度的整体编排,结合实践中遇到的环保问题,协调物权需求与环境保护需求。在不影响民法职责与分工的基础上,增添物权编的环保属性,设立和完善相关民事制度,间接地实现民法对环境的保护作用,实现公益与私益的双赢。