Leadership Styles as Perceived by Career Senior Service Executives

Abstract

This study identifies the prevailing leadership styles of career Senior Executive Service (SES) members of the Federal Government. This study also determines if an association exits between SES member's self‐perceived leadership style and personal characteristics, such as gender, years in the Federal Service, and highest academic degree earned. The study population consists of 6395 career SES members. A random sample of 364 career SES members was selected. The selected group was asked to respond to a demographic data questionnaire and the Styles of Leadership Survey (SLS). Over 34% of the sample completed the instrument and data questionnaire. This study reveals that Strategic Leadership Style (5/5) is the dominant self‐perceived leadership style of career SES members. The personal characteristics of gender, years employed in the Federal Government, and educational attainment were identified as being significant factors influencing leadership styles of Federal Government executives.     

Sources of Leader Support and Interstate Rivalry

Since segments of the selectorate differently experience costs and benefits from rivalry, the foreign policy choices of leaders reflect these domestic preferences. As a result, shifts in the composition of the domestic coalition of support backing the leader provide a fundamental determinant of rivalry termination. While previous research sought to explore the relationship between domestic political turnover and rivalry termination using regime transitions as a proxy for turnover of the state’s domestic ruling group, in practice this measure exhibits significant disconnection with the quantity of interest. Further, there are alternative pathways through which regime transitions may lead to rivalry termination. I test the relationship using new data from the CHISOLS project, finding that when rivals undergo a change in the source of support that maintains the leader in office, the probability of rivalry termination rises dramatically. I further find that regime transitions have an effect on the probability of rivalry termination that is independent of the effect of ruling coalition turnover. This study thus both asserts the relationship between domestic political turnover and rivalry termination and clarifies the mechanism by which the relationship operates.     

法益衡量中的事实还原运用——刑法解释的视角

法益衡量在刑法解释中具有确保法律合法化的重要价值,法益衡量对个罪保护法益的甄别、权衡与比较,必须借助事实还原来完成.事实还原立足于对刑法规范赖以建构的立法事实是否在客观上具有真实性、在规范上具有价值性或在法秩序上具有必要性的判断,以为法益衡量提供判断标准.刑法解释立足于法益衡量把法律代入充满个性的案件事实中,以之来检视...     

法医线粒体DNA检测的系统效能及应用价值

线粒体DNA（mitochondrial DNA，mtDNA）遗传标记的检测在法医学实践中有着重要的价值。线粒体DNA异质性的出现，对检测体系的系统效能存在着影响，主要表现在对所检测样本的单倍型的认同及个体识别概率的计算上。通过建立mtDNA数据库，找出异质性在人群中的发生频率，并使检测异质性的方法标准化．对线粒体DNA的更有效检测具有重要意义；线粒体DNA编码区多态性位点在提高线粒体DNA系统效能中具有独到之处。因此，更进一步地进行mtDNA编码区多态性的探索．将进一步提高线粒体DNA检测的系统效能。     

试论法律英语词汇教学中的文化导入

语言和文化是相互依存的,对法律英语词汇意义的确定受文化因素的影响,脱离文化背景进行词义确定往往会造成错误理解甚至无法理解.因此,在法律英语词汇教学中应重视文化的导入,尤其是法律文化的导入;并注意导入形式的生动活泼.如融戏剧表演于教学活动是理想选择之一.     

有效性视阈下绩效合法性的内在困境及制度化应对

有效性作为各国执政党汲取合法性的重要资源,在现代化进程中面临着内在的困境。超越这一困境,需要将合法性基础建构在制度之上：提高现有政治参与体制对＂输入性＂和＂自主性＂功能的敏感程度;执政党在国家权力运行过程中需要强化对程序正义的重视;党在制定政策时应体现和贯彻正义的差别原则。     

以勤政建设促进服务型政府的构建

党的十七大提出了要深化行政管理体制改革,建设服务型政府。勤政为民是服务型政府的第一要求,而目前政府勤政状况与服务型政府的要求还有一定差距。为此,应强化勤政理念教育,进一步转变工作作风,加强勤政能力和勤政制度建设,促进服务型政府的构建。     

政府采购绩效评价初探

进行采购绩效评价是对政府采购工作质量检查控制的一个重要环节,对于改进政府采购工作、规范政府采购行为、加强采购质量控制、完善采购工作制度都具有重要意义。政府采购绩效评价的结果,既是对采购工作成绩的肯定,也可以揭示采购过程中存在的问题,更是进一步改进政府采购工作、规范采购行为、提高采购工作质量的动力和行动指南。     

加强领导能力建设的现实思考

在当前社会转型和改革处于深水期的新形势下，领导班子和领导干部的能力建设直接关系到党和国家事业发展的全局。我们党面临严峻的执政考验，从“管控型政府”向“公共服务型政府”的建构．提高领导水平和执政水平、提高拒腐防变和抵御风险的能力，领导干部面临巨大的职业压力和心理压力．这些呼唤我们创新领导能力建设。必须树立创新思维、战略思维、辩证思维；着力提高解决复杂实际问题的能力；树立正确的政绩观；建立培训体系，完善能力制度建设，加大考核力度。     

节事旅游活动中的文化表达及其旅游影响--国际东巴文化艺术节的旅游人类学解读

节日庆典能高度浓缩多种地方文化内容,以旅游、经济为指向的节事活动必然对当地文化、社会和经济产生影响.'99中国丽江国际东巴文化艺术节,在仪式表演上再现了东巴文化的舞台化真实,从文化工业的角度来看,这些仪式表演是一个"新现实"的文化产品.