Early Innovation Adoption: Effects of Performance-Based Motivation and Organizational Characteristics

Abstract

Early adopters of innovation play a critical role in the successful spread of the innovation by legitimizing the adoption of the innovation and/or providing evidence of its effectiveness. This article explores why some organizations adopt innovations before than others by focusing on determinants of early innovation adoption. Analysis reveals that there is a U-shaped influence of organizational performance on early innovation adoption. Most organizations are encouraged to be early adopters by their poor performance, but some organizations with very high performance tend to be innovation-friendly. Other organizational characteristics such as organizational size and pro-innovation bias also have positive impacts on early innovation adoption. These findings have practical implications about strategies for successfully diffusing innovations.     

Determinants of Performance in Government: Focusing on the Effect of Organizational Politics and Conflicts in Organizations

Conflicts and politics in organizations are common in both the public and private sectors. However, there are few comprehensive studies regarding the relationship between politics, conflicts, and outcomes in the public sector. Therefore, this study sought to empirically explore the relationships between organizational performance, organizational conflicts, and organizational politics in the public sector. To analyze the effects of organizational politics and conflicts on performance in government organizations, hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed. The results indicated that organizational politics and relationship conflicts negatively affect organizational performance.     

逻辑·观念·理路:习近平对邓小平现代化观的继承与发展——学习习近平关于社会主义现代化强国的重要论述

党的十八大以来,习近平总书记就"什么是现代化""要实现什么样的现代化""怎样实现现代化"等问题形成了一系列新思想、新观点、新论断,体现了新时代"现代化"发展的新理念、新路径、新战略。但新的现代化观念不是凭空产生的,有其历史基因和思想源流。文章通过对相关文献的梳理,可以发现习近平同邓小平的现代化观念之间存在明晰的继承与发展关系:逻辑层面从起点、原则到落脚点整条逻辑链上的一脉相承;观念层面从理念、路径到战略上的三维拓宽。从时间、空间、模式三重理路着手,对这种关系之形成背景、发展方向进行审视,以展现和阐释二者关系的多个面向。     

永葆纯洁性是中国共产党人永恒的价值追求

纯洁是中国共产党人价值追求的基本特征。自成立以来,中国共产党就一直追求并采取各种措施保持自身的纯洁性。中国共产党的成长史就是一部追求和保持自身纯洁性的历史。在新形势下,保持党的纯洁性还面临各种考验和风险,必须坚持党要管党、从严治党方针,在思想上、组织上、作风上保持纯洁,实现中国共产党人的价值追求。     

论中国特色网络意识形态话语体系建构的基本逻辑

中国特色网络意识形态话语体系建构具有独特的建构逻辑,体现在政治立场、理论体系、思维方法、话语表达、话语传播、价值体系建构有机统一的基本逻辑之中。政治立场建构是前提和基础,集中体现在话语内容和话语标识的鲜明立场建构之中;理论体系建构要以中国特色社会主义理论体系科学的话语范畴和话语基础为依据,呈现科学性和统合力;话语表达建构要以准确性、生动性、主导性、规范性为必要条件;传播体系建构要充分体现话语传播的融合性、有效性、多样性、可感性,不断增强主流意识形态的影响力、表现力;价值体系构建要彰显话语核心和话语发展的价值性、导向性、开放性和创新性,凸显社会主义核心价值观的引领力和发展力,牢牢掌握中国特色社会主义意识形态的领导权和话语权。     

监狱警力资源配置问题研究——基于监狱职能纯化的视角

在监狱职能纯化的背景下,我们必须优化监狱警力资源的配置与开发,规范监狱警力资源的配置管理工作,创新监狱警力资源配置管理的方法,以更好地发挥监狱职能作用,服务社会主义和谐社会的构建。要以制度建设为切入点,确保监狱警力资源配置的法治性;以深化改革为突破口,确保监狱警力资源配置的科学性;以扁平化管理为着力点,确保监狱警力资源配置的实效性;以开发现有警力潜能为关键点,确保监狱警力资源配置的长效性;以信息化建设为保障点,确保监狱警力资源配置的高效性。     

人工智能时代法律推理的基本模式——基于可废止逻辑的刻画

从逻辑学的角度看,法律推理具有非单调性。人工智能时代更清晰地凸显出了与这一特性相应的可废止推理模式的必要性。可废止推理虽未必一定用可废止逻辑来刻画,但这一做法在人工智能的环境下更加合乎目的。法律推理的可废止性源于法律规则的可废止性,法律规则的逻辑形式化要求将其构成要件表征为"有待证明的要素"(P要素)与"未被驳倒的要素"(NR要素)两部分,后者的引入恰当地处理了规则与例外的关系。在此基础上,可以通过引入三类"废止者",即反驳型废止者、截断型废止者和削弱型废止者,来建构可废止法律推理的基本模型。但这同时也显现出了可废止法律推理的智能化限度,核心在于它无法进行司法裁判中必不可少的价值判断。     

Media Motivation and Elite Rhetoric in Comparative Perspective

The exchange of diverse points of view in elite deliberation is considered a cornerstone of democracy. This study presents evidence that variations in political motivation for media use predict the tendency of politicians to present deliberative rhetoric that considers multiple points of view regarding issues and sees those views as related to one another. We surveyed 111 incumbent Members of Parliament in Belgium, Canada, and Israel and analyzed a large sample of their parliamentary speeches. The findings demonstrate that motivation to attain media coverage and act upon information from the news media leads politicians to strategically display simple and unidimensional rhetoric due to newsworthiness considerations, but only in countries where the media constitute important resources for reelection. The results contribute to extant literature by demonstrating a media effect on elite deliberation and by emphasizing the moderating role of political systems on the nature of elite rhetoric.     

Predictors of an Effective Performance Measurement System: Evidence from Municipal Governments in Turkey

The study examines the predictors of effective performance measurement in the context of Turkish municipalities. Theoretical guidance of context-design-performance model has been utilized to examine the contextual and design factors which have influenced the effective use of performance measurement systems in Turkish municipalities. It is hypothesized in the study that external support and organizational support for the use performance measurement, and technical capacity for the performance measurement are associated with quality of performance measures and effectiveness of performance measurement systems in general. The results of the study supported the hypotheses of the study regarding the relationships among organizational support, technical capacity, quality of performance measures, and effectiveness of performance measurement. Although the results confirmed that external support has an indirect effect on effectiveness of performance measurement via technical capacity and quality of performance measures, the hypothesis regarding the direct effect of it on effectiveness of performance measurement was not supported.     

中国共产党执政的组织基础:精英转换与精英塑造

执政骨干队伍建设是中国共产党长期执政的组织基础和人才支撑,因此,加强对执政精英的基础性研究,便成为中国共产党需要完成的重大时代课题.在对相关文献进行梳理的基础上,运用贝尔的"中轴原理",揭示新中国成立以来中国共产党革命精英、技术精英和政治精英转换和塑造的政治—经济动因;分析中国共产党在长期的精英转换和塑造中形成的培养接...