Public-Sector Reform: Employment Security and Quality of Decision Making in the Australian Taxation Office

This article examines the impact of structural reforms and industrial relations changes on the employment security and decision behaviors of middle-level managers in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). This article is based on an empirical study using focus group and survey data that investigated how structural change and public-sector reforms substantially altered the employment environment. This research reveals that the ATO environment can be characterized by low morale, risk aversion, fear, and distrust brought about, in part, by employment insecurity. Where middle managers perceived organizational threats to their employment security, they engaged in self-protective “survivor” behaviors even when no such threats to their employment security existed. The article concludes that a substantial number of middle-level managers, survivors of years of restructuring, downsizing, and organizational change, were unlikely to display high-quality decision-making behaviors.     

高职院校要重视和加强大学生择业观教育——以秦皇岛市高职院校为例

受当今社会文化观和价值观多元化的影响,高职院校学生择业观存在过于限定自身择业地域和就业单位、过多重视薪酬福利、对自己的认识和评估不准确、择业准备不充分等问题。学生择业价值观不正确、学校对学生就业方面指导不足、政府相关政策和经济发展环境的影响是造成这些问题的主要原因。为此,应通过以下五个方面加强大学生择业观教育：一是放宽户籍限制,促进人才流动;二是合理调整薪酬期望值,正确看待教育的投入产出;三是加强学生的价值观教育;四是建立全程的就业指导模式;五是鼓励学生积极参与实践。     

社会资本与大学生就业相关理论研究综述

无论是劳动力市场中供需平衡理论还是流动与竞争理论等都不能很好地解释大学生就业中存在的诸如“官二代”、“富二代”、“拼爹”等现象,需要借助新的视角——社会资本理论。社会资本作为就业结果的影响因素已经引起广泛关注。尽管国内外学者对于社会资本与大学生就业存在“强关系”和“弱关系”的争议,但至少都认为社会关系网络对大学生就业质量产生着至关重要的影响。这就给我们两点启示：一是政府要尽快建立竞争充分、制度规范的劳动力市场,将社会资本对大学生就业的作用限制在合理范围内。二是在我国劳动力市场未充分完善之前,大学生除了学好专业知识、取得各种证书、加强身体锻炼之外,还应该积累社会资本,增加自己的就业筹码。     

司法鉴定机构等级管理基本问题论纲

虽然目前对司法鉴定机构采用司法行政部门的行政管理和司法鉴定行业协会的自律管理相结合的方式进行。但司法实践中,司法鉴定行业依然存在重复鉴定、缠鉴闹鉴、少数鉴定机构随意出具鉴定意见等乱象：另外,不少鉴定机构,尤其是技术水平较低的鉴定机构。不是从改善仪器设备、优化人员结构等方面提高自身素质,而是通过不正当竞争获取一定的检案量,对司法鉴定发展产生阻碍。对此,建立、完善司法鉴定等级管理制度能够在一定程度上有效缓解上述问题。在此之前,应当明晰司法鉴定机构等级管理的内涵、明确建立鉴定机构等级管理的必要性、确立鉴定机构等级管理的原则等有关基本问题;同时,对不同资质等级的鉴定机构出具的鉴定意见的证据效力以及受案范围应当予以特别重视．在防止不同资质等级鉴定机构之间产生“行政层级”上的服从与被服从关系的基础上．以确保鉴定的质量和效率。     

黄河三角洲高效生态经济区产业结构与劳动方就业结构协同优化研究

通过对1995-2010年滨州市的时间序列数据采用动态统计与协整模型分析,测算了该区域产业结构与劳动力就业结构的协同程度。研究表明,该区域的产业结构调整与从业人员总数,以及与第三产业从业人数变动之间存在着长期稳定关系;地区从业人员总数只是产业结构转换的单向格兰杰原因,而产业结构转换与第三产业从业人数之间互为格兰杰原因,可以实现二者的协同优化。相对于传统的扩大就业政策而言,加快第三产业发展更加有助于该区域的产业结构升级转换。     

When governments ignore public opinion in foreign policy: Poland and the Iraq invasion

This article asks why the Government of Poland participated in the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 when a large majority of the Polish public was opposed to national involvement in Iraq. The aim is to further an understanding of the circumstances under which democratic governments ignore public opinion in their foreign policy decision-making. The article argues that a combination of three circumstances increased the willingness of the government to ignore the public. First, the Iraq issue had relatively low salience among the Polish voters, which decreased the domestic political risks of pursuing the policy. Second, the government's Iraq policy was supported by a considerable consensus among the political elite. Third, the political elites were unified in their perceptions that participating in the invasion would yield essential international gains for Poland.     

A typology of communication functions in ballot issue campaigns

The increased importance of ballot issue campaigns creates a need for communication and political science scholars to study the rhetorical strategies employed in such campaigns. This essay presents a typology of four communication functions employed in successful ballot issue campaigns: education, trust development, development of a positive message, and neutralization of the opposition. The typology is applied to an analysis of the 1986 campaign for liquor‐by‐the‐drink in Kansas.     

指定居所监视居住的适用研究——以新刑诉法的修订实施为背景

从立法沿革来看,指定居所监视居住并不是一种新的强制措施,只是新刑诉法及刑诉规则对其适用做了细化和完善。在司法实践中,如何实现指定居所监视居住的法定功能,怎样防止将其异化为羁押措施?当务之急就是要以新刑诉法修订实施为背景,对指定居所监视居住的适用条件、执行场所和执行方法、人民检察院对指定居所监视居住的监督、保障被指定居所监视居住的犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的合法权益等问题进行深入研究。