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Employees are directly involved in work tasks and processes which are necessary to accomplish unit or organizational goals, and accordingly, they may become aware of key mistakes, slips, and failures that are unbeknownst to the leader or supervisor responsible for the work unit or organization. Given that errors or deviations

Employees are directly involved in work tasks and processes which are necessary to accomplish unit or organizational goals, and accordingly, they may become aware of key mistakes, slips, and failures that are unbeknownst to the leader or supervisor responsible for the work unit or organization. Given that errors or deviations in work tasks or processes can have far-reaching effects within the organization, it may be essential for employees to share bad news with their leader or supervisor so that steps can be taken to address the issue or ameliorate negative consequences. However, although employees' sharing of bad news may be important to the organization and should be encouraged, supervisors may respond to the messenger in ways that discourage the behavior. Unfortunately, we lack an explanation of why and under what conditions supervisors respond positively or negatively to employees who share bad news. Thus, the purpose of this dissertation is to address this gap in our understanding. I draw from social exchange theory and the transactional theory of stress to develop a conceptual model of sharing bad news. I suggest that sharing bad news can be cast as a transaction between employees and supervisors that is mediated by supervisors’ appraisals of employees’ sharing the message. The quality of the relationship between an employee and supervisor, or leader-member exchange (LMX), is strengthened when supervisors appraise the sharing of bad news as challenging, or potentially rewarding; however, LMX is weakened when supervisors appraise the sharing of bad news as hindering, or potential harmful. In turn, LMX influences supervisor responses to the sharing of bad news in the form of evaluations of the employee’s effectiveness. In addition to these main effects, I also consider how aspects of the message delivery, such as the timeliness with which messages are conveyed and extent to which employees incorporate solutions when they share bad news, can influence supervisor appraisals of sharing bad news. Finally, I suggest that the extent to which the messenger is responsible for the bad news moderates the relationships between appraisals of sharing bad news and LMX. I test this model in three studies.
ContributorsChamberlin, Melissa (Author) / Lepine, Jeffery (Thesis advisor) / Nahrgang, Jennifer (Committee member) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
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Description自雇司机是公路货运司机中比例人数最多、最基层的一员,他们在公路物流行业中扮演着极为重要的角色,他们承担着各种来源的压力。本文以疫情前后按揭购买卡车的自雇司机为研究样本,基于本研究收集到的独特数据,研究发现自雇卡车司机在面临按揭压力时,倾向采取更为激进的经营及驾驶行为,表现为更少的休息天数、更长的工作时长以及更危险的高速驾驶行为,并在一系列稳健性检验中基本结论仍然存在;基于新冠疫情事件研究发现,新冠疫情带来的非预期性经济停摆和收入中断,导致疫情前的发生的按揭贷款的卡车司机面临更强的还款压力,在经济恢复后面对按揭压力更有可能采用激进的经营和驾驶行为;进一步,通过机制检验研究本文发现这种按揭压力主要表现为担心当前或者未来发生不能及时偿还按揭款。再者,基于人格性征和家庭支持的调节效应检验,本文发现神经质人格特征、谨慎尽责性人格特征以及工作压力感没有在按揭压力与自雇卡车司机激进的经营和驾驶选择上起到调节作用,这可能是自雇卡车司机面临的按揭压力都很大,个体性格特征很大程度无法缓和其压力感,而家庭的支持和家庭-工作平衡可以有效缓解自雇卡车司机面临按揭压力时提高工作时长和危险驾驶行为的倾向。 最后,本文设计一项随机对照干预实验,向自雇卡车司机发送短息或者微信,提醒他们避免疲劳驾驶和危险超速驾驶,然后观察发送短信微信前后自雇卡车司机经营及驾驶行为的变化,识别考察外界积极主动的关心和提醒能否起到相应的后果。本文发现对自雇卡车司机获得外部主动积极地的关心和提醒,在面临按揭压力时意识到简单地减少休息增加运营时长以及采用危险驾驶行为抢时间的策略可能给其带来很大的风险,从而相应地缓解对按揭压力的过度反应;进一步调节作用检验表明,短信干预实验在神经质和谨慎尽责性人格司机中起到更大的减缓作用,同时家庭支持较少时短信干预实现效应也更为明显。
ContributorsMa, Liqun (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Description企业文化以及中高层员工对企业文化的认同度影响员工工作绩效表现,探讨他们之间的相互作用机理,有利于厘清企业文化的执行效果,方便决策者根据现实情况进行决策调整。在员工工作绩效层面,受限于数据的易得性、代表性与普遍性,以往的研究更多关注于企业发展,同时,很少有学者关注中高层管理人对企业文化认同的影响及决定因素。青山实业子公司众多,中高层管理人员人数达六百多人,提供了足够的研究样本,正是在这样的背景下,本文从剖析核心企业文化以及中高层管理人员对企业文化认同度视角出发,结合内外部因素,探索企业文化认同度与工作绩效、工作满意度的关系,并确定影响企业文化认同的前因,分析其作用机制,并据此对企业为中高层个人发展提供良好平台提出策略和建议。研究发现,归属感需求,外向型性格,工作能力,组织文化强度,团队沟通,分配公平和企业声誉对于组织文化认同度有正面影响,且这些影响因素在控制常见变量的情况下依然呈现出显著性。企业文化认同度对工作绩效和工作满意度都具有显著的正面促进作用。
ContributorsHe, Xiuqin (Author) / Zhu, David (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
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Description2021年初笔者所在公司(D公司)邀请第三方咨询公司实施激励机制变革项目,历经半年完成调研、方案设计与培训落地,同年7月1日正式执行新的激励机制方案。 本文以笔者所在公司为实证调研对象,通过激励机制调整前后的两次问卷调查,与两次问卷调查期间的员工访谈与观察、财务数据监控等,深入探究企业激励机制调整前后公司员工敬业度与员工绩效的具体影响。 基于D公司激励机制调整,研究员工敬业度与员工绩效的具体变化,对D公司来说,第一可以验证激励变革效果,审视并梳理公司激励原则。第二可以关注员工敬业度对员工绩效的的作用机制,指导企业发展变革。相关的研究成果对其他激励变革的企业也有一定的借鉴意义,基于本文的实证研究对员工敬业度与员工绩效的作用机制有一定的理论贡献。 激励变革前后员工敬业度的变化,量表采用知名专业咨询公司盖洛普精心设计的工作环境评测与管理工具Q12,这个调研工具已经在世界上许多个大型公司实施、获得良好效果。Q12是设计用来调查员工对工作环境及员工敬业度的一系列题目。我在此基础上加入性别、年龄、工龄等变量,同时加入员工访谈与观察。激励变革前后员工绩效的具体变化,提取财务数据体现。
ContributorsLiu, Donghui (Author) / Zhu, David (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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Accountability has been commonly referred to in the literature as a person’s expectation about others’ evaluations. However, in this study, I develop an alternative perspective of leader accountability by defining it as an individual’s degree of ownership regarding good or poor performance and acceptance of associated rewards or disciplinary actions.

Accountability has been commonly referred to in the literature as a person’s expectation about others’ evaluations. However, in this study, I develop an alternative perspective of leader accountability by defining it as an individual’s degree of ownership regarding good or poor performance and acceptance of associated rewards or disciplinary actions. Based on attribution theory, leaders can have internal and external ownership regarding good and poor performance. I propose that accountability can be categorized into two correlated but distinct aspects: self-benefitting and other-benefitting. Leader self-benefitting accountability refers to leaders’ attributions towards their own benefits (i.e., internal attribution of good performance and external attribution of poor performance). Leader other-benefitting accountability reflects leaders’ attributions towards others’ interests (i.e., internal attribution of poor performance and external attribution of good performance). Using multiple samples, I develop and validate a leader accountability scale, and then test a theoretical model with a focus on leader accountability and collective accountability (i.e., a group of individuals’ degree of ownership) by collecting data from 57 leaders and 162 followers in three Chinese companies. The findings show that leader humility is positively related to leader other-benefitting accountability. Both leader self-benefitting and other-benefitting accountability are associated with collective self-benefitting and other-benefitting accountability, respectively. Moreover, the relationship between leader self-benefitting and collective self-benefitting accountability is enhanced when the leader has high organization prototypicality. Furthermore, collective self-benefitting accountability decreases leader effectiveness and team effectiveness, while collective other-benefitting accountability increases leader effectiveness.
ContributorsWang, Danni (Author) / Waldman, David (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Thesis advisor) / Balthazard, Pierre (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
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Description特色小镇是我国统筹城乡发展的新方向。以建制镇为例,全国层面已经批复第一批127个、第二批276个共403个国家级特色小镇。国家以及各个省份均出台了一系列政策促进特色小镇的发展。总体看来,这些政策均强调特色小镇应该对当地经济起到促进作用,并对特色小镇的发展给与土地、财政、金融、项目、人才等方面的支持。虽然很多政策都强调特色小镇应该结合所在地的实际情况进行差异化发展,但是并没有明确哪些地方具有建立特色小镇的条件,适合建特色小镇;哪些地方不具备建设特色小镇的条件,如果硬要推进特色小镇建设则需要投入大量人力、物力、财力。此外,很多省份都给出了加强基础设施建设这一措施,但是小镇的发展要和周边经济形成联动,基础设施只是小镇成功发展的必要条件。一味的强调基础设施而忽略小镇所处的经济环境,不但不能建好特色小镇,还造成资源浪费。

由于国家的大力推进以及政策的模糊性,很多特色小镇的发展过程中出现概念不清、市场化不足、过分强调硬件设施以及盲目举债的问题。基于上述事实,本文主要研究的问题是,影响特色小镇成功发展的具体因素有哪些?本文主要通过案例分析和实证分析来回答上述问题。案例分析中,本文分别列举了成功的特色小镇和失败的特色小镇,详细分析其成功或失败的原因。实证分析中,本文以首批127个特色小镇为样本,以小镇排名为衡量小镇成功度的指标,具体探讨了5A级景区、交通、城市圈、周边经济的差异程度、区域经济收敛度等因素对特色小镇的影响。本文的主要发现如下。

首先,交通和景区因素对小镇的影响虽然为正,但是并不显著。虽然排名靠前的特色小镇均享有交通和景区因素,但是当我们考虑了影响小镇发展的其它因素后,这两个指标不再显著。这也说明,小镇建设仅靠好的交通,好的景区这些硬件条件是不够的,需要注意小镇与周边经济的联动因素。其次,小镇与周边经济的联动性对小镇发展有非常重要的影响。周边地区的经济发达程度(引力指数)和经济均衡性(泰尔指数)这两个变量的回归系数均在1%的置信度上显著。即总体经济活动越活跃,越有利于小镇的发展;经济发展不平衡性越小越有利于小镇的发展。再次,县辖镇和区辖镇的发展具有一定差异,不能用市级指标来判定乡镇的发展状况。例如,城市人口的增加并不一定带动乡镇的发展,还有可能对乡镇产生虹吸效应。一般而言,经济发散的地区,市区会聚集更多的资源,区辖镇的发展更容易成功,而县辖镇则更难发展。最后,小镇类型以及小镇所在区县的财政状况对小镇的影响力并不显著。

基于上述发现,本文给出以下政策建议。首先,政府在推进小镇建设的过程中不应该一味追求硬件设施。其次,对于城市经济尚未发展起来的地区,不应该过多依靠特色小镇达到发展经济的目的,而是应该首先集中优势资源发展好城市经济。再次,特色小镇的建设应该因地制宜。对于经济发达、发展均衡的地区(如浙江),区辖镇和县辖镇不会因所属地是区县的差别而表现出显著的发展差异。特色小镇建设可以全方位推广;对于经济发达,发展不均衡的地区(如广东),发展区辖镇比县辖镇更为容易;对于经济欠发达地区,无论其经济收敛与否,除非该地区有非常特殊产业或禀赋资源,否则不建议推广特色小镇建设。最后,特色小镇发展应走多样化路线和市场化路线。

关键词: 特色小镇、成功因素、虹吸效应、经济收敛
ContributorsYin, Guiji (Author) / Zhu, Hongquan (Thesis advisor) / Chen, Xin (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2020
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Description全球化经济背景下,跨国公司愈发依赖国际化的任务管理新的全球化机会。对于跨国企业来说,外派高管具有重要的战略决策地位.他们的离职对于跨国企业的经营发展是更加严峻的挑战。因此,本研究关注海外派遣高管的离职倾向问题。首先,基于社会网络理论和社会资本理论,本研究认为外派高管在东道国当地的中方社会网络体现了他们在当地持有的社会资本状况,外派高管通过中方社会网络实现了资源获取和情感获取,进而抑制了他们的离职倾向。而且随着文化距离的扩大,外派高管嵌入东道国中方社会网络对其离职倾向的抑制作用更加明显。其次,本研究基于现有研究,并结合对外派高管的访谈结果,构建了各变量的测量量表,并且形成了问卷。在有效问卷的基础上,本研究进行了信度和效度检验以及共同方差偏差检验,并且利用探索性因子分析和多重线性回归分析的方法进行实证检验。实证结果表明,资源获取效果部分中介网络规模和网络中心度对外派高管离职倾向的负向影响,情感获取效果在网络规模和网络关系强度同外派高管离职倾向之间的关系中存在部分中介作用。此外,随着文化距离的增加,外派高管异地嵌入中方社会网络的网络规模、网络中心度和网络关系强度的负向影响均得到增强。最后,基于本文的实证研究结果,并结合我国跨国企业外派高管离职形势的现状,提出了跨国企业合理培育和利用高管社会网络和社会资本的建议。同时,对本文的研究不足和未来展望进行总结。
ContributorsLu, Jianli (Author) / Chen, Pei-Yu (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Description进入新时代,我国的经济、社会、文化和教育事业迅速发展,艺术类生源肩负着我国优秀传统文化复兴、保护、传承与发展的历史使命。“艺考热”持续多年不衰,但艺术类生源的就业率近年却持续走低,学艺期望与就业失望的矛盾突出。本论文以影响音乐类硕士研究生就业的相关自变量和因变量因素为出发点,通过文献梳理、数据分析、比较研究、问卷调查与口述访谈等研究方法,对 300 余名音乐类硕士研究生的就业情况及相关因素,进行了大量的数据收集、建模和实证分析,研究了“激情” 这一关键因素对音乐类硕士研究生就业的影响。 本论文通过实证研究,对国家艺术教育政策的改进与完善;对艺术类高校人才培养模式的优化;对艺术类人才自身质量的提升等,提出一系列具有数据支撑的意见和建议。
ContributorsJin, Tingting (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021