Chinese academic labour market is increasingly competitive, yet the factors shaping PhD graduates' employability remain under-explored. This study investigates how PhD graduates in the humanities and social sciences, including both domestic PhDs and PhD returnees, mobilise different forms of capital in seeking employment in Chinese academic labour market. Drawing on Tomlinson's graduate capital model and Bourdieu's concepts of capital, field, and habitus, we conducted qualitative interviews with 27 Chinese early-career academics (11 domestic, 16 returnees). Findings reveal that employability is relational, stratified, and context-specific rather than individual possession. Human and cultural capitals are crucial, while social capital often proves decisive, disadvantaging returnees unfamiliar with domestic networks. Identity, psychological, and economic capitals mediate self-presentation and opportunity, while structurally contingent 'fortune' shapes access in unpredictable ways. Extending Tomlinson's framework, this study theorises PhD graduate employability as dynamic and field-dependent, with implications for policy reform, institutional support, and equity in academic hiring.
Despite the increasing awareness of long-term care (LTC) research after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, little attention was given to quantitatively describe the evolution of the research field during this period. A total of 1024 articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database were systematically analyzed using CiteSpace visualization software. The overall characteristics analysis showed that, in the context of the pandemic, attention to LTC research increased significantly-over 800 articles were published in the past two years. The USA, Canada, Italy, and England formed the leading LTC research group, which was consistent with the conclusions of existing bibliometric studies on LTC research before the outbreak. A rigorous analysis based on a dual perspective of references and keywords was applied to reveal that, compared with previous studies, in the context of the pandemic, the focus shifted from the mental and physical health status of older adults in need of LTC to the impact of the pandemic on those of older adults in LTC facilities, from the prevention of general epidemics to the prevention and response of significant public health emergencies, from providing and paying for LTC to strategies for LTC facilities to improve the quality of LTC and well-being of their residents during the pandemic. These findings can provide help and reference for academics, civil folks, and LTC practitioners, as well as help with the sustainable development of LTC research in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.
With the aging population increasing dramatically and the high cost of long-term care (LTC), long-term care insurance (LTCI) has expanded rapidly across the world. This review aims to summarize the status quo, evolution trends, and new frontiers of global LTCI research between 1984 and 2021 through a comprehensive retrospective analysis. A total of 1568 articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database were systematically analyzed using CiteSpace visualization software (CiteSpace 5.8. R2, developed by Dr. Chaomei Chen at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA, USA)). The overall characteristics analysis showed that LTCI is an emerging research field in a rapid development stage-nearly 50% of articles were published in the past five years. The most productive LTCI research institutions and authors are located primarily in Japan and the USA. A rigorous analysis based on a dual perspective of references and keywords was applied to reveal that common LTCI hot topics include disability in the elderly, LTC financing, demand for and supply of LTCI, and LTCI systems. In addition, LTCI research trends have shifted from the supply side to the demand side, and from basic studies to practical applications. The new research frontiers are frailty in the elderly, demand for LTCI, and LTCI systems. These findings can provide help and reference for public health practitioners and researchers, as well as help with the sustainable development of LTCI research.
Road freight transportation (RFT) has received significant attention from the government, industry, and academia because of its high energy consumption and carbon emissions. To reduce the negative effects of the accelerating use of RFT, China has recently been committed to promote green RFT. Efforts made in this direction have mainly focused on supply-side policy and technical measures, while neglecting the importance of demand-side psychological and behavioral strategies. Recent research suggests that drivers play a fundamental role in generating environmental impacts during transport. Thus, the success of green RFT should also be based on a thorough understanding of the drivers’ environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior. In this study, we investigate the current levels of environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior among China’s RFT drivers, and explore the role of environmental awareness as defined by four main components—environmental concern, environmental attitude, environmental knowledge, and behavioral intention—in motivating pro-environmental RFT behavior. We also test the moderating effect of perceived policy effectiveness on the awareness–behavior relationship. Hypotheses are examined using a sample of 243 truck drivers with structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicate the existence of an environmental awareness–behavior gap. We determine that the awareness score (3.2) is higher than the behavior score (3.1) because barriers to pro-environmental behavior are stronger than motivators. We also find that environmental concern, attitude, and knowledge indirectly affect pro-environmental behavior via behavioral intention. Moreover, a high level of perceived policy effectiveness facilitates the transformation of awareness into behavior, bridging the awareness–behavior gap. Our study confirms the importance of environmental awareness and effective incentive policies in encouraging pro-environmental RFT behavior. The conclusions will aid researchers’ understanding of drivers’ environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior in China’s RFT, and compel transport policy makers and managers to implement more effective measures that promote environmentally sustainable RFT.
草原生态是近年来国内社会持续关注的一个热点话题,相关领域的研究成果也愈加丰富.本文以中国知网数据库为检索源,利用Cite Space软件对1992-2018年共4083篇文献进行计量分析.结果表明:作者之间合作较多,团队合作的网络已见雏形,机构之间也存在较多的合作,但是局限于一定的地域和学科范围之内,区域跨度较大的机构和不同学科之间合作较少;草原生态领域的研究内容主要集结在气候变化与草原生态、草地遥感等六个方面;相关研究的主题和内容都在不断地扩展,研究主题的发展具有明显的政策指向性;草原生态系统特性、合理载畜量、适应性管理等复杂性研究或将成为未来研究的新热点.
Although international students have been a notable research topic in higher education for more than 100 years, to date only one qualitative literature review has been published on the topic. In order to help researchers better understand the intellectual landscape of global research related to international students, we conducted a quantitative scientometric review of 3685 relevant journal articles published between 1900 and 2018 and indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. The findings show that the number of articles published in the field has increased rapidly, especially since 2006, and this expansion has been led primarily by Australia, the U.K., and the USA, as these three countries not only produced most of the high-yielding research institutions and productive authors, but also published a majority of the prolific journals. Among the numerous topics discussed in these selected articles, cross-cultural adjustment, mental health problems, second-language acquisition, intercultural development, and student migration were most frequently studied, while social integration, graduate employability, and student satisfaction have emerged as new trends. These results complement the existing qualitative literature review from a quantitative perspective and provide valuable insights into and implications for global research related to international students.
<span id="ChDivSummary" name="ChDivSummary" class="abstract-text">基层政权建设是夯实国家治理体系和治理能力的基础,因此"推动治理重心下移"成为政府近年来着力倡导的政策手段。但在政策实践过程中,重心下移与治理效能提升之间并不存在必然因果关系,其中的实然逻辑和具体路径亟待探讨。本研究尝试构建资源约束下组织场域互动分析框架,通过多案例比较研究挖掘重心下移的原因、路径以及策略,发现治理重心下移之所以产生良好治理效能是因为基层治理结构能够适应性地调整和转换,即治理结构调适在其中起到关键作用。结构调适的吸纳、互动和变迁过程体现出城市基层治理开始向恰适性逻辑、网络化治理和社会建构的趋势发展。城市基层治理效能提升则集中表现在民主决策公共事务、有效提供公共服务、及时化解社会矛盾、充分激发社会活力四个层面。研究结果在一定程度上能够满足实务界的认知需求,也有助于拓宽"治理重心下移"政策的落实思路。</span>
The study investigates the practices of the McGill MBA Japan Program in dealing with the issue of adapting to the host country while providing education comparable to that of the home institution. Based on semi-structured interviews with academic directors, academic staffs, administrators, students and other stakeholders of the McGill MBA Japan Program, we found that the McGill MBA Japan Program maintained a very high degree of global integration with the home institution regarding staffing and curriculum and like many other international branch campuses, it does not emphasise the importance of localising research in operation. These findings, we argue, result from the interaction between the McGill MBA Japan Program and its external stakeholders including McGill University?s Desautels Faculty of Management, students, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan and local competitors.
Since the early 1960s, long-term care (LTC) has attracted a broad range of attention from public health practitioners and researchers worldwide and produced a large volume of literature. We conducted a comprehensive scientometric review based on 14,019 LTC articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database from 1963 to 2018, to explore the status and trends of global LTC research. Using CiteSpace software, we conducted collaboration analysis, document co-citation analysis, and keyword co-occurrence analysis. The results showed a rapid increase in annual LTC publications, while the annual citation counts exhibited an inverted U-shaped relationship with years. The most productive LTC research institutions and authors are located primarily in North American and European countries. A simultaneous analysis of both references and keywords revealed that common LTC hot topics include dementia care, quality of care, prevalence and risk factors, mortality, and randomized controlled trial. In addition, LTC research trends have shifted from the demand side to the supply side, and from basic studies to practical applications. The new research frontiers are frailty in elderly people and dementia care. This study provides an in-depth understanding of the current state, popular themes, trends, and future directions of LTC research worldwide.
Motivating users' civilized cycling plays a significant role in alleviating the troubles of dockless bike-sharing programs (DBSPs) and promoting the sustainable development of bike-sharing organizations. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and observed practices in China, this study develops a theoretical framework to examine how attitudes (ATT), subjective norms (SN), perceived behavioral control (PBC), and personal norms (PN) motivate users' civilized cycling behavior through civilized cycling intentions. Furthermore, the moderating effect of perceived policy effectiveness (PPE) between users' civilized cycling intention and their actual behavior is tested. Using structural equation model-multiple group analysis (SEM-MGA) for a sample of 874 valid questionnaire responses in Beijing and Shanghai, China, our results reveal that (1) ATT, PBC, and PN are positively related to both users' civilized cycling intentions and their actual behavior, while SN positively affect users' civilized cycling intention only; (2) users' civilized cycling intentions mediate the relationship between the four influencing factors and their actual behavior; and (3) PPE plays a moderating role for the effect of users' civilized cycling intentions on their actual civilized cycling behavior. Our results indicate that the four influencing factors can encourage users' civilized cycling behavior, especially when civilized cycling intention exists. Policies like credit-based supervision mechanisms could promote users' civilized-cycling intentions, which could then be transformed into actual behavior.
社区微公益是我国改革开放后公益活动由传统的企业型、事业型公益向平民公益转变过程中的产物,是一种新型的公益模式.基于对社区微公益活动开展状况的实证调研数据,运用Logit、OLS、Logistic和Oprobit模型探究影响民众参与社区微公益活动程度的因素对于推动社区微公益活动的开展具有重要意义.研究发现,社区民众的年龄和微公益价值判断、社区的组织领导和微公益岗位的设立以及社会风气和社会倡导等因素显著影响民众的参与程度.要推动社区微公益活动制度化、规范化、有序化开展,必须构建以社区微公益活动制度化为根本、以个人和社区为重要主体、以优化社会大环境为基础的社区微公益活动长效发展机制.
微公益活动对培养大学生高尚的思想品格具有十分重要的作用.目前我国大学生多数愿意参与微公益活动,并需要学校的组织和领导,微公益活动制度化有较好的民意基础,可有效推动大学生微公益活动规范化、有序化开展.因此,高校应以树立微公益理念为先导,加强组织领导,建立健全大学生参与微公益活动的制度规范.
The micro public welfare Plays an increasingly important role in the key period of China's social transformation.Based on the field survey data,the paper describe the impact factors to the will of China's residents to participate in community micro public welfare activities.Using Logit regression model,Emphasis on analysing the influence factors of the community management to the willing of residents participate in community micro public welfare.The regression results shows that community self-help atmosphere play an important role on the willing of residents to participate in community micro public welfare activities.That is community self-help ethos better,residents willing to participate in community micro public welfare activities more intense.On the basis of these research conclusions,the paper puts forward some suggestions from the community management perspective In order to promote the development of community micro public welfare.
With the rapid development of science technology and the spread of information technology, the original administrative management form of our government faces new challenges. How to construct a clean, efficient and convenient service government has become a hot topic that everybody discusses. The e-government serves as an emerging means of information technology, and it can provide an effective platform which ensures that the construction of service government can be implemented, as well as the e-government pushes the reform of our government's administrative management form. This article is based on many advantages of E-government and probes mainly into the role of it in construction of service government."Decision on perfecting several questions of socialist market economy system of the central committee of the communist party of china" which passed on the third plenary session of the sixteenth party central committee for the first time proposed that the function of the government should transform from "the management government" to "the service government". But, the real concept of "the service government" was put forward by the premier Wen Jiabao in a leading cadres' speech in 2004. Nowadays, with the continuous development of economic globalization and information technology, it is possible that we use high-tech information technology to provide an effective service platform and creative service concept. The e-government as an emerging means of information technology realizes the combination between electronic information technology and management, and can improve efficiency and transparency of our government's work, thereby ensuring that the service government can be constructed effectively.
With the accelerated pace of China’s aging population,China’s traditional pension is facing great challenges,the new old-age household came into being.There is no doubt that the emerging pension which based on family and community,relies on professional services remains to be studied.Survey found that family play a better role in old-age household care service,community,government and professional services team to play the role of unsatisfactory.Further improving the old-age household service must increase government support for old-age household services,grow the team of highly qualified social workers,integrate social resources and construct comprehensive service system.
With the accelerated pace of China's aging population, China's traditional family pension is now being seriously challenged, which provided an previous opportunity for the birth and development of the new pattern of home-based care for the aged. Due to its characteristics of strong pertinence and high efficiency, this kind of new nursing mode is gradually welcomed among the elderly, which is family-cored, community-based and rely on the professional services. However, as a new emerging way provided for the aged, it exists many imperfections. Investigation discovered that family play a better role in the care services, while the community, government and professional services team's performance is far from satisfaction. Based on the present situation of old people in Baoding, we exerted an empirical research, found out the problems, and eventually put forward some aspects of suggestion, such as strengthening the government purchase, improving the service of mental health for senior citizens, expanding high-quality social worker teams as well as the integration of social resources and establishing a multi-service system.
社区是社会的细胞,是推动整个社会和谐、向前的动力.而社区微公益活动作为社区文明水平与和谐程度的重要反映,在构建和谐社会中发挥着极其重要的作用.调查发现,目前我国社区微公益活动存在着社区居民参与微公益活动少、制度规范不健全、社会大环境较差等一系列问题.究其原因,关键在于微公益理念淡薄.而要想解决这一思想层面的问题,必须借助我国传统优秀文化.儒家思想作为我国传统文化的核心,在当代社区微公益活动中具有重要的作用.因此,要推动社区微公益活动的开展,必须发扬“仁爱”以建立居民间互帮互助关系,倡导“尚礼”以加强社区规范管理,树立“诚信”以优化微公益活动的社会环境.