A vast number of researches and studies have been conducted on narcissism, since the term was used to explain a psychological phenomenon in 1898. However, the discussions about narcissists as organization members or l...A vast number of researches and studies have been conducted on narcissism, since the term was used to explain a psychological phenomenon in 1898. However, the discussions about narcissists as organization members or leaders have recently become a research topic in the organizational sciences. In this scope, the recent research on narcissism indicates that narcissistic leaders can either cause organizational tragedies or contribute to organizational success by their great vision. In addition to narcissism, another popular leadership feature is political skill which has attracted considerable attentions in recent years, and become one of the important topics of management studies. Moreover, political skill has been asserted to be a positive characteristic which is related to develop vision and team insight as well as to increase in members' trust and support; whereas narcissism has both harmful and beneficial effects on organizations. In this study, the relationships between the dimensions of narcissism and political skill are examined via the 16-item Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and the 18-item Political Skill Inventory. Analysis has shown that the authority, which is the adaptive dimension of narcissism, correlates positively with social astuteness and networking ability dimensions of political skill. Accordingly entitlement, which is one of the maladaptive dimensions of narcissism, correlates significantly and negatively with the networking ability, interpersonal influence and apparent sincerity dimensions of political skill. When political skill is considered as a composite score, the findings indicate that the authority dimension of narcissism has a positive effect whereas, the entitlement dimension has a negative effect on political skill. Besides, implications for future studies are discussed展开更多
This paper provides an analysis of the rapid expansion in number and population of large cities in the proeess of China's urbanization and the relative decline of small and medium-sized cities and examines the root c...This paper provides an analysis of the rapid expansion in number and population of large cities in the proeess of China's urbanization and the relative decline of small and medium-sized cities and examines the root causes of such polarization, including the preference of government resource allocation towards political centers and large cities, market effect underlying the self-reinforced agglomeration of large cities, desire of migrant workers to settle in large cities, as well as the lack of government regulation. Regarding the outlook of China's urbanization, the paper believes that the appropriate ratio of new urban population absorption should be 30:18:18:34 among mega, large, small and medium-sized cities and designated towns.展开更多
With the progress of the society and the development of economy, our countries have made a stronger demand for talents cultivation. The talents should qualified with strong professional ability as well as good psychol...With the progress of the society and the development of economy, our countries have made a stronger demand for talents cultivation. The talents should qualified with strong professional ability as well as good psychological quality to adapt to the growing challenges, College students, a new generation of young people shouldering the historical mission and the important responsibility of the country, are under the great pressure from family, school and society. All of these will aggravate their negative psychological emotions with the formation of complicated personality, which not only go against the growth of young talent, but also drive hidden troubles to the stability and harmony of the social. Plunging into the students' life and deeply analyzing their psychological characteristics with timely manners of solving psychological problems will accelerate the ideological and political education and promote talents cultivation with more modem intellectuals for our country.展开更多
文摘A vast number of researches and studies have been conducted on narcissism, since the term was used to explain a psychological phenomenon in 1898. However, the discussions about narcissists as organization members or leaders have recently become a research topic in the organizational sciences. In this scope, the recent research on narcissism indicates that narcissistic leaders can either cause organizational tragedies or contribute to organizational success by their great vision. In addition to narcissism, another popular leadership feature is political skill which has attracted considerable attentions in recent years, and become one of the important topics of management studies. Moreover, political skill has been asserted to be a positive characteristic which is related to develop vision and team insight as well as to increase in members' trust and support; whereas narcissism has both harmful and beneficial effects on organizations. In this study, the relationships between the dimensions of narcissism and political skill are examined via the 16-item Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and the 18-item Political Skill Inventory. Analysis has shown that the authority, which is the adaptive dimension of narcissism, correlates positively with social astuteness and networking ability dimensions of political skill. Accordingly entitlement, which is one of the maladaptive dimensions of narcissism, correlates significantly and negatively with the networking ability, interpersonal influence and apparent sincerity dimensions of political skill. When political skill is considered as a composite score, the findings indicate that the authority dimension of narcissism has a positive effect whereas, the entitlement dimension has a negative effect on political skill. Besides, implications for future studies are discussed
文摘This paper provides an analysis of the rapid expansion in number and population of large cities in the proeess of China's urbanization and the relative decline of small and medium-sized cities and examines the root causes of such polarization, including the preference of government resource allocation towards political centers and large cities, market effect underlying the self-reinforced agglomeration of large cities, desire of migrant workers to settle in large cities, as well as the lack of government regulation. Regarding the outlook of China's urbanization, the paper believes that the appropriate ratio of new urban population absorption should be 30:18:18:34 among mega, large, small and medium-sized cities and designated towns.
文摘With the progress of the society and the development of economy, our countries have made a stronger demand for talents cultivation. The talents should qualified with strong professional ability as well as good psychological quality to adapt to the growing challenges, College students, a new generation of young people shouldering the historical mission and the important responsibility of the country, are under the great pressure from family, school and society. All of these will aggravate their negative psychological emotions with the formation of complicated personality, which not only go against the growth of young talent, but also drive hidden troubles to the stability and harmony of the social. Plunging into the students' life and deeply analyzing their psychological characteristics with timely manners of solving psychological problems will accelerate the ideological and political education and promote talents cultivation with more modem intellectuals for our country.