Leadership development from a complexity perspective.

To stimulate sustained leadership development, a holistic model is described that incorporates emotional and neuroendocrine aspects of learning, as well as behavioral change. Intentional change theory, developed over 20 years utilizing longitudinal studies of competency development and complexity theory, can expand our impact on leadership development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Personality dimensions, psychosocial-demographic variables, and English language competency in predicting level of acculturative stress among Turkish international students.

A sample of 229 Turkish international students studying in 17 universities throughout the United States participated in this online study. The main purpose of the study was to investigate acculturative stress based on students' demographics, personality, level of social connectedness, and English language competency. A hierarchical regression analysis indicated that marital status, English language competency, social connectedness, adjustment difficulties, neuroticism, and openness to experience were predictors of acculturative stress. Analysis of variance results showed that acculturative stress did not significantly differ by students' gender or age. Implications are discussed and suggestions for interventions and future research are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

党校师资库胜任力模型研究

师资能力是党校教育事业的根本要素,从基于培训体系的师资库建设研究框架的要素与结构出发,构建出党校师资库胜任力模型,该模型由“党校授课师资胜任力模型”和“师资库授课知识结构”2部分组成,同时研究了党校研究人员的能力模型和党校师资胜任力评价体系。结构模型为党校师资库建设提供了重要的方法论启示。     

论对学生计算机素质和计算机应用能力的培养

目前我国的计算机教育虽然有很大的发展,但从教材内容和教学计划上看,还是以传统的传授知识为主。教育的目的是培养人才而不仅仅只是传授知识,理工科非计算机专业的计算机基础教育的目的是培养有计算机素质和计算机应用能力的专业人才。因此,让学生在教育中提高计算机素质和计算机应用意识,体验和感悟到计算机应用的本质和方向是计算机基础教育的重点也是我们每个教师的重要任务。     

Foreword: Executive coaching as an emerging competency in the practice of consultation.

This article comments on the importance of competent organizational executive leadership and the practice of executive coaching in professional consultation. As it is currently practiced, executive coaching appears to be an eclectic mix of concepts and methods that are being applied by a variety of consultants who have accepted assignments to work with individual executives. The author concludes by introducing the issue of the Consulting Psychology Journal on executive coaching which reviews literature in the field, identifies current approaches and methods, and provides an opportunity for leading practitioners to describe what they are doing and help define the core concepts and definitions of this emerging competency. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Adjudicative competence: Evidence that impairment in “rational understanding” is taxonic.

In Dusky v. United States (1960), the U.S. Supreme Court articulated 3 abilities that determine a criminal defendant's competence to stand trial: He or she must be able to consult with counsel, have a factual understanding of the proceedings, and have a rational understanding of the proceedings. Although the legal determination of a defendant's competence involves a dichotomous judgment, the latent structures of the constructs that underlie the abilities articulated in Dusky are unknown. The current study focused on the rational understanding prong of the Dusky standard. We hypothesized that, whereas factual knowledge of the legal system and ability to assist counsel may fall on a continuum, plausible (i.e., rational) beliefs about legal proceedings may be dichotomous in nature. Taxometric analyses of the Appreciation scale of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool—Criminal Adjudication, with a sample of 721 defendants, provided support for a taxonic structure. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

提高和发展集团公司竞争能力的探讨

竞争优势作为企业生存和发展的基础,在特定的经营环境中为其提供竞争能力和竞争优势基础的多种技能、互补性资产和运行机制的有机结合。通过对企业竞争优势来源和相关理论的综述,从不同的角度对集团公司加强内部管理、寻找外部扩张、战略联盟的竞争优势进行了分析与评述。     

造价工程师胜任力对项目绩效影响的研究

基于造价工程师胜任力的视角,分析胜任力影响因素并构建评价体系和理论模型,结合问卷调查数据,运用结构方程分析造价工程师胜任力的关键影响因素及其对绩效的影响路径。研究表明,专业能力素质对绩效的影响最大,其次是综合管理素质,个人素质主要通过专业能力素质和综合管理素质两个中介变量对绩效产生间接影响。     

A scientist-practitioner perspective of the internship match imbalance: The stairway to competence.

This paper focuses on the supply and demand imbalance from a scientist-practitioner perspective, emphasizing competency development. A conceptual framework, the Stairway Model, illustrates the basic steps leading to emerging professional competence and stimulates research leading to thoughtful solutions to the internship match imbalance. Three immediate recommendations are offered. Doctoral programs should be (a) held accountable for their match rates, and (b) required to publicly disclose program and national match rates. Third, research must be conducted to determine factors that influence match rate and competency development. Concerns with other commonly proposed solutions are also discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)