Subjects: Library Science，Information Science >> Library Science submitted time 2023-05-06
Abstract： [Purposes] In the context of the implementation of the nation rural revitalization strategy and the cultivation of world-class scientific and technological journals, in the study, the current development status was summarized and the development trend of agricultural journals and high starting point new journals in China was analyzed. We proposed development strategies for agricultural journals in China and conducted prospect analysis, providing a basis for the highquality development of agricultural journals in China. [Methods] Taking 19 agricultural selected for the 2019 ‘Excellence Plan’ and agricultural journals selected for the high starting point new publication project of the ‘Excellence Plan’ from 2019 to 2022 as research objects, the study focused on the distribution of agricultural disciplines prioritized for the construction of excellent agricultural journals, the domestic influence of journals, the international influence of journals and the selection of new high starting points in the agricultural field, as well as the basic characteristics of newly established journals from 2022 to present. The characteristics of agricultural journals selected for the ‘Excellence Plan’ and the development trend of agricultural journals in China were analyzed. The strategies for high-quality development of agricultural journals in China was explored. [Findings] The agricultural journals units in charge of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs are strong in running journals, while the agricultural universities in charge of the Ministry of Education have the phenomenon of ‘strong disciplines and weak journals’. The number of agricultural journals selected into ‘Excellence Plan’ and the High Starting Point New Publication Project is relatively small, and their publishing power is relatively weak. However, in recent years, agricultural universities in China have comprehensively laid out their advantageous disciplines, and the number of new publications from high starting points is on the rise; At the same time, the blank areas of interdisciplinary research are being explored, new journals are being published, and have strong momentum in publishing. [Conclusions] In recent years, the development of agricultural journals in China has changed from weak to strong, showing a significant upward trend. In the future, the collaborative development of agricultural journals and disciplines can be achieved by utilizing the advantageous resources of university disciplines; Exploring interdisciplinary field in agriculture will be explored and new journals will be established; Excellent agricultural journals can prioritize development and drive the clustering development of ordinary journals.
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Subjects: Management Science >> Development and Management of Human Resources submitted time 2021-12-06
Abstract： " In the current age, employees are expected to work proactively in workplaces where the organizational structure is flatter and knowledge updating becomes faster than ever. There is a growing consensus on the importance of proactive behaviors from both scholars and practitioners. Proactive behavior, defined as “an anticipatory action that employees take to impact themselves and/or their environments” is thought to be self-initiated, future-oriented and change-oriented. Evidence showed that employees’ proactive behavior is beneficial for both individual performance and organizational competitiveness. Existing research regarding the impacts of proactive behavior mainly focuses on effectiveness of employees’ own proactive behaviors, such as promoting their job satisfaction or organizational commitment. However, no one is an isolated island. In a team or an organizational environment, employees’ attitudes and behaviors will inevitably be affected by their coworkers. Accordingly, this study focused on coworker proactive behavior and discussed its effectiveness in stimulating employees’ job performance. Drawing upon social learning theory, we hypothesized employee autonomous motivation will mediate the relationship between coworker proactive behavior and employee job performance. We further assumed that whether an employee possesses highly proactive personality determines the odds that employees might be motivated by their proactive coworkers. These hypotheses were tested with a field sample of supervisor-employee dyads and an experimental study. For the field study, we conducted a three-wave research design and achieved 209 valid samples from employees and their supervisors in two high-tech enterprises based in Beijing and Hebei provinces. At Time 1, employees assessed their proactive personality and their coworkers’ proactive behavior, and provided their demographic information. At Time 2 (one month after Time 1), employees were asked to report their autonomous motivation. At Time 3 (two months after Time 1), supervisors provided performance evaluation of employees who engaged in the survey. For the experimental study, we recruited 86 full-time workers from a high-tech company located in Hebei province via its internal communication channel. These respondents were separated into two groups randomly, namely coworkers with high proactive behaviors (N = 74) and coworkers with low proactive behaviors (N = 76). First, respondents were asked to finish a measure of their proactive personality and report their demographics. Then, they were given a scenario, one of which depicted a situation where coworkers were proactive (or not proactive). Finally, after reading the scenario, respondents finished a manipulation check of coworker proactive behavior and reported the degree of their autonomous motivation. We applied confirmatory factor analysis, regression analysis and mixed model via SPSS 23 and Mplus 7.4 to analyze the data. Empirical results supported our hypotheses and indicated the following: (1) Coworker proactive behavior had a significant positive effect on employee autonomous motivation; (2) Employee autonomous motivation played a mediating role in the relationship between coworker proactive behavior and employee job performance; (3) Employee proactive personality played a moderating role in the relationship between coworker proactive behavior and employee autonomous motivation, such that coworker proactive behavior was positively related employee autonomous motivation when employees’ proactive personality was high, while such relationship became negative when employees’ proactive personality was low. This study makes several theoretical and managerial implications. First, by investigating the effectiveness of coworker proactive behavior, this study offers a new insight in proactive behavior research by incorporating the influence of coworker into consideration. Second, by examining the mediating role of employee autonomous motivation, this study enhances our understanding of how coworker proactive behavior translates into employee job performance. Third, by exploring the contingent role of employee proactive personality, this study shows the boundary condition under which employees are more likely to be motivated by their proactive coworkers.
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Subjects: Biology >> Bioengineering submitted time 2017-07-24 Cooperative journals: 《中国生物工程杂志》
Abstract： Establishment of Taqman Quantitative PCR System to Estimate Copy Numbers of Exogenous Transgene in Genome Edited Tomato
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