Exploring the activation dimension of affect in organizations: A focus on trait‐level activation,climate‐level activation,and work‐related outcomes

This study explores the activation dimension of affect in organizations by focusing on both individual employees and their work climate. Drawing on affect research and demands‐abilities fit perspective, I have developed a model predicting that climate‐level activation would deplete employees' emotional resources and trait‐level action would function as an inner resource helping employees buffer themselves from their work demands. The results of a cross‐level study, conducted in a sample of 257 employees and their supervisors within 40 work units across 11 organizations, supported all but one of the hypotheses. Employees whose trait‐level activation was lower than the activation level of their work climate experienced higher levels of emotional exhaustion and thus were more likely to disengage from their work in forms of increased surface acting with their coworkers and psychological withdrawal, and reduced affective commitment to and intention to remain in their organization. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Representativity and univocity of traffic signs and their effect on trajectory movement in a driving simulation task: Warning signs

Objective: The effect of traffic signs on the behavior of drivers is not completely understood. Knowing about how humans process the meaning of signs (not just by learning but instinctively) will improve reaction time and decision making when traveling. The economic, social, and psychological consequences of car accidents are well known.

Methods: This study sounds out which traffic signs are more ergonomic for participants, from a cognitive point of view, and determines, at the same time, their effect in participants' movement trajectories in a driving simulation task.

Results: Results point out that the signs least representative of their meaning produce a greater deviation from the center of the road than the most representative ones.

Conclusions: This study encourages both an in-depth analysis of the effect on movement of roadside signs and the study of how this effect can be modified by the context in which these signs are presented (with the aim to move the research closer to and analyze the data in real contexts). The goal is to achieve clarity of meaning and lack of counterproductive effects on the trajectory of representative signs (those that provoke fewer mistakes in the decision task).     

Social identity and applicant attraction: Exploring the role of multiple levels of self

Applicant attraction is a critical objective of recruitment. Common predictor variables of applicant attraction are limited in that they do not provide a comprehensive understanding of the process that shapes the perceptions and beliefs of job applicants about the firms for which they aspire to work for. Because individuals have the inherent desire to expand and enhance their social identities (e.g., personal, relational, and collective identities), they are likely to be attracted to organizations that allow them to do so. Building on recent work on levels of self, our paper suggests that social identities mediate the relation between currently established predictor variables of applicant attraction (e.g., compensation, type of work, and organizational image) and important applicant attraction outcomes. Common predictor variables of applicant attraction can lead to the activation, evaluation, and identification processes described by social identity theory. A theoretical framework is presented that illustrates the mediating influence of social identity on the relations between common predictor variables and applicant attraction outcomes. This framework may lead to more effective recruitment strategies. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

自然老化木材燃烧过程热行为特性研究

为提供古建筑火灾数值模拟及风险评估的基础理论,从自然老化角度入手,选取经过长久自然老化的建筑服役木材作为研究对象,通过扫描电镜(SEM)及热物性试验对比分析自然老化木材与参照木材的外观形态及热传导特征;采用差示扫描量热DSC法,研究自然老化木材在燃烧过程中热释放的阶段特性,分析不同升温速率对老化木材热行为影响特征;基于...     

Neutron activation analysis of ceramic tiles and its component and radon exhalation rate

IntroductionCeramic,consistofearthymaterialslikeclaykaolin ,limestoneandsandglass .Ceramicmaterialsarenonmetalic ,inorganiccompoundsprimaryoxides ,alsocarbides ,nitridesandsilicides .Twotypesofbondingmechanismsoccurinceramicmaterial ,ionicandcovalent.Theo…     

阴阳极成对耦合紫外光辅助电催化降解毒死蜱

以空气扩散阴极、纯铂阳极和紫外灯构建了阴阳极成对耦合紫外光辅助电催化的体系,并系统地研究了电流密度、阳极SO42-浓度以及毒死蜱初始浓度对毒死蜱降解效果的影响.结果表明,当阴极/阳极的电流密度为45/450 mA·cm^-2,阳极SO42-浓度为1.0 mol·L^-1,毒死蜱初始浓度为25 mg·L^-1时,反应60 min后毒死蜱降解率可达99%.对阴极产物的红外分析结果表明,毒死蜱降解后结构中的吡啶环和PS被破坏,产生亚硝氮和正磷酸盐,毒性得到减弱.通过对比阴阳极成对耦合紫外光复合体系与阴极耦合紫外光复合体系、阳极耦合紫外光复合体系的电流效率,发现阴阳极成对耦合紫外光复合体系的电流效率是阴极耦合紫外光复合体系的2倍,是阳极耦合紫外光复合体系的4倍.     

电厂烟气对采空区防火效果实验研究

为考察电厂烟气对采空区防灭火效果的影响,采用吸附实验装置和热重分析仪开展了不同气体氛围下煤吸附O2的实验研究,研究了不同气氛下煤的着火活化能。结果表明:将惰性气体N2和烟气注入井下,均可有效地减小常温常压下煤对氧气的吸附量,即具有抑制煤自燃氧化反应的作用。其中,烟气对减小煤吸附氧气量的效果优于N2,使同忻矿和高海矿煤样吸附氧气量分别减少了27%和35%。TG实验数据表明,煤样在烟气氛围下燃烧时低温氧化阶段的增重率略小于在空气氛围下燃烧时的增重率,而其着火点大于在空气氛围下燃烧时的着火点。同时,发现煤样在烟气中燃烧时的着火活化能大于在空气中燃烧时的着火活化能,说明煤在烟气氛围下燃烧时对O2的吸附量变小,活化能增大,增加了煤自燃的困难程度。     

铁活化过二硫酸盐湿法氧化去除一甲胺恶臭气体

CH₃NH₂(一甲胺)作为一种重要的工业原料而被大量使用,其嗅阈值低,具有刺鼻的鱼臭味,是一种典型的恶臭气体. 选取PS(过二硫酸盐)作为氧化剂,采用湿法吸收氧化去除CH₃NH₂. 在探讨CH₃NH₂的吸收性能的基础上,比较了4种方式〔Fe2+活化PS、CA(柠檬酸)螯合Fe2+活化PS、Fe0活化PS、CA联合Fe0活化PS〕对CH₃NH₂湿法氧化去除效果的影响. 结果表明:CH₃NH₂ 气体在酸性条件下易溶于水;单独用Fe2+或Fe0活化PS处理CH₃NH₂时,Fe0活化后的去除效果明显优于Fe2+;然而,在联合使用螯合剂CA之后,Fe2+活化的去除效果反而优于Fe0. CA螯合Fe2+的CH₃NH₂去除率由单独Fe2+活化时的32%升至64%,Fe0活化与CA联合Fe0活化去除率均提升至40%. 究其原因,可能是由于不同活化方式下Fe2+释放速率不同所致,释放速率直接影响了Fe2+的存在时间,Fe2+活化PS速率对于氧化去除效果有影响,并最终影响CH₃NH₂的脱除.      

Fe(Ⅱ)、Fe(Ⅲ)和Fe(Ⅵ)活化过硫酸盐氧化降解水中的菲

分别采用Fe(Ⅱ)、Fe(Ⅲ)和Fe(Ⅵ)活化过硫酸盐(PS)氧化降解水中的菲,考察了反应pH、药剂投加量及氧化时间等因素的影响,并对比了不同价态铁活化PS对菲的氧化降解效果.在反应pH为8、n(菲):n(Fe):n(PS)为1:2:2的优化条件下,反应60 min后Fe(Ⅱ)-PS和Fe(Ⅲ)-PS体系对菲的去除率分...