Managers' practice of managing diversity revealed: A practice‐theoretical account

Despite the centrality of managing diversity effectively in contemporary organizations, existing literature gives disparate and incomplete accounts of how managers actually manage diversity in practice. The prevailing managerial literature focuses on what diversity activities should be involved in managing diversity but does not identify how managers actually undertake these activities in practice. The growing interpretive/critical literature focuses on how people's understandings define managing diversity, but is silent on how managers translate their understandings into specific diversity activities in practice. We applied a practice perspective in conjunction with phenomenography as a methodological approach to investigate how managers actually manage diversity in practice in the empirical context of professional services firms. The results show that managers' practice of managing diversity is constituted by four understandings of managing diversity that distinguish and organize diversity activities into four different and progressively more comprehensive ways of managing diversity. This practice‐theoretical account transcends the existing literature's partial accounts in significant ways by offering a new and considerably broader and more precise conceptualization of managers' practice of managing diversity, including which ways of managing diversity may be more effective than others. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一组小麦秸秆好氧分解菌系的构建及组成多样性

采用"外淘汰法"在常温、好氧条件下构建了一组稳定、有效降解小麦秸秆的复合系.复合系分解能力的研究表明,在100mL改良CMC培养基(液面深度2 cm和直径9 cm)中,分解的前6 d复合系保持较高分解能力,减重率达到66.1%,6 d后复合系分解能力逐渐减弱,到第10 d时减重率达到77.0%.1.86 g秸秆各成分中,纤维素分解0.78 g,半纤维素分解0.16 g,木质素分解0.24 g.复合系组成多样性的研究表明,通过克隆文库构建和单菌株分离共确定出13个菌属的微生物,优势菌属有Hydrogenophaga、Pseudomonas、Bacteroides和Clostridium,占100个阳性克隆子的78%.系统发育关系表明,克隆文库和单菌分离技术分别所确定的微生物种类及亲缘关系存在一定的差异;Isolated 7(FJ439527)和Clone 86(EU834839)与假单胞菌属中的厦门藻(Pseudomonas xiamenensis)亲缘关系较近.     

PCR-SSCP技术用于脱臭微生物群落结构的研究

采用PCR-SSCP(单链构象多态性)技术对脱臭生物滤池中填料生物膜微生物群落结构进行了研究.生物滤池对臭气中的污染物随驯化时间逐渐增强,去除率从50%升高到89%.对2种填料树皮和秸秆上生物膜的分析结果表明,滤池内微生物多样性随运行时间先降后升,从1.6～1.9上升到2以上;而2种填料上微生物的相似性逐渐增加,表明随着驯化进程,生物填料上的微生物能够利用臭气污染物进行生长,并随运行时间逐渐趋于丰富和稳定;树皮比秸秆具有较高的生物多样性,平均值分别为2.2和2.0,说明树皮上容易附着多种微生物生长,电镜照片也显示2种填料生物膜的增长和生物多样性的提高.SSCP条带测序结果表明生物滤池生物膜优势微生物种属为芽孢杆菌属,占33.3%;条带中不可培养细菌占44.4%;填料生物膜上的细菌绝大多数是广泛存在于土壤、水体及生物体中的微生物,它们对环境适应能力强,在臭气的污染物去除中扮演重要角色.     

Degradation of chlorpyrifos in laboratory soil and its impact on soil microbial functional diversity

Degradation of chlorpyrifos at different concentrations in soil and its impact on soil microbial functional diversity were investigated under laboratory conditions. The degradation half-lives of chlorpyrifos at levels of 4, 8, and 12 mg/kg in soil were calculated to be 14.3, 16.7, and 18.0 d, respectively. The Biolog study showed that average well color development (AWCD) in soils was significantly (P < 0.05) inhibited by chlorpyrifos within the first two weeks and thereafter recovered to the similar level as the control. A similar variation in the diversity indices (Simpson index 1/D and McIntosh index U) in chlorpyrifos-treated soils was observed, no significant difference in the Shannon-Wiener index H' was found in these soils. With increasing chlorpyrifos concentration, the half-lives of chlorpyrifos were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) extended and its inhibitory effects on soil microorganisms were aggravated. It is concluded that chlorpyrifos residues in soil had a temporary or short-term inhibitory effect on soil microbial functional diversity.     

Effect of lime application on microbial community in acidic tea orchard soils in comparison with those in wasteland and forest soils

Lime application is a conventional technology to control acidification in tea orchard soils. We investigated the e ect of lime application on soil microbial community diversity in the soils of three tea orchards, wasteland and forest. The BIOLOG data showed that both the average well color development of all carbon sources and the functional diversity index increased with the liming rate in the tea orchards and the forest, but decreased in the wasteland. The phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis showed that the structural diversity index of soil microbial community increased with the liming rate in all the tea orchards, the wasteland and the forest. Lime application also increased the soil-bacterial PLFA content in all the soils. Soil fungal and actinomycete PLFAs in the tea orchards showed an increasing trend from 0 to 3.2 g CaCO3/kg application and then a decreasing trend from 3.2 to 6.4 g CaCO3/kg application. The principal component analysis of BIOLOG and PLFA data suggested that lime application had a significant e ect on soil microbial community structure, and land use had a greater e ect on soil microbial community structure compared to lime application.     

Changes in functional structure of soil bacterial communities due to fungicide and insecticide applications in canola

The fungicide vinclozolin and insecticide λ-cyhalothrin are widely used to control canola (Brassica spp.) diseases and insect pests, respectively, in Canada. We investigated non-target effects of these pesticides, applied at recommended rates, on soil microbial biomass, functional bacterial diversity and functional community structure of soil bacteria (by evaluating patterns of C substrate utilization) in canola rhizosphere and bulk soil at three locations in Alberta from 2002 to 2004. Experimental treatments were (a) untreated control, (b) vinclozolin fungicide foliar application, (c) λ-cyhalothrin insecticide foliar application, and (d) vinclozolin and λ-cyhalothrin applications. No significant pesticide effects on soil microbial biomass or functional bacterial diversity were observed, but the functional structures of soil bacteria were altered. In 1 of 12 cases, the control treatment had a different soil bacterial community structure from the 3 pesticide treatments. The fungicide treatment had different bacterial community structures from the control or insecticide treatments in 3 of 12 cases, the insecticide treatment had different community structures from the control or fungicide treatments in 4 of 12 cases, and the combined fungicide and insecticide treatment had different community structures from the other treatments in 3 of 12 cases. Therefore, evaluating soil bacterial functional structures revealed pesticide effects that were not detected when bacterial diversity or microbial biomass were measured in canola rhizosphere or bulk soil.     

冬季长江口及其邻近水域的浮游植物

根据2006年2月19日～3月5日在长江口及其邻近水域进行的大面调查所获样品,报道了该水域浮游植物的群落特征.此次调查共发现浮游植物5门56属116种(包括未定名17种).调查水域浮游植物群落以硅藻为主,其次为甲藻,此外还有少量的金藻、蓝藻和绿藻.主要优势种为具槽帕拉藻Paralia sulcata、离心列海链藻Thalassiosira excentricus、圆海链藻Thalassiosira rotula和辐射圆筛藻Coscinodiscus radiatus.调查区浮游植物的细胞丰度介于(111.11～2315.56)×104 /m3,平均值为914.87 ×104 /m3.近岸和调查区的东北部表层浮游植物丰度较高,其他区域表层丰度较低.浮游植物的垂直分布特征是细胞丰度的最大值出现在表层以下,随深度的增加,浮游植物的细胞丰度先上升后下降.多样性分析表明,香农-威纳多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数在近岸口门处较高,离岸水域较低.     

含酚废水处理系统中苯酚降解菌的分离及分离物多样性分析

用富集培养和直接涂平板培养的方法,从含酚废水处理系统的悬浮污泥中分别分离了57株和55株苯酚降解菌.112株分离物经ERIC-PCR指纹图谱分析,共显示了15种差异明显的ERIC-PER指纹图谱,表明至少应有15种不同的菌株.其中直接涂平板法得到的分离物占有11种,富集培养法得到的分离物占4种.将直接涂平板得到的分离物,与来自不同种属苯酚降解菌的LmPH(the largest subunit of multi-component phenol hydroxylase)等位基因分子进行杂交显示,该11种分离物可分为3种以上不同的LmPH代谢类型;而富集培养获得的分离物巾只显示1种LmPH代谢类型.对显示不同ERIC-PCR指纹图的15个代表荫株的生长和苯酚降解效率进行研究发现,其中F-6菌株在苯酚浓度0.4～1.4g·L-1范围内,其苯酚降解效率达到了70%～100%.     

Unraveling the impact of workforce age diversity on labor productivity: The moderating role of firm size and job security

Previous literature has suggested both positive and negative effects of age diversity on labor productivity: positive because of the potential knowledge complementarities between employees of different ages and negative because of the age‐related value differences that might reduce cohesion and cooperation, hampering firm performance. Using a Belgian sample of 5892 organizational observations (2008–2011), we unraveled these countervailing effects in two ways. First, we built on prior studies to suggest that the effect of age diversity depends on the particular shape of the age distribution: positive when it is heterogeneous (i.e., variety) and negative when it is polarized (i.e., polarization). This was supported by our findings. Second, we explored the moderating impact of two contextual contingencies, firm size and job security. As expected, the positive effect of age variety is reinforced in large firms and in firms where job security is high. Although firm size also emphasizes the negative effect of age polarization on productivity, job security, unexpectedly, does not moderate this relationship. Our study offers a valuable contribution to the literature as it reveals the boundary conditions of the competing implications of age diversity and, thus, allows one to account for the inconclusive findings reported in previous literature. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一组中温厌氧消化菌群高温启动过程中的菌群多样性变化研究

该研究利用37℃培养的中温厌氧消化菌群为菌源,直接提温至50℃驯化培养,获得连续处理高浓度糖蜜废水的厌氧消化产甲烷菌群,并考察高温驯化过程中菌群结构及多样性的变化特征.结果表明,中温厌氧消化菌群直接转入高温培养后,在高浓度有机废水连续进料的条件下,厌氧消化过程能够快速启动生成甲烷,并在22 d后形成稳定的高温厌氧消化产甲烷菌群,平均甲烷生成效率为162.3 m L CH_4/g COD.乙酸和丙酸是厌氧发酵液内的2类主要有机酸,产气稳定期间的质量浓度分别为25.3和145.3 mg·L~(-1).转入高温培养后,菌群结构产生巨大变化,细菌变异程度强于古菌,并逐渐稳定成为以代谢糖、多种有机酸的细菌和产甲烷古菌为主要优势菌群的高温厌氧消化菌群.克隆结果显示细菌菌群以Thermacetogenium和Acetomicrobium faecal为主要优势菌群,分别占细菌克隆文库的33.44%和20.99%;古菌菌群以Methanosaeta和Methanoculleus为主要优势菌群,占古菌克隆文库的56.40%和39.75%.转入高温培养后,产甲烷古菌的总生物量下降,含量约为7.6×106拷贝/g活性污泥.研究结果对阐明温度选择压力对厌氧消化菌群结构与功能影响,改进高温厌氧消化菌群富集方法具有重要意义.