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Does business background matter? - the effects on councilors’ proposals;Does business background matter? - the effects on councilors’ proposals

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:12:21 GMT

title: Does business background matter? - the effects on councilors’ proposals;Does business background matter? - the effects on councilors’ proposals abstract: 具有商業背景的政治人物常以私人部門經驗作為其治理能力與政策判斷的依據。本研究檢驗臺北市議會第 14 屆議員的商業背景是否與其提案優先順序相關。研究建立 61 位議員與 628 件第一提案議案的手工編碼資料，並依事前明確的職業證據，分別採用嚴格與寬鬆兩種商業背景定義。議案分為基本服務型（A）、價值增益型（B）、重分配型（C）、議會規範型（D）與市長質詢型（E）。實證分析包括群體比例比較、以議員提案比例為依變數的 OLS模型，以及以提案件數為依變數並以總提案數作為 offset 的 Poisson 模型。描述性比例檢定顯示，商業背景議員提出較高比例的價值增益型議案，並提出較低比例的重分配型議案。加入性別、年齡、任期、主要政黨與選區控制後，OLS 結果未達統計顯著；Poisson 結果則顯示，在兩種商業背景定義下，商業背景均與價值增益型提案率呈正向且顯著關聯。由於樣本限於單一城市、單一屆期，且背景與議案分類仍涉及判斷，本研究將結果界定為探索性關聯，而非因果效果。;Businesspeople who enter public office often claim that private-sector experience improves their ability to manage organizations， solve problems， and create public value. This study examined whether the business backgrounds of Taipei City councilors were associated with their proposal priorities. It used an original， hand-coded dataset covering 61 councilors and 628 first-proposed bills from the 14th term of the Taipei City Council. Councilors were classified under strict and broad definitions of business background， and proposals were coded as basic-service (A)， value-added (B)， redistributive (C)， council-regulation (D)， or mayoral-interpellation (E) proposals. The empirical analysis combined group-level proportion tests， OLS models of councilor- level proposal shares， and Poisson models of proposal counts with total proposals included as an offset. The descriptive tests indicated that business-background councilors submitted a higher share of value-added proposals and a lower share of redistributive proposals. After observable councilor characteristics were controlled， the OLS estimates were not statistically significant; however， the Poisson models showed a positive and statistically significant association between business background and the rate of value-added proposals under both business-background definitions. Because the study covered one city and one council term and relied on judgment-based coding， the findings were interpreted as exploratory associations rather than causal effects.

The Impact of Family Support Systems on Expatriate Adjustment;The Impact of Family Support Systems on Expatriate Adjustment

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:12:11 GMT

title: The Impact of Family Support Systems on Expatriate Adjustment;The Impact of Family Support Systems on Expatriate Adjustment abstract: 隨著企業海外布局日趨普遍，外派已成為組織營運的常態安排，外派人員的適應議題也因此受到更多關注。外派人員往往須同時面對陌生文化、生活型態轉變與職場要求所帶來的複合壓力，因此如何提升其適應能力、進而促進工作績效，已成為國際人力資源管理的重要課題。在眾多社會支持來源中，家庭支持被視為核心一環，既能減輕心理負擔，也可能透過影響個人心理狀態與能力發展，間接影響其適應表現。本研究以問卷調查蒐集資料，研究對象為目前於海外任職之外派人員，共回收201份有效樣本，探討四類家庭支持(情感性、工具性、資訊性、評價性)對外派適應的影響，並檢視心理幸福感與文化智力在其中的中介角色。結果顯示：（1）四類家庭支持對文化智力均無顯著影響；（2）僅工具性與評價性支持對心理幸福感有顯著正向效果；（3）心理幸福感與（4）文化智力皆對外派適應有顯著正向影響；（5）心理幸福感在工具性支持、評價性支持與外派適應之間具有顯著中介效果，文化智力則無此效果。整體而言，各類家庭支持對外派適應的作用並不一致，其中工具性與評價性支持透過提升心理幸福感，間接促進外派適應;文化智力雖能直接提升外派適應，卻未能發揮中介作用。本研究結果有助補充外派適應相關理論，並可作為企業規劃外派支持制度之參考，以提升外派人員適應能力與外派績效。;As multinational firms continue to expand their global operations， sending employees on international assignments has become a routine part of corporate strategy， and helping these employees adjust successfully has grown into a pressing concern within international human resource management. Those who relocate for overseas work commonly face unfamiliar cultural norms， new living conditions， and job-related demands all at once. As a result， organizations increasingly need to find ways to help their expatriates cope and to ensure their assignments succeed. Of the many factors that shape this process， support from family stands out as a particularly important source of social support， one that may affect adjustment both through an expatriate′s psychological state and through the development of relevant capabilities. To examine this， the present study surveyed expatriates who were currently working abroad， using a bilingual (English and Chinese) questionnaire distributed via Google Forms; 201 valid responses were obtained. Specifically， the study looked at how four distinct forms of family support — emotional， instrumental， informational， and appraisal — relate to expatriate adjustment， and it introduced psychological well-being and cultural intelligence as mediators to explore the mechanisms underlying that relationship. Results indicated that none of the four family support dimensions significantly predicted cultural intelligence. By contrast， instrumental and appraisal support each showed a significant positive relationship with psychological well-being， while emotional and informational support did not. Psychological well-being was also found to positively predict expatriate adjustment， as did cultural intelligence. Furthermore， psychological well-being significantly mediated the paths from both instrumental support and appraisal support to expatriate adjustment， whereas cultural intelligence did not emerge as a significant mediator in any of the tested relationships. Taken together， these findings suggest that family support does not operate uniformly across its dimensions — instrumental and appraisal support in particular appear to strengthen expatriates′ psychological well-being， which in turn supports successful adjustment abroad. While cultural intelligence contributes to expatriate adjustment in its own right， it does not appear to translate family support into better adjustment outcomes. These results add to the expatriate adjustment literature and offer practical guidance for organizations seeking to build effective support systems and management practices that improve expatriates′ adjustment and overall assignment performance.

平台層級可供性對線上社群使用者參與之影響：三構面承諾觀點;平台層級可供性對線上社群使用者參與之影響：三構面承諾觀點

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:11:59 GMT

title: 平台層級可供性對線上社群使用者參與之影響：三構面承諾觀點;平台層級可供性對線上社群使用者參與之影響：三構面承諾觀點 abstract: 隨著人工智慧工具與替代性資訊來源快速發展，線上社群面臨使用者參與下降與知識貢獻減少的挑戰。為了解釋使用者為何持續參與並貢獻知識，本研究結合需求—可供性—功能觀點與三構面承諾理論，探討平台層級可供性如何透過社群承諾影響線上社群中的使用者參與。本研究聚焦於兩種平台層級可供性：知識搜尋有效性與知識發文輔助，並將社群承諾區分為情感承諾、持續承諾與規範承諾，以進一步檢視其對持續參與與知識貢獻的影響。本研究採用兩波段線上問卷設計，以降低共同方法偏誤。最終取得 652 份有效樣本，並採用結構方程模型進行假說檢定。研究結果顯示，知識發文輔助對情感承諾、持續承諾與規範承諾皆具有顯著正向影響，表示平台若能降低發文與知識分享的負擔，將有助於培養使用者對社群的心理連結。相反地，知識搜尋有效性對情感承諾與規範承諾呈現顯著負向影響，且對持續承諾不顯著。補充訪談結果顯示，當使用者能快速找到所需答案時，往往傾向於將社群視為工具性資訊來源，而非需要長期投入的社群空間。整體而言，本研究指出平台功能不僅影響使用者行為，也會透過不同心理承諾機制形塑社群參與，進而補充線上社群永續經營與平台設計相關理論。;As artificial intelligence tools and alternative information sources become increasingly accessible， online communities face growing challenges in sustaining user participation and knowledge contribution. To explain why users continue to participate in and contribute to online communities， this study integrates the Needs–Affordances–Features perspective with the three-component commitment framework. Specifically， this study examines how platform-level affordances influence users’ continued participation and knowledge contribution through three dimensions of community commitment: affective commitment， continuance commitment， and normative commitment. Two platform-level affordances are examined in this study: knowledge search effectivity and knowledge posting assistance. Knowledge search effectivity refers to the extent to which an online community enables users to efficiently locate relevant and useful knowledge， whereas knowledge posting assistance refers to the extent to which an online community supports users in composing， organizing， and contributing knowledge. This study employed a two-wave online survey design to reduce potential common method bias. After data screening， 652 valid responses were retained for analysis. Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed research model. The results show that knowledge posting assistance has significant positive effects on affective commitment， continuance commitment， and normative commitment， indicating that platform support for content creation and knowledge sharing can strengthen users’ psychological attachment， perceived dependence， and sense of obligation toward the community. In contrast， knowledge search effectivity has significant negative effects on affective and normative commitment， while its effect on continuance commitment is not significant. Supplementary qualitative interviews suggest that when users can quickly obtain the information they need， they may treat the community as an instrumental tool rather than as a social space requiring sustained involvement. Furthermore， all three dimensions of community commitment positively influence continued participation and knowledge contribution， and continued participation further promotes knowledge contribution. Overall， this study demonstrates that platform-level affordances shape user engagement not only through functional support but also through distinct psychological commitment mechanisms. These findings contribute to the literature on online communities， platform affordances， and commitment by highlighting the heterogeneous effects of platform design on sustained community engagement.

歐盟與美國客戶是否影響企業ESG表現：台灣企業之實證研究;Do EU and US Customers Shape ESG Performance? Evidence From Taiwanese Firms

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:11:55 GMT

title: 歐盟與美國客戶是否影響企業ESG表現：台灣企業之實證研究;Do EU and US Customers Shape ESG Performance? Evidence From Taiwanese Firms abstract: 本研究探討2016年至2022年間臺灣上市公司之已開發市場客戶曝險與ESG績效之間的關係。本文以歐盟營收占比、美國營收占比，以及歐盟與美國合計營收占比衡量客戶曝險程度；並以TESG總分及其環境、社會與治理三個面向衡量企業ESG績效。本研究採用包含年度固定效果與產業固定效果之追蹤資料迴歸模型，檢驗企業對歐盟與美國客戶之曝險程度是否與較高的ESG績效相關。實證結果提供部分證據顯示，已開發市場客戶曝險與企業ESG績效具有關聯。在全樣本中，客戶曝險與TESG總分之間的關係相對較弱；然而，在非零營收占比子樣本中，此關係變得較為明顯。最顯著的結果出現在環境面向，其中對歐盟與美國客戶的營收曝險與環境分數呈現正向關聯。相較之下，社會分數與治理分數的結果較不一致。進一步的分析，包括門檻分析、排除COVID-19期間之子期間分析，以及差異中之差異法檢定，提供了混合但具參考價值的證據。整體而言，研究結果顯示，外國客戶可能作為企業ESG壓力之外部傳導管道，尤其是在環境績效方面更為明顯。;This study examines the relationship between developed-market customer exposure and ESG performance among Taiwanese listed firms from 2016 to 2022. Customer exposure is measured by Revenue Share (EU)， Revenue Share (US)， and Revenue Share (EU+US)， while ESG performance is measured by TESG Score and its environmental， social， and governance dimensions. Using panel regression models with year and industry fixed effects， this study investigates whether firms with greater exposure to EU and US customers exhibit higher ESG performance. The results provide partial evidence that developed-market customer exposure is associated with ESG performance. The relationship is relatively weak in the full sample， but becomes more visible in the non-zero revenue share subsample. The strongest findings appear in the environmental dimension， where revenue exposure to EU and US customers is positively associated with Environmental Score. In contrast， the results for Social Score and Governance Score are less consistent. Additional analyses， including threshold， COVID-19 subperiod， and difference-in-differences tests， provide mixed but informative evidence. Overall， the findings suggest that foreign customers may serve as an external channel of ESG pressure， especially for environmental performance.