Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Over the last half century we observed a rapid increase in the size of the U.S. labor force. The dramatic increase in the U.S. labor force is related to both demographic growth and changes in labor force participation rates. Most research on the labor force, however, only pertains to the observed changes in labor force participation. This paper adds to this body of work by situating changes in participation into the larger context of U.S. labor force growth. Specifically, we analyze recent U.S. labor force growth by decomposing the growth rate into factors associated with population growth, changing marriage patterns among women, and changes in labor force participation. Our results lay the groundwork for estimating the numeric impact of social and demographic factors on U.S. labor force growth in particular, and U.S. productive capacity in general.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: In the Late Qing, the social crisis presented amiable political circumstances favoring the aggregation of public opinion. Within a different social context, various strata of people accumulated their specific public opinion towards foreigners, the political system, and the approaches to save the country. Through civic or official channels, the emperors obtained public opinion. The Emperor, based on an unstable political situation, evaluated and dealt with these opinions strategically, adopting them in policy-making or suppressing them.

Publication Type: Extended Abstract
Abstract: This paper will present a new statistical index for computing intercoder reliability for behavioral and content analytic data. Sufficiency analyses will employ both actual field data and results of simulations. The paper also will comparatively address current theory and methodologies in this area with the intention of refocusing some of the more controversial issues on heuristics with the promise of providing broadly applicable solutions.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This research employs transactive memory theory to study how individuals gain access to information in organizations. Building on earlier work, this research expanded the individual level components of multilevel transactive memory systems by studying how usage of both human and non-human knowledge repositories influenced access to information. Structural equation modeling tests supported a significant relationship between usage of non-human organizational knowledge repositories and access to information. Follow up research supported a significant relationship between direct resource exchange with team members (the human repositories) and access to information only among average-level users of organizational knowledge repositories. The results also showed that the development of individual expertise directories significantly influenced resource exchange with group members. Also, perceived usage of organizational knowledge repositories by team members significantly influenced actual usage, confirming social cognitive theory. Consistent with the findings from earlier research, technology-specific competence in using intranets significantly influenced the actual usage of intranets as organizational knowledge repositories. (154 words)

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: The paper identifies common elements and differences in interest group activity in non-pluralist, transitional democracies and developing systems to provide an explanation of the development of interest groups in these systems.