Li Zhang

A burgeoning body of research has shown that authoritarian leadership embodies the characteristics of “light” and “dark,” meaning that it does not always have a negative impact on employees’ creative activities. However, studies explaining this potential positive effect are insufficient. To extend the AL and creativity literature, we draw on self-determination theory and event system theory, and elicit discipline-focused AL and appointment event criticality to examine whether, when, and how authoritarian leaders affect employee creativity positively. With time-lagged data collected from 435 employees and their direct leaders in China, we found that discipline-focused AL has an indirect positive effect on employee creativity through creative self-efficacy. Additionally, appointment event criticality strengthens the positive relationship between discipline-focused AL and creative self-efficiency, and the indirect impact of discipline-focused AL on employee creativity through creative self-efficiency. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Choice revision is a sort of non-prioritized multiple revision, in which the agent partially accepts the new information represented by a set of sentences. We investigate the construction of choice revision based on a new approach to belief change called descriptor revision. We prove that each of two variants of choice revision based on such construction is axiomatically characterized with a set of plausible postulates, assuming that the object language is finite. Furthermore, we introduce an alternative modelling for choice revision, which is based on a type of relation on sets of sentences, named multiple believability relation. We show without assuming a finite language that choice revision constructed from such relations is axiomatically characterized with the same sets of postulates that we proposed for the choice revision based on descriptor revision, whenever the relations satisfy certain rationality conditions.

Neurons encode and transmit signals through chemical synaptic or electrical synaptic connections in the actual nervous system. Exploring the biophysical properties of coupling channels is of great significance for further understanding the rhythm transitions of neural network electrical activity patterns and preventing neurological diseases. From the perspective of biophysics, the activation of magnetic field coupling is the result of the continuous release and propagation of intracellular and extracellular ions, which is very similar to the activation of chemical synaptic coupling through the continuous release of neurotransmitters. In this article, an induction coil is used to connect two HR neurons to stimulate the effect of magnetic field coupling. It is inevitable that time delays can affect the coupling process in the transmission of information, and it should be considered in the coupled model. Firstly, the firing characteristics and bifurcation modes of two coupled HR neurons are studied by using one parameter and two parameters bifurcation. With the increase of propagation delay and coupling gain, the chaotic state of neurons disappears and the high-period window decreases due to the influence of energy transfer between neurons. Then, the synchronization patterns of two HR neurons with different stimulation are analyzed by error diagrams and time series diagrams. It is confirmed that the synchronous pattern has certain regularity and is related not only to the neurons with large stimulation current but also to the time delay and coupling gain. The research conclusions of this article will provide the corresponding theoretical basis for medical experiments.

This study explores the dynamic feature of organizational citizenship behaviors under the condition of challenge stressors, as this has not been addressed by previous research. Combining the cybernetic theory of stress and social exchange theory, this study builds a dynamic computational model regarding the circular causality between challenge stressors and organizational citizenship behaviors. By conducting a series of simulation experiments, we validated and demonstrated important questions regarding organizational citizenship behaviors. Specifically, when both the initial value of challenge stressors and the importance of challenge appraisal are higher, organizational citizenship behaviors tend to show a sharped inverted U shape at the early stage. When both the equilibrium level of job satisfaction and the initial value of challenge stressors are higher, organizational citizenship behaviors will show an inverted N shape over time. The number and frequency of assigned challenge tasks have an interactive effect on the accumulation of organizational citizenship behaviors within a period. Our theory contributes to identifying the dynamic relationship between challenge stressors and organizational citizenship behaviors. Findings from dynamic computational theory can offer suggestions for managers to encourage employees’ engagement in organizational citizenship behaviors.

The main purpose of this paper is based on "psychological process analysis" made ​​a point of view the meaning of life class model analysis framework to explore the meaning of life led the study for a new direction. Research to a mountainous area of Nantou women living in the object, combined with narrative and holistic style sense inquiry, collection of relevant text information, the application of the spirit of grounded theory method of data analysis, the study found the following three two dimensions: 1. "See photos of life with the concept of destiny": the respondents referred to the concepts, beliefs, experience and ideas such as cognitive representations, to identify the respondents of the world, including the following four to degree: "Who am I?": I, I be, I won the self-concept; parent centers, human goodness and compete with the interpersonal concept; Shun, believe in God , anti-religious view of life and death; to "do" and "accept their fate," to integrate and explain the self-life philosophy. 2. "Tired of life operation and ultimate concern": the respondents mentioned the goals, motivation, exercise and other trouble with motivation and concerns the nature of the statements, respondents identify the life goals and life care, including the following three two dimensions: life speak trouble;  nurture the child's ultimate concern; social altruism feedback. 3. "Perception of the meaning of life": description of the study of perception and meaning of life sources, including: "Live" review and integration experience; "create" pleasant experience; ultimate hope other three sources. Final Frankl theory of meaning to the object as a dialogue, a comprehensive discussion of the preliminary findings support the "class analysis" of the theory, effectiveness and feasibility. This article hopes to open a meaningful research, process analysis from psychology and psychological perspective to enhance understanding of the way the human exploration of the meaning of life and process. The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of hierarchical analysis toward the study of meaning of life. It was based upon the conceptualization personality hierarchy model. A woman living on a remote mountain area and suffered repeatedly from severe natural disasters was invited to participate in this study. A holistic and qualitative approach was applied. It was found that: 1. There was a world-view category including Who am I?; Who are they?; Supernatural and transcendental beliefs; and philosophy of life. 2. There was a purpose / goal category including Daily hassles; Ultimate concerns; and Altruistic acts. 3. There was a meaningfulness category including Life review; Creativity and caring; and Ultimate hope. General discussion was done with a close reference to the meaning theory of Frankl . Results are supportive to the hierarchical conceptualization. The discussion provided also some preliminary support for the improvisation of the holistic approach within the qualitative research methodology

Mr. Jin Yuelin at Tsinghua University since 1926 teaching logic to the 1984 death, the logic of teaching, research work over half a century old, the development of China's logic made ​​an indelible contribution. Mr. King published in 1936, the "logic", which is the first systematic introduction to modern logic to one of China's logicians, logic for the development of our clear direction. In the long teaching career, adhere to the truth of logic, to train a large number of logic expertise. What is the logic of Mr. King, the relationship between logic and logical thinking three laws, the relationship between implication and inference, inductive logic of the principle of such problems are never true in-depth inquiry, made ​​a thought-provoking insights. Mr. King will be the philosophy of logical analysis method used to complete the "Theory of Knowledge", "On the Road," two highly technical philosophical works. Philosophy of the new generation of open atmosphere.