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4018.5 HRM strategy-culture fit and its effects on entrepreneurship, Z.M. Wang, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, China
There has been an increasingly higher demand for effective human resource strategies under
secondary entrepreneurship (intrapreneurship) and international entrepreneurship. A longitudinal
survey with in-depth interview was carried out in 50 firms in China to investigate their human
resources, entrepreneurship and business strategies. The results showed that the HR
strategy-culture fit, not the strategy itself, determined the effectiveness of entrepreneurship model
and that strategic HR practices (such as team-, culture-, and career-based HRM) significantly
affected the main indicators of entrepreneurial performance. On the basis of this field study, a
multi-level entrepreneurship model of strategy-culture fit was established.
4019 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Aspects of interdisciplinary forensic psychology
Convener and Chair: R. Andry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
4019.1 Best interests of the child: Cultural issues, D. Thomson, Charles Sturt University,
Bathurst, Australia
Article 3(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children declares the best interest
of the child is to be the primary consideration for actions by public or private institutions, courts of
law, and administrative bodies. Here I examine how Australian courts, psychologists, and
psychiatrists operationalise the concept of best interests of the child. Psychological theories and
tests currently underpinning recommendations and determinations are critically evaluated. It is
argued that judges, psychologists, and psychiatrists often appear not to be aware of the influence
of their own cultural values and that in a multicultural society this insensitivity may seriously
harm the child.
4019.2 Forensic psychotherapy, E. Welldon, The Portman Clinic, London, UK
Forensic Psychotherapy is a new title for a neglected discipline which links Forensic Psychiatry with
Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy. It involves the understanding of the unconscious as well as the
conscious motivations of the criminal mind. By focussing on the internal psychodynamic processes of
the offender we reduce the propensity for re-offending. This is an interdisciplinary effort. Successful
treatment rests with a team, including psychologists, social workers, administration, the courts and
the clerical staff. A major and international cross-disciplinary effort needs to be made to
understand and eradicate at least some of the more correctable reasons for crime in our global
society.
4019.3 Evaluations of pre sentence reports in Victoria, Australia, P. Brown, Children's Court
Clinic, Melbourne, Australia
Sir John Starke’s Sentencing Committee in Victoria commissioned Government psychological
research to evaluate pre-sentence reports in Victoria. The findings were confined to a Government
publication but bear dissemination, because, although the research took place in the late 80’s, it is
arguable that the findings are no less applicable today. Two studies were undertaken, one of the
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