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Purpose
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between employer and employees in a public power sector undertaking through the validation of CODE (compensation, organizational justice, dispute resolution and employee empowerment) and PLE (workforce productivity, employee loyalty and employee engagement) model.


Design/methodology/approach
A hypothesized research model was developed and validated by using structural equation modeling (AMOS 20). In total, 303 responses were accumulated by administering a structured questionnaire among the employees of a state-owned power sector.


Findings
The results revealed that a harmonious climate of employee relations is prevailing in the public power utility. Additionally, the findings suggest that the CODE and PLE model of employee relations are found to be positive and significant by investigating the impact of compensation, organizational justice, dispute resolution and employee empowerment as the predictors; and workforce productivity, employee loyalty and employee engagement as the critical outcomes of employee relations.


Practical implications
The study recommends some plausible insights for practitioners, decision-makers and policy formulators to develop strategies and policies for nurturing congenial employee relations and also to cultivate a facilitative work environment for generating contented and competent manpower.


Originality/value
Validation of CODE and PLE model of employee relations in the new perspective of power sector undertaking is an epoch-making and novel contribution that offers significant empirical evidence to the extant literature. Moreover, the exploration of employer–employee relations in this context is a unique and innovative effort toward existing research.

THE GROWTH OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE DOCTRINES IN THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES DURING THE 1830S AND 1840S DESTROYED THE REMNANTS OF 'COMMISSARIAT MENTALITY'. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE REBUILDING OF THE CASE FOR GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE VICTORIAN ECONOMY. DEMANDS FOR EXCLUSIVE COLONIAL CONTRACTS FOR RAILWAY MATERIAL LED TO A CONTRACT IN JANUARY 1872, THE BEGINNING OF A POLICY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TARIFF.

Mathematical modeling of water quality in rivers is an important tool for the planning and management of water resources. Nevertheless, the available models frequently show structural and functional limitations. With the objective of reducing these drawbacks, a new model has been developed to simulate water quality in rivers under unsteady conditions; this model runs on the Vensim PLE® software and can also be operated for steady-state conditions. The following eighteen water quality variables can be simulated: DO, BODc, organic nitrogen (No), ammonia nitrogen (Na), nitrite (Ni), nitrate (Nn), organic and inorganic phosphorus (Fo and Fi, respectively), inorganic solids (Si), phytoplankton (F), zooplankton (Z), bottom algae (A), detritus (D), total coliforms (TC), alkalinity (Al.), total inorganic carbon (TIC), pH, and temperature (T). Methane as well as nitrogen and phosphorus compounds that are present in the aerobic and anaerobic layers of the sediment can also be simulated. Several scenarios were generated for computational simulations produced using the new model by using the QUAL2K program, and, when possible, analytical solutions. The results obtained using the new model strongly supported the results from the QUAL family and analytical solutions.

This work aims to investigate the effects of input enhancement vs. input flood on noticing and grammatical development in Chinese learners of Portuguese as a foreign language. Thirty-six participants were divided in two groups: the experimental group (n = 18) performed a reading task with enhanced input and the control group (n = 18) read the same text without enhancement. The target form was the present subjunctive used in three specific contexts. A pretest/ posttest design was used, and four eye tracking measures were selected (first fixation duration, gaze duration, total fixation duration and fixation count). Grammar correction increased significantly in the posttest of both groups. In the unenhanced group (i.e., input flood group) learners' noticing on the target-form was significantly higher through first fixation duration. Thus, the input enhancement hypothesis (Sharwood Smith, 1991, 1993) was not confirmed, as enhancement did not promote noticing nor a deeper processing of the input. Pedagogical implications of this research are discussed.

In Brazilian universities, some policies resulting from globalization processes, among them the internationalization of Higher Education, have resulted in other public policies on the implementation of these policies. Although there is a worldwide academic policy that favors the monopoly of English, according to Hamel (2013), foreign students in Brazilian universities face the challenges of the Brazilian academic literacy. Thus, in order to contribute to these policies, especially the internationalization of universities, Killner and Furtoso (2016) developed material for foreign postgraduate students. This material constitutes a Didactic Manual for the teaching of PFL in academic context and is composed of four Didactic Units (Summary, Review, Oral Presentation and Academic Article). In this context, we aim to develop understandings about the didactic unit referring to the genre academic article. We understand that there are literacies related to social, cultural and ideological contexts, rather than a single, neutral literacy (Street, 1984, 1993, 2014; Street; Lefstein, 2007).

Six enfants d'intelligence normale ayant présenté un retard grave d'apparition de la parole ont été examinés à l'aide d'épreuves « verbales » et « non-verbales ».
Leurs scores aux épreuves « verbales » sont médiocres. En revanche, leur réussite aux sub tests de performance du W.I.S.C. conduit à l'hypothèse d'un phénomène de compensation.
Cette hypothèse n'est pas vérifiée à propos des autres épreuves « non- verbales » où les résultats sont très médiocres.
On cherche alors à expliquer ces échecs en dégageant le rôle et l'intervention explicites du langage dans une batterie d'épreuves « non-verbales ».
Les raisons pour lesquelles les subtests de performance du W.I.S.C. sont néanmoins réussis restent à éclaircir.

Does news users' commentary contribute to widening the diversity of viewpoints represented in the news? This article comparatively analyses the interpretations of the current financial crisis in the online coverage of five German newspapers and the subsequent commentary of news users. Using an innovative strategy to identify the interpretative repertoires constructed by news and user frames, it assesses how user commentary deviates from those viewpoints represented in the news. Findings show that user accounts mostly remain within the wider interpretative repertoires offered by the media. However, they utilize media frame fragments rather freely to construct their own views, shifting focus and elaborating upon new aspects. While no consistent alternative repertoires were constructed, users thus valuably complemented the diversity of concerns discussed on news websites.