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Hasan Ghalavandi, Peyman Yar-Mohammad-Zadeh , Hasan Ali Bakhtiar Nasrabadi , Vahid Soltan-Zadeh, Yousof Pashazadeh,
Volume 24, Issue 3 (12-2011)
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This study tries to investigate the relationship between happiness, mental health and family satisfaction among the employees of Azaran Gas Valve Company in Esfahan. The statistical population consists of 150 employees of the fore-mentioned company examined through census method. The research tools used consisted of Fordyce standard tests, MMPI-2 mental health test, and MSI marriage satisfaction test. Reliability of the tests was measured through Cronbach alpha coefficient showing them to be respectively 0.84, 0.95 and 0.90. The results revealed that the level of happiness in the company was optimal. Happiness among the personnel of different units of the company varied and the average level of happiness in the technical units was higher than those of other units. The level of employees’ mental health was evaluated as satisfactory and mental illness cases in all question items were not more than 5 percent. The level of marriage satisfaction was relatively good. As far as the family relations were concerned, dissatisfaction with children, role orientation, financial problems and conventionalization (unreal dissatisfaction) are some parameters requiring special trainings among the employees or their spouses.
Mohammad Javad Hozoori, Mohammad Ali Sarlak, Ali Asghar Pourezzat, Nasrin Mohammad Alipour,
Volume 27, Issue 2 (5-2014)
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Increasing tendencies to the subject of novice organizations and clamorous reputation of these organization has leaded lots of directors of today's organization to establish one of the kind and so many claim they have succeeded in establishing these organizations.That to confirm or reject the validity of these claims is one of the subjects that causes directors to avoid symbolizing concept and to step forward to institutionalize them.Justice-oriented organization is one of the these current new and popular organizations which is exposed to be damaged.The purpose of this research is to present a new model for evaluating amount of justice deployment in organizations which is attainable by utilizing four perspectives of organization in Kaplan and Norton balanced score card model. Regarding the purpose of this study, this research can be considered as a developmental assessment research.In this study because of pluralism, both qualitative and quantitative approach are applied. To design and explain the model,Delphi method which is a qualitative approach has been used .This research predicates an organizational vast level due to focusing on organizations and characteristic of justice- oriented organization and its result is reliable on vast level.
Alireza Rahdary, Mostafa Nasr,
Volume 30, Issue 2 (Summer 2017)
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Global expansion and diversification of think tanks has demonstrated their potentials to affect public policy and administration as well as development management in different countries. The purpose of this research is to examine the challenges of think tanks in Iranian government agencies from 2007 to 2016. The data gathering technique was descriptive and survey oriented; besides, it was an applied, quantitative-qualitative research. Experts in think tanks composed the population of the study, from among of whom 15 subjects were selected as the sample. To collect data, structured and semi-structured questionnaires were used. Data analysis using Fuzzy Delphi method, suggests that the Iranian think tanks are faced with eight major challenges including: lack of theoretical knowledge, lack of appropriate client for ideas, lack of proper training, organizational ineffective structures not giving way to new ideas to bring about change, senior managers’ feeling of superiority and disregarding new ideas, absence of clear orientation and strict policy-making, lack of clear strategies, and lack of willingness among senior managers to support think tanks.
Samira Kolbehdari, Mohammadhossein Sobhiyah, Seyed Nasrollah Ebrahimi,
Volume 30, Issue 3 (Autumn 2017)
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The system of governance in mega-projects, which is implemented when a variety of companies under a consortium agreement play a role, can affect the performance and success of the consortiums. According to the literature and the present research gap, it became clear that one of the key factors influencing success is having a proper and well-defined governance system. The purpose of this study is to get a better understanding of the components of the governance system in mega multi-firm projects in consortiums and its impact on participation. Using qualitative and exploratory research methods, six upstream consortiums in South Pars Company were investigated and content analysis was used to analyze the data and to reach the relationships among them. Governance characteristics and process mechanisms are identified as the two components of governance. Following that, the consequences of the existing governance resulting from these two elements are presented. Finally, ten interpretations of the results are put forward.
Ahmad Afkhami, Ali Nasr Isfahani, Mahdi Abzari, Hadi Teimouri,
Volume 31, Issue 3 (Autumn 2018)
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Employer-supported volunteering (ESV) has recently been a topic of growing importance in academic papers and workplaces throughout the world. Regardless of the kind of voluntary program or type of industry, participation in volunteering, in addition to creating a community advantage, has benefits both for employees and employers. The primary purpose of this study is to explore the antecedents of employee participation in ESV. In this regard, by searching for related key words in Scopus and Web of Science databases, 49 quantitative and qualitative articles in English were selected and reviewed and using the CASP tool, the unrelated and non-relevant articles were removed. Research results, based on the 19 final codes obtained from these studies show that the antecedents of ESV can be classified into three categories: individual, organizational, and environmental. At the individual level, the antecedents are demographic factors, self-oriented motivators, values, and personality attributes. Organizational factors include employees' working time, type of organization, size of the organization, organizational culture, meaningfulness of the voluntary project, volunteering program management, employer support and volunteering recognition by the organization. Finally, the pressure of stakeholders and the government's support for ESV are among the environmental factors.
Nima Ranji Jafroodi, Pedram Nasrollahi Moghaddam,
Volume 33, Issue 3 (Autumn 2020)
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Capable human resources are highly important because they are rare and irreplaceable. Hence, organizations do their best to maintain the skillful members and to improve their commitment. The purpose of this article is to study the impact of perceived social responsibility on emotional commitment on the basis of mediating role of employee-organization compatibility, organizational identity and perceived organizational support. Data were collected from a sample size of 177 employees of Anzali Port Free Zone Organization and the structural equations method was applied to analyze the acquired data. Results show that the impact of perceived social responsibility on perceived employee-organization compatibility is positively significant. The same is true with the impact of employee-organization compatibility on organizational identity and perceived organizational support. Moreover, findings show that organizational identity and perceived organizational support have positive and significant impact on employees’ emotional commitment. Finally, the impact of organizational identity and perceived organizational support as a mediating variable between employee-organization compatibility and employees’ emotional commitment is positively significant.
Shohreh Nasri, Mahdieh Farazkish,
Volume 35, Issue 3 (Autumn 2022)
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Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the achievement of goals and the quantitative indicators of higher education focusing on capacity building and human resource development according to the Sixth Development Plan and at the same time, highlighting key lessons as to the preparation of documents for the Seventh Development Plan.
Methodology: Using the Design Science Research (DSR) methodology together with prescriptive orientation, this study applied the case study research method and documentary study to evaluate the outcomes of higher education in the Sixth Development Plan. In terms of data collection and analysis, independent samples of T-test and bibliographic method based on indexing were performed.
Findings: The findings of the study indicate that conceptually all indicators in the higher education sector have been input and/or output-oriented; however, effectiveness and outcomes have not been considered. In terms of performance review, such indicators as "share of non-governmental university students", "ratio of full-time faculty members including assistant professor and higher ranks to the total of full-time faculty members in universities affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology", as well as "number of Iranian university branches abroad" are all in a good condition; Nevertheless, the indicators "share of foreign students", "number of postgraduate students in departments of Basic Sciences" and "share of skills training" are not satisfactory.
Originality: Applying index-based and outcome-based model, the performance of the quantitative goals of higher education under the Sixth Development Plan has been evaluated for the first time in Iran. Accordingly, the research results provide policy implications for policymakers so that they may consider a more diverse range of indicators in different performance dimensions.
Esmaeil Mazroui Nasrabadi,
Volume 36, Issue 1 (Spring 2023)
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Purpose: Fourth-generation technologies with their wide range of applications and benefits have been employed in various fields. This development has also occurred in the field of healthcare. The development of 4th generation healthcare requires prominent competencies in managers of the field, which has not yet been investigated. The present study tried to identify these competencies and provide a model in this regard.
Methodology: The research was conducted in both qualitative and quantitative stages. The statistical population of the research was comprised of academicians and healthcare sector experts. The sampling method was judgmental and snowball, and the sample size was 18 in the first stage and 10 in the second. The data collection tools were semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires. Thematic analysis and fuzzy total interpretive structural modelling were applied to analyse the data.
Findings: The results of the first stage included 36 competencies among which 10 were main competencies. However, the results of the second stage show that ‘technological skills’, ‘updated general knowledge’, ‘personality traits’, and ‘technical skills’ are the most fundamental competencies.
Originality: The competencies of healthcare 4.0 managers were investigated for the first time in this research. From among 36 competencies, 15 were identified and were presented for the first time. Also, it is the first time the interpretive structural model of the competencies has been applied for healthcare 4.0 managers.
Implications: To enhance managerial competencies, in-service training, knowledge management system to acquire and disseminate knowledge, field trips and visiting top hospitals in the world, problem-solving and decision-making courses for managers, and upgrading the human resources management system to improve recruitment and coaching processes are recommended for healthcare managers.
Nahid Azimyan, Nasrin Jazani, Javad Mehrabi,
Volume 36, Issue 3 (Autumn 2023)
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the factors affecting the successful merger of Iranian state (Ministry of Sport and Youths) organizations.
Methodology: The research method was applied according to the purpose, cross-sectional according to the time of data collection, and descriptive-survey according to the data collection method. The statistical population includes all the employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, and the participants of the research are human resources specialists and experts who worked in the Ministry of Sport and Youths before and after the merger, and university experts, including professors in the field of human resources who have taught and researched in this field for at least 10 years. give Thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the collected data.
Findings: Factors affecting successful merger in state organizations were identified in 6 main factors, including individual,organizational, legal, communication, strategic, managerial, and 21 sub-indices. Paying attention to these factors, on the one hand, will reduce organizational tensions after the merger and prevent the failure of the organization after the merger. And on the other hand, it facilitates the management after the merger and increases synergy, creates unity of organizational identity and increases knowledge and awareness in this field, and can be the basis for practical, effective and successful merger.
Originality: Many studies have been conducted on the factors influencing successful integration (internal and external backgrounds) that have only measured the impact of one variable in relation to the subject in question. In fact, there is no comprehensive framework regarding the factors influencing successful integration. The contribution of the present research is that in order to achieve a correct change, the correct integration (what strategies should be used, what factors should be paid attention to and to what extent). It should be insisted that until now, in previous researches, all the influencing factors on a successful integration have not been examined in a coherent framework and there is no theoretical record in the previous literature. In general, it can be said that the contribution of this research, Presenting a coherent framework that examines all the factors affecting successful integration with thematic analysis approach, and this research has tried to help fill this gap.
Shohreh Nasri, Mercedeh Pahlavanian, Mojtaba Sharanjani, ,
Volume 36, Issue 4 (Winter 2024)
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Purpose: Considering the importance of evaluating the performance of student affairs departments in providing favorable educational facilities for students, this research intended to identify relevant indicators for Iranian universities through a comparative study as well as validated performance evaluation criteria.
Methodology: To collect the data, desk research, together with international experience were used; besides, questionnaires were administered to validate the indicators regarding the performance evaluation of student services. Also, we applied the intervention logic model and performance evaluation cycle to provide a performance evaluation framework for student affairs division.
Findings: The results of the research indicate that the functions related to the management of student affairs, according to the international experiences, are as follow: providing suitable food, providing housing services, providing suitable welfare facilities, maintaining and promoting physical and mental health and vitality, empowerment and development of students, discipline and education, providing additional educational services to students with disabilities, international student services, providing security and comfort, providing free legal advice, providing cultural and social services and providing suitable physical environment. Finally, based on the conceptual framework of the research we are presenting a set of indicators and measures are under each of the mentioned functions, which all together conform the three components of inputs, outputs, and results.
Originality: Applying a systematic and process-oriented approach, we have presented for the first time a framework for evaluating the student affairs divisions of universities based on international practice.
Implications: The suggested framework of this study can serve as a basis for appropriate policymaking for evaluating universities, allocating budgets, classifying students, and classifying services.
Hajar Mohammadi, Esmaeil Mazroui Nasrabadi, Zahra Sadeqi Arani,
Volume 36, Issue 4 (Winter 2024)
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to identify, modeling and scenario analysis of the acceptance factors of the Internet of Things in the supply chain of Iranian businesses.
Methodology: To conduct this research, we used both qualitative and quantitative strategies combined. The statistical population in both stages consisted of experts; besides, judgmental and snowball sampling methods were used. In the first stage, acceptance factors were identified through semi-structured interviews. In the second stage, using fuzzy cognitive mapping approach, the acceptance factors were modeled, and the scenario was analyzed.
Findings: The results of the first phase show 58 factors of Internet of Things acceptance, which are categorized into 17 sub-themes and 5 main themes. The second-stage results show that the theme of expertise enjoys the highest degree of influence, then the theme of technology readiness comes next. Also, the overlapping of forward and backward scenarios indicates the importance of expertise and technological readiness.
Originality: Since there is little understanding of the factors affecting the acceptance of the Internet of Things at the supply chain level of Iranian businesses, this research has been able to add to the literature of this field and to fill the gap by identifying, modeling, and analyzing the scenario of these factors.
Implications: Changing recruitment and hiring policies to find and hire qualified personnel, using in-service training tools, and having access to a technological roadmap are the most important strategies of the supply chain, which can lead to organizational expertise and readiness.
Seyed Ali Marashi, Elham Saei, Kioumars Beshlideh, Nasrin Arshadi,
Volume 37, Issue 3 (Autumn 2024)
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of leadership styles on employees' deviant behavior with the mediating role of perceived politicization and the moderating role of social support among employees working in Abadan Oil Refining Company. In the proposed research model, leadership style was the independent variable and workplace deviance functioned as the dependent variable; besides, perceived organizational politicization played the role of mediating variable.
Methodology: The method of the current research was correlational. The statistical sample consisted of 480 individuals whom we selected from among the employees of Abadan Oil Refinery Company using a multi-stage random sampling method. Using structural equation modeling, we evaluated the conceptual research model.
Findings: The results show that all the direct paths are significant, except for the transactional leadership style regarding perceived politicization. Also, the mediating effect of perceived politicization between ethical and transformational leadership styles and deviant behaviors in the workplace is significant. However, the moderating role of social support between perceived politicization and workplace deviance is not significant.
Originality: For the first time in Iran, the present research has investigated the impact of organizational leadership styles on creating a politicizing atmosphere in the organization and its ability to control this phenomenon.
