Fatemeh Mohammad Hossein Pour; Fariba Hassani; َAbdollah Shafiabady; Afsaneh Ghanbay panah
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Abstract Managerial effectiveness has always been one of the most important expectations of organizations from managers. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of teaching Neuro Linguistic Programming and transactional analysis on managerial effectiveness. The research design was quasi-experimental ...
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Abstract Managerial effectiveness has always been one of the most important expectations of organizations from managers. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of teaching Neuro Linguistic Programming and transactional analysis on managerial effectiveness. The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, control group and 2 months follow up. The population was all the middle male managers of Pars Khodro Company, and the sample consisted of 66 managers who distributed randomly in the experimental and control groups. The instruments of this study were: Gupta Management effectiveness Questionnaire, Transactional Analysis Protocol Based on Moradi, Shafiabadi and Salimi Protocol (2016) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming Protocol Based on Kajbaf, Moqaddas and Aghaei Protocol (2011). To analyze the data, repeated measures analysis of variance was used. Findings showed a significant difference between the mean of managerial effectiveness in the experimental and the control groups and showed that the Transactional analysis method has a significant effect on increasing the managerial effectiveness scores of managers; But this effect was not significant in Neuro Linguistic Programming method .Also, the pairwise comparison of the means indicated that Transactional analysis training was more effective than the Neuro Linguistic Programming training on managerial effectiveness. Therefore, it can be concluded that managers can increase their effectiveness by learning Transactional analysis techniques, and organizations can increase the productivity of their managers by holding these training courses.
Mahmood Mohammadian; Ghasem Bakhshandeh
Volume 23, Issue 75 , September 2014, , Pages 39-68
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Caused changes and evolutions in earth sphere climates and more and more pollutions of cities especially metropolises, make it necessary to review and change production and consumption plans and in this way, green products consumption instead of current non-green products is seen as one way of protecting ...
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Caused changes and evolutions in earth sphere climates and more and more pollutions of cities especially metropolises, make it necessary to review and change production and consumption plans and in this way, green products consumption instead of current non-green products is seen as one way of protecting and improving environment for next generations. Present research with objective of offering solutions to persuade consumers to purchase and use green products has identified and suggested new and comprehensive model of effective factors on consumers' attitude and green purchase intention. This research is descriptive-surveying type and its statistical society is Allameh Tabataba'i University students that data is gathered by questionnaire from 402 people. In order to analyze data, structural equation modeling (SEM), confirmative function analysis (CFA), hierarchical regression, One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and T test with two independent samples have been used. Data analysis results show positive and significant effect of “environmental attitudes”, “health consciousness”, “environmental knowledge” and “collectivism” variables on “attitude toward green products”, but “interpersonal influences” on attitude toward green products was not significant. Moreover, results showed that attitude toward green products has positive and significant effect on “green products purchasing intention” and variables of “willingness to pay” and “product perceived necessity” have been known as mediator and moderator variables, respectively. Finally, according to achieved results, solutions have been suggested to influence on consumers attitude and consequently persuade them to buy green products.
behrouz rezaee manesh
Volume 4, Issue 15 , December 1994, , Pages 39-50
ebrahim mahmoodzadeh
Volume 13, Issue 49 , August 2006, , Pages 39-55
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Speed of change in marketplace has become so rapid that the time available for organizations to plan and then implement strategy has diminished. The challenge of strategy execution is more relevant today than ever before. Most management systems were designed to meet the needs of a stable, incrementally ...
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Speed of change in marketplace has become so rapid that the time available for organizations to plan and then implement strategy has diminished. The challenge of strategy execution is more relevant today than ever before. Most management systems were designed to meet the needs of a stable, incrementally changing world, fail to meet the needs of today's dynamic economy. Strategic management is to continually manage change, risk, and knowledge sharing. The hard side of strategic management, i.e. how formulating strategy is well studied in last few decades. Now it is the soft aspects that needs more focus. Leadership,culture and team work would be more effective in successful implementation of strategy. Cascading strategy
seyed mohammad zahedi; fereshte lotfi zadeh
Volume 18, Issue 55 , September 2007, , Pages 39-64
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Recognizing and measuring of intellectual capital (IC) is on the agenda of most 21st century organizations. The purpose of this paper is to describe intellectual capital and IC elements and also to present a review of some of the most commonly known intellectual capital models. This paper, is structured ...
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Recognizing and measuring of intellectual capital (IC) is on the agenda of most 21st century organizations. The purpose of this paper is to describe intellectual capital and IC elements and also to present a review of some of the most commonly known intellectual capital models. This paper, is structured into two sections. The first section proposes definition of intellectual capital and IC elements. The second section focuses on importance of measuring intellectual capital and commonly known IC measurement models. For this, a wide review of literature was made. In almost every created intellectual capital measurement model, elements of IC are defined in three dimensions; i.e. human capital, customer capital and structural capital.
seyedeh reyhaneh seyed vakili
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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational forgetting on the knowledge management establishment. This research has survey-analytical method and is applied in terms of objective. The statistical population consists of 526 librarians and library directors at non-medical universities ...
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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational forgetting on the knowledge management establishment. This research has survey-analytical method and is applied in terms of objective. The statistical population consists of 526 librarians and library directors at non-medical universities of Tehran and then 169 subjects are selected based on random sampling and Morgan table and studied by the questionnaire. Pearson correlation coefficient is utilized for data analysis and then the construct validity of research variables and its derived indices are investigated by confirmatory factor analysis test. . The results suggest that organizational forgetting (deliberately) to create, store, share and apply knowledge and forgetfulness unintended positive effect of these factors has a negative effect. In conclusion, based on test results made recommendations regarding the use of incentive mechanisms and reform of business processes and management of libraries provided by librarians who use them will result library to the knowledge of more.
mehdi deyhimpuor
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Each stakeholder of each organization uses any means to achieve their goals, one of which is controversy in order to achieve the desired result. Therefore, the present study aims to manage Commotion-Goal with emphasis on organizational transparency and social capital variables that are applied in terms ...
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Each stakeholder of each organization uses any means to achieve their goals, one of which is controversy in order to achieve the desired result. Therefore, the present study aims to manage Commotion-Goal with emphasis on organizational transparency and social capital variables that are applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method, descriptive-survey is. The statistical population of the study consisted of 385 employees of governmental organizations of Mazandaran province. They were selected using simple random sampling method and based on Morgan table, 191 individuals were selected. The data collection tool was a questionnaire whose reliability and validity were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability, and confirmed by professors and experts familiar with the subject. Data analysis was done by SPSS and PLS software. The findings of structural equation modeling showed that all the paths from organizational transparency and social capital to the management of commotion-goal as well as the path of organizational transparency through the mediating variable of social capital on the commotion-goal are significant and the relationships between them are confirmed and it can be concluded that investment on social capital along with organizational transparency, it can help manage the commotion-goal of individuals.
Hadi Teimouri; Parisa Heidari
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Nowadays, with the competitiveness of organizations and the increasing complexity, creativity is an important factor for gaining competitive advantage in the global arena and the attention of creative people to achieving creative solutions is of particular importance and in situations where economic ...
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Nowadays, with the competitiveness of organizations and the increasing complexity, creativity is an important factor for gaining competitive advantage in the global arena and the attention of creative people to achieving creative solutions is of particular importance and in situations where economic crises Each organizational entity will be the presence of creative staff as the main organization of the organization and can guide the situation in an appropriate direction. Therefore, it is important to review it. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of the loneliness on creativity in the workplace through mediation of job engagement. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of collecting data, survey-descriptive. The statistical population of this research is the staff of the central directorate of Iran Insurance in Isfahan Province. Simple random sampling was used. To analyze the data collected and to test the research hypotheses, PLS 2.0 software was used. The results indicate that the variable of emotional loneliness and social loneliness on creativity in the workplace has a negative and significant effect, and also loneliness in the workplace on creativity has a negative and significant effect through the mediating factor of job engagement.
ezat -o- llah asghari zadeh; rahim ehsani; farah -o- llah vali poor halabi; saeed modir zare
Volume 20, Issue 60 , April 2009, , Pages 40-56
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Using the scientific decision making methods is one of the basic part of the management in every organizations. Nowadays scientific survey of the organizations performance is one of the most important problems of the managers. The efficient evaluation can be used for determining the strength and weakness ...
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Using the scientific decision making methods is one of the basic part of the management in every organizations. Nowadays scientific survey of the organizations performance is one of the most important problems of the managers. The efficient evaluation can be used for determining the strength and weakness points. VIKOR is one of the methods of performance evaluation for helping managers in optimal decision making that has some advantages in compare of other techniques. At first this Article explain the Decision Making models then the VIKOR method is explained and compared with other methods and at last the research groups in the Engineering Research Institute are ranked with VIKOR and others methods. The VIKOR technique can be used in other organizations that have similar specifications with the sample organization
ali khaaki firouzabadi
Volume 5, Issue 19 , December 1995, , Pages 41-53
naser mirsepasi
Volume 6, Issue 23.24 , March 1999, , Pages 41-62
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In recent years vast argument has been developed on the subject or selection or an appropriate model for economic development. There arc several conflicting views on this matter, opposing social justice ...
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In recent years vast argument has been developed on the subject or selection or an appropriate model for economic development. There arc several conflicting views on this matter, opposing social justice with economic development.
It is claimed that government controlled economy ts concerned basically with social justice, contrary to, free market economy, which is more concerned with economic development.
IL is tried, in this article. based on Henry Mintzber g view. to suggest that government controlled economy and free market economy are not located at the extreme ends of a continuum. They are so close to each other that resemble the two ends or a horseshoe.
Based on this view a proper model for development is not any of these two; but
somewhere in between, regarding the environmental condition, particularly if there arc professional manager Lo handle both the economic aspect as well as social responsibility
Regarding the importance of having professional managers it is tried to explain the concept of profession and the criteria for professional development. Regarding to the model, the proper mixes of government controlled and free market economy model with emphasis on the necessity for professional managers.
With regard to the political and development status of the country and also cultural aspects of mutual confidence, two matrices are presented and it is claimed that these contingencies dictate the proper model.
marzieh mokhtaaripour; seyed ali siadat; shole amiri
Volume 13, Issue 52 , February 2007, , Pages 41-56
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Nowadays adaptive changes are one of the main requirements of the effective permanence and competition. In order to organizations be able to remain in a challenging and competitive today's environment, those need staff and managers adaptable. Leading an organization to adapt with changes and for permanence ...
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Nowadays adaptive changes are one of the main requirements of the effective permanence and competition. In order to organizations be able to remain in a challenging and competitive today's environment, those need staff and managers adaptable. Leading an organization to adapt with changes and for permanence and growth in new environments needs special characteristics that generally challenge manager's abilities. One of the most important abilities that can help leaders and managers to answer these changes is emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a subject that tries to describe and interpret the effect of emotions and feelings in human abilities. Managers who have emotional intelligence are effective leader
behruz hadi zenuz
Volume 2, Issue 5 , June 1992, , Pages 41-68
Hosein Damghanian; ERFAN Shahbaz
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Among the issues that threaten organizations today are the issue of organizational silence, career plateau and its impact on the organization and human resources. Researchers consider organizational silence to refrain from expressing ideas, Comments and information about organizational problems. But ...
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Among the issues that threaten organizations today are the issue of organizational silence, career plateau and its impact on the organization and human resources. Researchers consider organizational silence to refrain from expressing ideas, Comments and information about organizational problems. But career plateau is defined as a stage in which employees, without regard to the current job and a very long timeframe, have little chance for improvement. Discussion of the career plateau and organizational silence in management of today have a special place, but in many cases the role of these factors in the organization is ignored. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of descriptive-correlation method. The population consists of 127 staff of Kermanshah water organization. A questionnaire was used to collect data. PLS2 software was used to analyze the data. Finally, the findings indicate that staff have career plateau and organizational silence. Also it was found that career plateau caused organizational silence. Also results showed that career plateau caused organizational silence by Mediation role of motivation.
Seyed Najmoudin Mousavi; Hamed Ghasempour; Ali Shariatnejad
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the researchers used standard questionnaires that had already been approved for their reliability and validity to the study field, ie Ilam Power Distribution Company to distribute and collect the desired meter. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling based on the least squares ...
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the researchers used standard questionnaires that had already been approved for their reliability and validity to the study field, ie Ilam Power Distribution Company to distribute and collect the desired meter. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling based on the least squares approach using Smart PLS software. The results showed that all the relationships of the drawn path have been confirmed in the conceptual model. Accordingly, perceived organizational support and the support of perceived colleagues have a positive and significant relationship in the occurrence of pioneering behaviors and atmosphere. Also, the relationship atmosphere has a positive and significant effect on the emergence of pioneering behaviors of the company's employees. Finally, perceived organizational support and perceived peer support through the relationship variable have a positive and indirect effect on the emergence of pioneering behaviors. The results of this research will have innovations in the field of reflecting pioneering behaviors in the organization environment and will help managers and employees in understanding and introducing such behaviors and their causes as motivators of pioneering action.
saeed Hadavand; Afsaneh Zamani Moghadam; Ali Taghipoor Zahir, Ali
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The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the needs of senior managers of Iran's telecommunications industry. For this purpose, the mixed research method was used. In this way, in the qualitative part of the research and in order to be aware of the activities of managers, a semi-structured ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the needs of senior managers of Iran's telecommunications industry. For this purpose, the mixed research method was used. In this way, in the qualitative part of the research and in order to be aware of the activities of managers, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 17 experts. Research, organizational architecture and planning, organization and supervision "and 35 sub-activities were identified.In the quantitative part of the research and based on the findings of the qualitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed and performed on a sample of 172 managers who were selected by non-probabilistic sampling method. To ensure the validity of the questionnaire, experts were asked to comment on the content of the questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess the validity of the questionnaire and its reliability was calculated to be 0.91, which indicates the validity of the questionnaire. The identified needs were analyzed using SPss24 software. A one-way chi-square test was used to identify the appropriate method to meet the identified needs. Based on the kjhd [obtained], all identified methods to meet the needs were approved.
Mohammad Vakili; Hamed Dehghanan; Hossein Rahmanseresht; Vahid Khashei Varnamkhasti
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Today, the use of strategy consultancy in most organizations is not a choice, but a necessity. Strategy consultants have irreplaceable role in the success of organizations. Competency and competency-based management has been considered widely in recent years. Despite this fact, less attention has been ...
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Today, the use of strategy consultancy in most organizations is not a choice, but a necessity. Strategy consultants have irreplaceable role in the success of organizations. Competency and competency-based management has been considered widely in recent years. Despite this fact, less attention has been paid to competencies of strategy consultants. This study aims to discover the competencies, determine the relative importance of each competency and finally suggest a comprehensive competency model for strategy consultants. So a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) research was conducted. At the first stage (qualitative research) based on the data approach of Glaser grounded theory and through deep interviews with 21 experts in strategy consulting, 25 competencies of strategy consultants were identified. At the second stage (quantitative research), by fuzzy Dematel method, relative importance of these competencies and the relationships between them have been identified and finally a comprehensive model has been presented. Among the important results of this research is that at the level of main categories, personality competencies and at the level of sub-categories, management and organizational knowledge, strategic thinking, mindfulness and leading the leaders are of the highest importance and effectiveness.
kamran feyzi; rahman purdehzad
Volume 13, Issue 51 , November 2006, , Pages 44-57
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Using descriptive survey method and applying existing literature, questionnaires and interviews with experts in medical informatics area, this study attempted to assess the barriers and challenges in implementing el-lealth system in Iran. The elements of Ehealth are explained Based on existing literatures ...
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Using descriptive survey method and applying existing literature, questionnaires and interviews with experts in medical informatics area, this study attempted to assess the barriers and challenges in implementing el-lealth system in Iran. The elements of Ehealth are explained Based on existing literatures and the results of exploratory interviews with Ehealth experts and authorities in Iran. Accordingly, five hypotheses were designed. By distributing 25 questionnaires among an available sample of Iranian Ehealth experts, validity of the hypothesizes have been tested. At the end, as a result, some suggestions to health authorities and researches are offered.
nasrolah ghafari
Volume 3, Issue 9 , June 1993, , Pages 45-67
seyed mohammad zahedi; ali entezari harsini
Volume 18, Issue 56 , January 2008, , Pages 45-70
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Knowledge culture as one of the most important factors affecting on knowledge management, describes values and beliefs about creating, sharing and implementing knowledge. It plays a basic role in successfulness of knowledge management. Hence, assessing knowledge culture, creating and reinforcing of relevant ...
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Knowledge culture as one of the most important factors affecting on knowledge management, describes values and beliefs about creating, sharing and implementing knowledge. It plays a basic role in successfulness of knowledge management. Hence, assessing knowledge culture, creating and reinforcing of relevant values and activities to knowledge management is very important. In this research, following an extensive review of literature of knowledge management, dimension of knowledge culture categorized in three general areas of creating, sharing and implementing as well as criteria of: personal beliefs, commitment, knowledge sharing as a source of power, freedom of action v.s. control, and senior management support. Based on these criteria an instrument for assessing knowledge culture was composed and used for measurement and comparison of knowledge culture in three organizations. According to the results, concluding remarks for enhancing dimension of knowledge culture were made at the end.
Mohammad Montazeri; Lili Ferdosipour
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A factor that can be effective in improving job performance is having a healthy organization with an empowered subset. The purpose of present study is Investigating the effect of organizational health on employee job performance with explaining the mediating role of empowerment. In addition, the theoretical ...
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A factor that can be effective in improving job performance is having a healthy organization with an empowered subset. The purpose of present study is Investigating the effect of organizational health on employee job performance with explaining the mediating role of empowerment. In addition, the theoretical literature and testing the hypotheses of the study have also been reviewed. In the frame of a survey, to select sample from the population including the entire staffs of executive entities of Sirjan city, 274 people were selected as the sample by random stratified method. After questionnaire distribution, for data analyzing was applied in two descriptive and inferential statistics levels. The construct validity was confirmed by factor analysis. Reliability of the instrument was calculated as 0.897 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. In order to analyze data, statistical tests Parametric tests of t, correlation coefficient and structural equation model were applied by using the software LISREL. The results indicate the presence of a significant relation between organizational health and job performance, between organizational health and staffs empowering, as well as between empowering staffs and job performance of staffs.
Zahra Rahmati; Ali reza Shirvani; Mohammad reza Dalvi
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Today, technology and its developments have become one of the most important elements of the strategic environment of the organization. What is causing concern among the managers of organizations is the prevalence of cyberloafing in organizations. Surely the cyberloafing phenomenon has consequences for ...
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Today, technology and its developments have become one of the most important elements of the strategic environment of the organization. What is causing concern among the managers of organizations is the prevalence of cyberloafing in organizations. Surely the cyberloafing phenomenon has consequences for the company in terms of cost and loss of working hours but if done properly and toward the goals of the organization, it can lead to positive results. The purpose of this study is to identify the causes and consequences of cyberloafing and to provide strategies for better management of this phenomenon. The research method is divided into two parts: qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative research was done by interview with thirteen staff members who provided sufficient information in the field. They were interviewed and a paradigm model was obtained by using the data theory approach. In the quantitative section, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to test the model. Its validity was confirmed by the supervisors and advisors. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to be 0.866 for reliability. A total of 363 questionnaires were randomly distributed among the employees of government agencies. In the qualitative part, the factors that have contributed to the prevalence of cyberloafing, and the consequences are also classified into three groups: individual, group, organizational. For cyberloafing management, strategies for managing organizational resources and evaluating the performance and design of management mechanisms, deductions, proper use of the internet and job satisfaction were suggested.In the quantitative part, the hypotheses from the model have been confirmed
Mansooreh Moeini Korbekandi; Gholamali Tabarsa
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The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on work engagement with the mediating role of structural empowerment. The study in terms of purpose is practical and in terms of methods of data collection is survey from group of descriptive researches. The statistical ...
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The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on work engagement with the mediating role of structural empowerment. The study in terms of purpose is practical and in terms of methods of data collection is survey from group of descriptive researches. The statistical population is staff employed at deputy for management development and resources of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance 200 persons, the number of sample is 80 persons. The tool of data collection is questionnaire of transformational leadership provided by Rafferty & Griffin (2004) and questionnaire of structural empowerment provided by Jáimez Román & Bretones (2013) and questionnaire of work engagement provided by Schaufeli et al. (2006). Data analysis was performed with Structural Equation Modeling approach (SEM) with partial least squares method through Smart-PLS3 software. The findings of this study showed that proposed research model is validated and based on it; transformational leadership has led to structural empowerment and this has an impact on work engagement. Also, structural empowerment variable plays an intermediary role in the relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement.IntroductionThe present study investigated the effect of transformational leadership on work engagement with the mediating role of structural empowerment.Materials and MethodsThe study, in terms of purpose, is practical, and in terms of data collection methods is a survey from a group of descriptive researchers. The statistical population is staff employed as deputies for management development and resources of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance 200 persons, the number of the sample is 80 persons. The tool of data collection is the questionnaire on transformational leadership provided by Rafferty & Griffin (2004), and questionnaire on structural empowerment provided by Jáimez Román & Bretones (2013), and the questionnaire on work engagement provided by Schaufeli et al. (2006). Data analysis was performed using the Structural Equation Modeling approach (SEM) with the partial least squares method through Smart-PLS3 software. Discussion and ResultsThe findings of this study showed that the proposed research model is validated, and based on it, transformational leadership has led to structural empowerment, which impacts work engagement. Also, the structural empowerment variable is an intermediary in the relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement.ConclusionsThese findings can help managers use the interaction between these constructs to develop training programs that increase work engagement. On the other hand, the effect of improving transformational leadership abilities among leaders not only increases employee engagement but also increases their performance, which is considered a bonus for the organization.
Ali Shaemi; Sayyed Mohsen Allameh; Mahboobeh Askari
Volume 22, Issue 70 , July 2013, , Pages 47-75
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Nowadays, Talent Management Development is one of the most important business factors and a key component of sustaining competitive advantage of organizations. Implementing talent management strategy is one of the important factors affecting on Emotional Intelligence. The present study has examined the ...
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Nowadays, Talent Management Development is one of the most important business factors and a key component of sustaining competitive advantage of organizations. Implementing talent management strategy is one of the important factors affecting on Emotional Intelligence. The present study has examined the relation of talent management strategy and Emotional Intelligence in Isfahan municipality's staff. Sweem's model is used for measuring Talent Management strategy and, the proposed model of the researcher have been used for measuring Emotional Intelligence. The research Population has included all of the municipality's staff with diploma degree and upper. The sample number was 217 employees. Analyzing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) has been applied for the test of hypotheses. The results of the research indicate the positive and significant relation of talent management strategy with emotional intelligence. Furthermore, "Open climate and culture", "Communications", "Performance management", "Employee development" and "Reward and recognition" have shown the positive and significant relation with emotional intelligence
Iraj Soltani; Reihaneh Bahrami Nejad Joneghani
Volume 21, Issue 67 , April 2012, , Pages 47-64
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The formation bases of a community are shared understanding, similar perspective, and shared beliefs and values. Information conveyance is one of the mechanisms of providing a shared language and its responsibility lies on the shoulder of all authorities and employees. There is a group of people playing ...
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The formation bases of a community are shared understanding, similar perspective, and shared beliefs and values. Information conveyance is one of the mechanisms of providing a shared language and its responsibility lies on the shoulder of all authorities and employees. There is a group of people playing roles in effective information conveyance systems in order to create a shared mentality. Such a mentality is one of the factors of creating organizational cooperation for the achievement of goals. The presence of an organizationally shared mental framework means the transference of the organization's main concerns into different organizational layers (managers, employees, experts, operators and repairmen) which need nearly same reactions. In today's business, the presence of an organizationally shared mental framework, as a capability, plays a vital role in competitive advantage. The present study aims at investigating the level of significance of the company's major issues from the viewpoint of the managers, employees, experts, operators and repairmen as well as the level of shared understanding of Mobarakeh Steel Company's major issues in 2011.Asample of 246 people has been randomly selected from amongst the statically population of 650 managers, employees, experts, operators and repairmen of the company. A questionnaire, related to the shared understanding of the organization's major issues, was devised and after the process of data collection, these data was submitted to and analyzed by using T-test, TUKEY test and ANOVA. The findings of the study suggest that, in general, the employees' shared understanding of the major issues gets to 76.01%.The investigation of the test's internal validity suggests that the reliability of the questionnaire is 0.979.
