Davod HosseinPour; Fatemeh Shams
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Nowadays, particular attention and investment on positive aspects is necessary for organizations success. In this regard, positive organizational behavior and its various aspects create psychological capital which, in researchers' view, can provide competitive advantage for organizations. Obtaining competitive ...
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Nowadays, particular attention and investment on positive aspects is necessary for organizations success. In this regard, positive organizational behavior and its various aspects create psychological capital which, in researchers' view, can provide competitive advantage for organizations. Obtaining competitive advantage is of high importance and priority for organization in different industries. With regard to high completion in food industries and based on thorough investigations, Kaleh food industries, known as a famous brand inside and outside Iran, were selected as the case study.The data collection instrument was questionnaire. The Reliability and Validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and Construct and Content Reliability, respectively. For data analysis, correlation coefficient, average test and t-test were calculated, and construct equation modeling was presented. The findings of the study confirmed the significant effect of all four dimensions of positive organizational behavior on competitive advantage.
Tooraj Hassanzadeh Samarin; Sepideh Sefidkar
Volume 23, Issue 76 , January 2015, , Pages 141-155
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The aim of this study was evaluating the relationship between Organizational Virtuousness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Rasht Municipalities’ employees. The research method in terms of purpose applied and in terms of method was descriptive research and correlation type, and required ...
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The aim of this study was evaluating the relationship between Organizational Virtuousness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Rasht Municipalities’ employees. The research method in terms of purpose applied and in terms of method was descriptive research and correlation type, and required data have been collected using questionnaires and survey method. Rasht Municipalities’ Managers and experts (257 people) were selected as the target population and the sample size was set equal to 154 by using Cochran's formula. The gathered Questionnaires and data were analyzed by SPSS Software through simple linear and multiple regression tests. The results showed that there was a positive significant relationship (correlation coefficient 60.3) between organizational virtue and citizenship behavior of employees of municipality districts of Rasht. Moreover, investigating aspects of organizational virtue with citizenship behavior showed that optimism (17.1), compassion (20.5), honesty (27.9), and generosity (14.4) could explain organizational citizenship behavior of municipality districts of Rasht.
Davood Hosseinpour; Hossein Alizadeh
Volume 21, Issue 69 , January 2013, , Pages 95-119
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Psychological Capital on teleworking adoption. The methodology of this study for purpose is implication and descriptive-survey type. The statistical society of this research was Ministry of Mine, Industry and Business. The data was gathered via standard ...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Psychological Capital on teleworking adoption. The methodology of this study for purpose is implication and descriptive-survey type. The statistical society of this research was Ministry of Mine, Industry and Business. The data was gathered via standard questionnaires were distributed among teleworkers (n=84) and non-teleworkers (n=266) randomly selected from the society, validity and reliability of those questionnaire was measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. Data analysis was performed by SPSS and LISREL software packages utilizing statistical tests such as: K-S test and Structural Equations Modeling.The findings showed Psychological Capital effects on teleworking adoption. We also showed that only two dimensions of Psychological Capital (hope and optimism) affected on teleworking adoption