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.
Bahman Hajipour; Morteza Kord
Volume 21, Issue 64 , August 2011, , Pages 141-166
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Pursuit of superior financial performance is one of the most important issues for firms and management researchers. This study examines the relationship among organizational learning, innovation and financial performance, and that whether this relationship improves in the context ...
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Pursuit of superior financial performance is one of the most important issues for firms and management researchers. This study examines the relationship among organizational learning, innovation and financial performance, and that whether this relationship improves in the context of strategic alliances. We tested our model on a sample of 105 partnering firms, applying structural equation modeling based onPartial Least Squares (PLS) methodology. Results suggest a significant and positive relationship among organizational learning, innovation and financial performance. Also, it is manifested that this relationships becomes stronger in cases of firms partnering together.
Volume 20, Issue 62 , September 2010, , Pages 143-162
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Rapid changes and the dynamics of competitive markets now more than ever necessitate the urge to achieve flexibility in organizations. Flexibility is not a spontaneous phenomenon, so organizations shouldidentify the factors generating flexibility and develop them. This study focuses on ...
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Rapid changes and the dynamics of competitive markets now more than ever necessitate the urge to achieve flexibility in organizations. Flexibility is not a spontaneous phenomenon, so organizations shouldidentify the factors generating flexibility and develop them. This study focuses on the identification and declaration of these factors, and explains the influence of flexibility on organizational performance. In this study, first the present models and frameworks of flexibility are reviewed. Then the necessary organizational and managerial capabilities for organizational flexibility are identified and different types of flexibility in the organizations are classified. As a result a pattern for organizational flexibility is presented in which therelationship between organizational flexibility and organizational performance is declared. It is believed that according to this pattern, flexibility can be measured and promoted. In conclusion, the influence of five organizational capabilities, including specifications of management team, the pattern of decision making, organizational culture, environmental scanning, and organizational identity, is approved, and also the effect of organizational flexibility on organizational performance, including the two dimensions of operational flexibility and strategic flexibility is clarified.
Morteza Maroufani Asl; Golamreza Tavakoli; Hasan Farsijani; Mohammad Hossin Karimi Gavareshiki
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Business model innovation is a prominent topic in the field of management. The importance of this concept for complex defense product developers is also increasing. This study analyzes the relationships structure of "internal drivers of business model innovation" for developers of complex defense products. ...
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Business model innovation is a prominent topic in the field of management. The importance of this concept for complex defense product developers is also increasing. This study analyzes the relationships structure of "internal drivers of business model innovation" for developers of complex defense products. After identifying the drivers, with the participation of 12 experts - who were selected through purposive sampling - and using the method of interpretive structural modeling, the framework of relationships "internal drivers of business model innovation" for these organizations, designed. Drivers related to "governance and policies" and "organizational leadership" (at the first level) were identified as the most important drivers in this context, which, affect other drivers by influencing the drivers of "human capital" and "financial resources" (at the second level). At the third level were the drivers related to "Research, Knowledge, Technological and Product Innovations", "Production and Operations", "Supply and CIntroductionThe business model innovation drivers have been introduced as one of the main streams of research in business model innovation. However, not much knowledge has been developed regarding these drivers. The few kinds of research conducted in the field of innovation drivers of business models have mainly investigated the external drivers of business model innovation. Also, the studies conducted in this field often focus on service companies and organizations active in the mass production of consumer products. However, no comprehensive study has been observed in the field of innovation drivers of business models of organizations developing complex products, especially in the defense industry - which has different conditions. The environment of this industry has changed in recent years. The drivers of the strategic environment of the defense industries have made this industry, based on the logic of knowledge-based defense, put a set of transformational programs on its agenda. In order to overcome the challenges caused by the transformations mentioned above, the open innovation strategy has been placed on the agenda of industrial organizations and scientific-research centers affiliated whit the Ministry of Defense. Ignoring the business models of the mentioned organizations will make it challenging to realize the mentioned strategy. Therefore, identifying the drivers of business model innovation and analyzing the structure of relationships between them is essential for organizations, as mentioned earlier. The relevant literature has not yet been clarified for developers of complex products and technology-oriented organizations. Also, there is a gap regarding identifying and comprehensively analyzing business model innovation drivers. The current research aims to comprehensively identify the internal drivers of business model innovation and analyze their relationships with developers of complex defense products.Materials and MethodsThis study is mixed research, and in terms of its purpose, it is applied research. The study data was collected in 1400. The statistical population of the research was experts aware of the opportunities and challenges of developing complex defense products, including senior managers, middle managers, senior experts, and university professors who participated in different stages of the study. For the validity of the research results, qualitative research approaches were used. Using at least three data sources (based on the triangulation approach); long-term involvement of researchers with the research environment; The collaborative nature of the research and receiving the opinions of the participants in the focus groups and reaching a consensus in all stages of the research has achieved the accuracy and scientific validity of the research results. In addition, the validity of the questionnaires was content validity and face validity, and the questionnaires were approved by experts after their design. Also, the parallel method using peer tests was used to check the reliability of the interpretive structural modeling questionnaire. In different steps of the research, in order to collect and analyze the required data, several methods have been used:The first step: the triangulation approach, was used to identify the drivers; In this regard, the following four activities were carried out: The first activity: identifying the drivers by examining the background of the research; In this activity, by reviewing articles published in prestigious international journals, 29 drivers were extracted from 45 selected articles. The second activity: more than ten organizational strategic documents published in the last ten years at the policy level were reviewed. Using the qualitative content analysis method, 41 drivers (having common drivers with the results of the first activity) were identified. The third activity: 8 focus groups were formed with the participation of 81 experts who were purposefully selected, and 41 drivers (having common drivers with the results of the first and second actions) were also included in this activity (using the qualitative content analysis method) was extracted. The fourth activity: the theme analysis method, was used to summarize the results of the three actions and extract the drivers according to the local conditions of the defense industry. Second step: The fuzzy Delphi method was used in two steps to screen and confirm the identified drivers. At this stage, 26 experts were selected purposefully in the policy-making layer of the mentioned industry. Third step: determine the structure of relationships and interactions; the interpretive structural modeling approach was used with the participation of 12 professors and experts at the policy level. Discussion and ResultsIn the identification section: 54 drivers in 8 main business dimensions of organizations developing complex defense products, including: "governance and policies,"; "organizational leadership,"; "human capital,"; "financial and economic resources,"; "knowledge, research, technological and product innovations"; "production and operations"; "supply network and collaborations" and "market and customer" were identified. In the relationship framework design section, Using the interpretative structural modeling method, the relationship framework of intra-organizational drivers of business model innovation for the mentioned organizations was designed in three levels. The drivers related to "governance and policies" and "organizational leadership" at the first level are the most critical drivers in this framework, which by influencing the drivers of "human capital" and "financial and economic resources" at the second level on other drivers in affect the system. In the third level, there are drivers related to "knowledge, research, technological and product innovations," "production and operations," "supply network and collaborations," and "market and customer." With their activation, more value is created for stakeholders.Even though the identified drivers are distributed in all the main dimensions of the business model of the mentioned organizations, the drivers related to the components of "governance and policies," "knowledge, research, technological and product innovations," as well as "supply network and cooperation" are more prominent in the mentioned organizations compared to other service and mass production organizations.Based on the findings of this research, the policymakers of the organizations mentioned above will be able to make strategic decisions more confidently about the issues and challenges of the business model innovation of the respective organizations. A similar study has not been conducted on complex defense product developers. This limitation makes it difficult to compare the results. However, the findings of this study are consistent with studies conducted in small service organizations, mass production organizations, and some large organizations. It should be noted that most previous studies have investigated the effect of a single driver.ConclusionsIn this research, the internal drivers of business model innovation for developers of complex defense products were comprehensively identified, and the structure of relationships between them was designed. The comprehensiveness, variety, and number of drivers identified, as well as the research context (including developers of complex defense products), distinguish this study from previous studies. In this study, while summarizing the results of previous studies, new drivers (25) have been identified that were not mentioned in previous studies. This research showed that the internal drivers of business model innovation for developers of complex defense products with the ISM approach are placed on three levels. In this leveling, drivers related to "governance and policymaking" and "organizational leadership" were at the lowest level. It means that in the business model innovation process of the mentioned organizations, attention to the relevant drivers is a priority. Addressing other drivers will not be very effective without paying attention to the mentioned drivers. A comprehensive awareness of these drivers and the relationships between them helps policymakers adopt more effective policies and decisions in the business model innovation of the mentioned organizations. Conducting more exploratory studies in organizations developing complex products may lead to identifying new drivers.ooperation Network" and "Market and Customer". These drivers affect the "creation of value for stakeholders" by activating Level 1 and 2 drivers.
SeyedMojtaba Mahmoudzadeh; Hamid ZarghamBoroujen; Maryam Sedaghat
Volume 23, Issue 73 , May 2014, , Pages 145-173
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge management enablers and its relation with the knowledge management processes in the Parsian International Hotels of Tehran. The main competitive advantage for the hotels at the current competitive area is their ability at knowledge management ...
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge management enablers and its relation with the knowledge management processes in the Parsian International Hotels of Tehran. The main competitive advantage for the hotels at the current competitive area is their ability at knowledge management and the most essential investment is the knowledge that they have access to. The pioneer and leader hotels of the global markets are those that can dominate the greatest, the most authentic and the most updated human knowledge related to their business and also in order to implement the knowledge management makes some physical and logical changes and create special structures. Therefore, for the establishment of the knowledge management as knowledge management infrastructure and also knowledge management enablers, some preconditions are introduced, which this paper explores their relation with knowledge management processes in hotels. In this study, we used the GH model (2008) for knowledge management enablers, and Hisig model (2000) for knowledge management processes. The research method is descriptive and analytical survey. The statistical population of this study includes directors and senior managers of the various parts of Tehran’s Parsian hotels. The tools applied in this study were two researcher made questionnaires which were based on Lickert spectrum. For analysis of the relationship between the enablers of knowledge management and knowledge management processes, structural equation modeling techniques and Pearson correlation are used. Research findings confirm the propos conceptual model of research. We conclude that knowledge management enablers and knowledge management processes are linked directly. The results also revealed that there is the most correlation between organizational culture and knowledge dissemination,and the least correlation between information technology and knowledge creation.
Kaveh Sheibani; Afsaneh Vahedian; Amir Salehipour; Mohammad Mahdi Paydar
Volume 20, Issue 61 , April 2010, , Pages 149-165
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One of the most principal elements in the success of any service or manufacturing organization is its customer satisfaction. The Post Company of Islamic Republic of Iran is not an exception to this rule. At the same time, it is somewhat impossible to evaluate the quality of postal ...
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One of the most principal elements in the success of any service or manufacturing organization is its customer satisfaction. The Post Company of Islamic Republic of Iran is not an exception to this rule. At the same time, it is somewhat impossible to evaluate the quality of postal services without identifying appropriate criteria. One of the most important attributes in evaluation of the postal quality is the transmission time – the amount of time it takes from reception of the item from the sender, until it is delivered to the recipient. This paperreports specification, feasibility and scope of a system proposed for the regular post, to continuously test the transmission times of posting the items
Behrouz rezaeemanesh; Rahil adel; Davud bahrami; Firouz zand
Volume 21, Issue 69 , January 2013, , Pages 151-170
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Human resource capitals are considered as one of the most important resources for small enterprises. Considering the nature of these organizations, in the current trade world, social capital is an assuring criterion for organizational success. Due to the low number of employees in small enterprises, ...
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Human resource capitals are considered as one of the most important resources for small enterprises. Considering the nature of these organizations, in the current trade world, social capital is an assuring criterion for organizational success. Due to the low number of employees in small enterprises, the leader has a more dynamic role in organizational processes and can lead the whole organization in to optimized usage of human resource. Moreover, by increasing effective communications, the leader can initiate and increase social capital. The role of transformational leadership style to generate social capital in small enterprises is discussed in this article. The population of this research is knowledge - base organizations in the 6th district of Tehran which are selected randomly. The measurement tool is a questionnaire distributed among 109 employees in 28 enterprises. Descriptive factor analysis is used To examine transformational leadership questionnaire's reliability, and 4 factors including inspiring communication, rational persuasion, supportive leadership- personal recognition and vision are identified. The results of this research which has been done on the individual level show that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between inspiring communication, rational persuasion, supportive leadership - personal recognition with social capital. Spearman relationship test also shows that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between transformational leadership and social capital. Then the discussion and conclusions based on these findings are discussed.
Volume 20, Issue 63 , January 2011, , Pages 153-182
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This research was performed to identify and compare thebureaucracy types of the faculties of management in the University ofTehran, and Islamic Azad university (Central Tehran branch), basedon Mintzberg model. The research was descriptive-survey both inobjective and nature. Statistical population incorporated ...
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This research was performed to identify and compare thebureaucracy types of the faculties of management in the University ofTehran, and Islamic Azad university (Central Tehran branch), basedon Mintzberg model. The research was descriptive-survey both inobjective and nature. Statistical population incorporated managementfaculty members of the aforementioned universities. Data werecollected using appropriate documentation and questionnaires, andsubsequently were analyzed by suitable statistical methods. Resultsindicated that the structures of the faculties were a combination ofmachine and bureaucratic structures with a slight inclination towardsthe former; also that, the amounts of structural and contextual factorsin these faculties were the same indicating no significant differencebetween them. Moreover, investigation of the structural andcontextual factors revealed a mismatch between the structural designruling these faculties and the professional structures of theuniversities
The Theories of Organizational Behavior
Marzieh Hosseini Sarteshnizi; Mehdi Sabokro
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The purpose of this study is to Investigating the effect of Leader behaviors on the employees' voice behavior with the mediating role of Relational Identification and Work Engagement. The population is employees' of Water and Sewerage Company in Ahwaz city. 269 people were examined as a statistical ...
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The purpose of this study is to Investigating the effect of Leader behaviors on the employees' voice behavior with the mediating role of Relational Identification and Work Engagement. The population is employees' of Water and Sewerage Company in Ahwaz city. 269 people were examined as a statistical sample. The research is applied in terms of purpose and regarding the data collection the research is descriptive. Data were collected by simple random sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire and its validity was confirmed by the discriminant validity and convergent validity was confirmed and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and construct reliability (CR). hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling . The results of the test of research hypotheses show that ethical leadership significant effect on Work engagement, relational Identification and employees' voice behavior. Transformational leadership significant effect on work engagement, relational Identification and employees' voice behavior. Work engagement and relational Identification significant effect on and employees' voice behavior. The role of partial mediation of work engagement and relational Identification in the effect of ethical leadership and transformational leadership on employees' voice behavior was was confirmed.
Seyed Najmedin Mousavi
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This study investigates the effect of green structural capital on organizational reputation in the food industry concerning the mediating role of green innovation. This research is a descriptive survey regarding the applied purpose and data collection method. In order to measure the research variables, ...
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This study investigates the effect of green structural capital on organizational reputation in the food industry concerning the mediating role of green innovation. This research is a descriptive survey regarding the applied purpose and data collection method. In order to measure the research variables, the Huang and Kang Green Structural Capital Questionnaire (2011), Green Innovation Zhi et al.(2019), and Luma-Ahoo (2008) Organizational Reputation Questionnaire were used. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling and Smart PLS software. The statistical population includes large Iranian food companies with various products that are leaders in offering new products. The results showed positive and significant relationships between structural capital, green innovation, and organizational reputation. Green innovation also plays a mediating role between green structural capital and organizational reputation. Therefore, the present study confirms the significant effect of green structural capital on increasing green innovation and the organizational reputation of companies in the food industry.IntroductionThe issue of green structural capital has attracted the attention of many researchers and policymakers after the move of advanced countries towards the development of green industries. In other words, issues such as structural capital have become very important after the change of the basis of competition of countries and companies from tangible resources to intangible resources. Many companies have turned to providing green products and services to overtake their competitors and gain superiority and reputation in the business world. Organizational reputation is intangible and results from effectively using the organization's intangible assets, such as capital. It is structural. Although the main focus of researchers is on human capital as the most important intangible capital for providing green products and services and achieving organizational reputation, structural capital has received less attention. In support of this opinion, many authors believe that green structural capital and its components significantly improve the organization's reputation. Green structural capital designed to improve the organization's reputation increases green innovation. This research expands on the effect of structural capital on value creation and considers organizational reputation to be the result of green structural capital and green innovation. In other words, in this research, we examine how structural capital and institutionalized knowledge about capabilities, structure, technologies, policies, and organizational culture related to green food products help to increase the organization's reputation and green innovation. Also, this research may interest policymakers and investors in the food industry because it suggests that achieving profitability and reputational competitiveness results from paying close attention to green structural capital and improving innovation in providing green products and services. This research seeks to prove that the green structural capital of companies active in the food industry has increased innovation in providing green and organic products that customers and consumers welcome and improves the company's reputation. Literature ReviewReputation is an intangible asset and one of the most important and fundamental elements of an organization's survival; for this reason, it is defined as a competitive criterion and differentiation (Mehtap & Kokalan, 2012, p: 3611). Fombrun and Van Riel (2004) consider an organization's reputation as its ability to meet stakeholders' expectations. Organizational reputation is the intersection of stakeholders' perceptions of how well organizational responses estimate the demands and expectations of multiple stakeholders (Fombrun et al., 2000, p. 243). Organizational reputation is a multifaceted concept that includes a set of beliefs about the organization's capacities, goals, background, history, and mission, which lies in a network of different audiences (Carpenter & Krause, 2010, p. 27).The attention of many countries and organizations was drawn to the category of green innovation after the holding of the Earth Summit in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, which was about sustainable development and preservation of the limited resources of the planet. Green innovation has been mentioned with various terms such as environmental innovation, natural innovation, and sustainable innovation (Arfi et al., 2018, p; 212). Green innovation is one of the concepts related to the environmental management of organizations, which has become very popular among manufacturing companies (Zailani et al., 2015, p. 1117). Green innovation is new processes, systems, and methods that increase the organization's business value by promoting sustainable development goals and minimizing environmental adverse effects (Aboelmaged & Hashem, 2019, p. 856).If we explain sustainable performance using the metaphor of a tree, the tree's root is human capital, the tree's trunk is structural capital, and the fruits and leaves of that tree are social capital. Therefore, to use social capital, the tree trunk must allow nutrients to reach the leaves from the roots. Any failure in structural capital leads to the disconnection of human and social capital, and sustainable performance is not realized (Chen & Chang, 2013, p. 83). Structural capital refers to the company's non-human assets (Yusliza et al., 2019, p. 3).MethodologyIn this research, a quantitative approach and a structured questionnaire were used, which were sent to the members of the statistical sample via email. This research focuses on food manufacturing companies in Iran as the primary statistical population. This research focuses only on 200 large food companies with diverse products operating in different industry sectors and having a significant market share in various food sectors. To develop the measurement tool, the questionnaire of Huang and Kang (2011), which includes six dimensions, was used to measure green structural capital. The questionnaire of Zhi et al. (2019), which includes two dimensions, was used to measure green innovation. The Loma-Aho (2008) questionnaire, which includes five dimensions, has been used to identify organizational reputation.Regarding the validity and reliability of the data collection tool, it should be mentioned that the reliability of the questionnaires was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha method, and its validity was confirmed using content validity. A 5-level Likert scale (completely agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and completely disagree) was used to answer the questions, and numbers 1 to 5 were used to score the answers. Also, this research uses the structural equation modeling technique and Smart PLS software to examine the hypotheses and test the model.ResultsPLS-SEM results show positive and significant relationships between structural capital, green innovation, and organizational reputation. Also, green innovation mediates between green structural capital and organizational reputation. Therefore, the current research confirms the significant effect of green structural capital on increasing green innovation and the organizational reputation of companies in the food industry.DiscussionToday, companies have no choice but to carry out environmental protection activities to comply with international environmental protection regulations and satisfy environmentally friendly consumers (Hart, 1995; Berry & Rondinelli, 1998). The two forces that lead companies to act in the direction of environmental protection are the pressure from environmental laws and regulations and the pressure from environmentally friendly consumers. Environmentally friendly consumers are increasing in the world. This issue pushes companies towards environmental management, as consumers choose environmentally friendly products and even pay relatively high prices for green products.ConclusionCompanies that pioneer green innovation can charge relatively higher prices for their products and gain more competitive advantage and reputation by increasing their market share. Economic enterprises that invest heavily in environmental management can both avoid the problems of protests and punishments regarding environmental protection and, improve their company's image and develop their competitive advantages by developing new markets. Increase In addition, economic enterprises can embody the concept of green products in the design and packaging of their products to increase the benefits of differentiation. Therefore, participation in environmental management and green innovation actively positively affects the company's competitive advantages.
Organizational Behavior
Sksndar Shirazi
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Organizational depression is one of the new challenges of public sector organizations; ignoring it can have long-term harm to the organization and its employees, and since people spend most of their time in organizations today, neglecting this issue can cause damage. Seek irreparability. The present ...
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Organizational depression is one of the new challenges of public sector organizations; ignoring it can have long-term harm to the organization and its employees, and since people spend most of their time in organizations today, neglecting this issue can cause damage. Seek irreparability. The present study aimed to investigate the causes of organizational depression with the foundational data approach (case study: government organizations). The current study is qualitative research, and its statistical population consists of professors and experts in organizational behavior and organizational psychology. The statistical sample was selected using a targeted method. In order to collect data, 16 in-depth interviews were conducted with experts, and the obtained data were analyzed using three stages of open, central, and selective coding. The final model was designed based on the Strauss-Corbin method. During this research, 175 open codes were obtained in the form of 21 core codes, non-fulfillment of goals and plans, weak political-legal factors, toxic organizational atmosphere, inappropriate physical space and equipment, telegram management, behavioral problems, personality problems, problems Family, physical disability, job burnout, conflicting relationships with colleagues, negative working conditions, lack of welfare system, financial disability, lack of justice, ineffective communication and unconventional control systems were categorized as sub-categories of this research. All extracted concepts were categorized into six selective codes from the paradigm model. Positive entropy was categorized as the causal conditions of organizational depression, individual factors as contextual factors, job dissatisfaction as a central category, poor financial performance as intervening factors, culture as a strategy, and organizational decline as a consequence of organizational depression.IntroductionObserving society's current situation and the existing problems and issues shows that many government organizations are weak, and inefficient, and in organizational psychology, they are sick and considered neurotic organizations. The existence of sick organizations also causes damage and problems to the whole body of society, just as the combination of multiple symptoms indicates the emergence of a disorder in humans. Similar patterns of strategic and structural defects also indicate the existence of specific organizational damage in the organization. A neurotic organization is, above all, an anxious organization. Such organizations have doubts about their abilities to achieve compatibility and success. For this reason, instead of spending their energy on achieving success, They often spend time, resources, and effort to avoid failure. In recent years, show behaviors have increased at all government organizations. Non-fulfillment of managers' promises due to severe reduction of resources and inability to provide them, weak performance of managers and, as a result, distrust of managers, failure to make correct and timely decisions, and lack of basic plans to deal with problems, reduction of citizen's rights in organizations and the lack of proper implementation of programs, etc., it is evident that all of these cases within organizations have reduced organizational commitment, reduced motivation in human resources, disturbed personal-work life balance, and in general indifference of employees to organizations. In the long term, the phenomenon of organizational depression appears. And seek to design a paradigmatic model of organizational depression in government organizations.Materials and methodsThis research seeks to develop a model of organizational depression in public sector organizations using the foundation data method; therefore, this research is considered qualitative research. To do it, the foundation data method and the Strauss-Corbin approach have been used in the model's design. In this research, theoretical data from background studies and literature related to the research, which is necessary for expanding the topic and interview questions, have been used. Also, to collect field data, interviewing experts have been used to develop categories. Three stages of coding were used to analyze the data obtained from the interviews: open coding, axial coding, and selective coding.Discussion and resultsThe researcher identified 175 open codes during the interviews and classified them into 21 core codes. The results indicated that The subcategories of behavioral problems, personality problems, family problems, and physical disability were categorized under the main category of individual factors. The subcategories of job burnout, conflicting relations with colleagues, and negative working conditions were categorized in the main category of job dissatisfaction. Lack of welfare system and financial inability are subcategories that were categorized in the organization's main category of poor financial performance. The subcategories of lack of justice, ineffective communication, and unconventional control systems were grouped in the main category of dramatic culture. Finally, the subcategories of inability to pursue goals and plans, vague goals and plans, reduction in organizational performance, inefficient leadership, and management were grouped in the main category of organizational decline.ConclusionIndividual factors are factors related to people's personal behavior and were categorized in the model of organizational depression, behavioral problems, personality problems, family problems, and physical disability under the title of individual factors in the form of underlying factors that cause organizational depression. These factors can be the severity of depression. It affects the organization, and it differs among the employees of the organization. In this research, "job dissatisfaction" has been chosen as the core category. The core category is the category that has the most repetition among the received codes. In this research, job dissatisfaction was the category repeated in all the interviews and hence has been selected as the central category. The subcategories of job burnout, conflicting relationships between colleagues, and negative working conditions were grouped in the main category of job dissatisfaction. Lack of welfare system and financial disability are subcategories categorized as poor financial performance of the organization and selected as intervening factors in the organizational depression model. Lack of justice, ineffective communication, and unconventional control systems were selected as subcategories of dramatic culture, and dramatic culture was chosen as a strategy in the organizational depression model. In the above research, organizational decline is the consequence of organizational depression, poor organizational performance, unclear goals and plans, inefficient leadership, and management were categorized as organizational decline subcategories.
Organizational Behavior
Hadi Teimouri; Ali Asghar Mobasheri
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Employees mental absent is a negative phenomenon which can make organizations face many challenges in order to achieve a competitive advantage. Therefore, the aim of the this study is to designing a pattern for antecedents and consequences of employees mental absence in Iran. This study conducted using ...
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Employees mental absent is a negative phenomenon which can make organizations face many challenges in order to achieve a competitive advantage. Therefore, the aim of the this study is to designing a pattern for antecedents and consequences of employees mental absence in Iran. This study conducted using the meta- synthesis method as a qualitative research. The results show that the antecedents of employees mental absence in Iran can be studied in to two individual (with two components of attitudinal-perceptual factors and behavioral-functional factors) and organizational levels (with three components of factors related to the nature of the job, factors related to the job environment and the weakness of internal processes of the organization). The findings also indicate that the consequences of employees mental absence in Iran can be mentioned in to two individual (with two components of attitudinal-perceptual consequences and behavioral-functional consequences) and organizational levels (with two components of short-term consequences and long-term consequences).
Abbasali Rastgar; Seyed Mohammad Hossien Hashemian; Seyed Safar Alavi
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify what values and lifestyles best explain environmentally friendly behaviors . Design and Methods: This study examined the relationship between variables of values and lifestyle with environmental, attitude ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify what values and lifestyles best explain environmentally friendly behaviors . Design and Methods: This study examined the relationship between variables of values and lifestyle with environmental, attitude and knowledge variables, to explain the ecological structure between the citizens of Qom and Karaj. 540 questionnaires were distributed in Qom and Karaj that it received 393 perfect questionnaires and primary data were collected through them. The questionnaire used in this study, was standard. Research Methodology in terms of target was practical and on methods of data collection is Descriptive and survey. The analysis was performed on data was structural from. Research findings: Findings of the study highlight that environmental patterns, fashions and Excitement are those that best characterize the ecological market segment. In this study, demographic variables such as age, sex, education and family income were also reflect the influence of family income and education level of the ecological behavior . Originality/value of research: VAL's model used in this study is used probably for the first time in Iran. In addition, biological and demographic variables related to lifestyle also added to this version. This research helps the marketers and researchers to understand more about the statistical society to identify ecological goods market and identify the properties of consumers are interested in these products.
mehdi alvani
Volume 2, Issue 8 , March 1993, , Pages 95-100
Abdollah Aaghaie; Atieh Hajarian,
Volume 23, Issue 74 , June 2014, , Pages 99-113
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According to recent researches, management innovation, which includes the activities or new structures affecting the managerial nature, is an important source of competitive advantage in organizations. This study focuses on management innovation in organizational basis and two main capabilities including ...
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According to recent researches, management innovation, which includes the activities or new structures affecting the managerial nature, is an important source of competitive advantage in organizations. This study focuses on management innovation in organizational basis and two main capabilities including diagnostic capability and implementation capability are studied as the key capabilities in implementing this innovation. As it is obvious, remarkable role of managers in organizations has the serious effect on management innovation. After studying recent and ongoing related researches and disputing with many elites over this subject, a conceptual model was designed and a questionnaire with 63 questions including dimensions of two main capabilities to implement management innovation was prepared in order to administrative and academic elites pass judgment on the importance of each diagnostic and implementation capabilities and their related dimensions. Furthermore, comparing the results with Harder Model (2011) it became obvious that despite Harder’s theory which declares that diagnostic capability was important for top managers and administrative ones had key role in implementation capability, in our examined society, academic elites focused on diagnostic capability and managers in organizational hierarchy concern for implementation capability and methods for implementing an innovation. In other words, management innovation capabilities relate to the academic level of managers instead of their executive level in organizations.
Seyed Mohsen Allameh; Hoda Tavakoli; Reihaneh Alsadat Tabaeeian
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Social capital is one of the new concepts that has more important role than human capital and physical capital in organizations and communities and today it has been used widely in sociology and economics and more recently in management and organizations. Social capital is a multidimensional concept. ...
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Social capital is one of the new concepts that has more important role than human capital and physical capital in organizations and communities and today it has been used widely in sociology and economics and more recently in management and organizations. Social capital is a multidimensional concept. Different researches has identified three dimensions for social capital which are cognitive capital, relational capital and structural capital. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship among social capital, knowledge sharing and intellectual capital. This is an applied research in term of goal, and also descriptive survey research in terms of the method. Statistical population of this paper consists of all Maskan bank employees in the Esfahan city. For collecting data we use questionnaire and Finally 119 questionnaires were collected. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the research model. According to the results, the two dimensions of social capital, the relational and cognitive capital, have significant and positive effect on knowledge sharing, but the effect of structural capital on knowledge sharing is not significant. The effect of knowledge sharing on three dimensions of intellectual capital wich are structural, human and relational aspects is positive and significant.The findings of this research will lead to better understanding of social capital and knowledge sharing mechanism, that can be acceptable basis for increasing the intellectual capital in organizations.
Mina Shoja; Omid Ali Kharazmi; Mohammad Ajza shokohi
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In the modern era, one of the most important tasks of managers of organizations is to identify and manage human resource risks, among which one of the most important human resource risks is operational risk. The purpose of this study is to prioritize and systematically examine the relationships between ...
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In the modern era, one of the most important tasks of managers of organizations is to identify and manage human resource risks, among which one of the most important human resource risks is operational risk. The purpose of this study is to prioritize and systematically examine the relationships between the dimensions of operational risk of human resource in Mashhad Municipality. At first, theoretical literature and semi-structured interviews with human resource experts in Mashhad Municipality were used to identify the components and indicators of operational risk of human resource. Analyzing the interview information resulted in 4 external dimensions, 15 fixed elements of internal components, 41 variable elements of internal dimensions of human resource risks management. Risk dimensions were drown. Then, in order to measure and prioritize each of the identified risks according to the probability of occurrence and intensity of impact, for this purpose, a questionnaire were designed and 37 department directors answered them. In this study, Friedman test, structural equation methods, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and t-test of two dependent communities were used to test the hypotheses. The results of the research showed that in terms of probability of occurrence, the risks of performance appraisal, service compensation, recruitment and training, respectively, and in terms of intensity of impact are the risks of service compensation, recruitment, performance appraisal and training. Also, according to causal relationships, the risks of recruitment human resource are effective dimensions. Finally, according the results, suggestions are presented as risk exposure and optimization.
abolfazl tajzadehnamin
Volume 7, Issue 27.28 , March 2000, , Pages 105-128
kamran faizi
Volume 7, Issue 25.26 , March 2000, , Pages 105-126
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In this article first, we review and give some statistics regarding the performance of free zones in gereral, Then, we discuss the history, objectives, rules and regulations (especially the performance) of the free zones of Iran. We try to ...
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In this article first, we review and give some statistics regarding the performance of free zones in gereral, Then, we discuss the history, objectives, rules and regulations (especially the performance) of the free zones of Iran. We try to find the causes of the relative failure or these organizations and introduce approaches which might guarantee success
kamraan feyzi
Volume 4, Issue 13.14 , August 1994, , Pages 105-140
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ln this article first, we review and give some statistics regarding the performance of free zones in general, Then, we discuss the history, objectives, rules and regulations (especially the performance) of the free zones of Iran. We try to find the causes of the relative failure of these organizations ...
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ln this article first, we review and give some statistics regarding the performance of free zones in general, Then, we discuss the history, objectives, rules and regulations (especially the performance) of the free zones of Iran. We try to find the causes of the relative failure of these organizations and introduce approaches which might guarantee success.
abdolrahim ebrahimi
Volume 5, Issue 19 , December 1995, , Pages 109-132
hoseyn rahmanseresht
Volume 5, Issue 20 , February 1996, , Pages 109-130
Volume 3, Issue 11.10 , December 1993, , Pages 111-145
rahim aabedi
Volume 9, Issue 35.36 , March 2002, , Pages 111-134
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This paper has as its aim a description of the entrepreneurs as the "main source of change" and "change factor" in administrative organizations. First, the principle of entrepreneurs ...
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This paper has as its aim a description of the entrepreneurs as the "main source of change" and "change factor" in administrative organizations. First, the principle of entrepreneurs will historically be explain and then differences between entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in view of some recent researches in applied entrepreneurship theory will be discussed. Then we will refer to some categories in entrepreneurship schools and theories. We will briefly describe these entrepreneurship schools, in telation to the applied research of entrepreneurship. These schools and theories include: the great person school, psychological characteristics school, classical school, management school, leadership school and the intrapreneurship school. We will describe the intrapreneurship school in detail and determine the positions of the mentioned schools and their central attention in the life cycle of organizations.
Factors such as survival, rising productivity and effectiveness against
changes and threats demand that administrative organizations adapt and coordinate themselves with the environment as a result of the intrapreneurship activity of those who work in administrative organization.
We explain the process of development and improvement of .organizations and the way entrepreneurs become managers. Characteristics of these entrepreneur managers, the way we may identify and employ them and recognize their significant position in the administrative organization will he discussed.
Finally, ways or creating a favorable intrapreneurship activity environment and certain strategies resulting in intrapreneurship spirit will also be discussed.
zohreh dehdashti; nazila niakan lahiji
Volume 20, Issue 60 , April 2009, , Pages 115-124
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Adverting can be done by using different 'media such as Radio, Television, journals, and news papers, brochures, Billboard, and internet. Internet advertising compared to traditional advertising enjoys considerable advantage and a lot of these advertising is related to computer products and services. ...
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Adverting can be done by using different 'media such as Radio, Television, journals, and news papers, brochures, Billboard, and internet. Internet advertising compared to traditional advertising enjoys considerable advantage and a lot of these advertising is related to computer products and services. Therefore, in this article the effectiveness of e-advertising on consumer behavior of computer products and services has been studied. Research method is descriptive of survey type. Since according to previous studies most internet users one young generation. 193 graduate and undergraduate students of Allameh Tabatabae'i University graduate and undergraduate students who have seen internet advertising during 1387 were selected by using clustering sampling method. The most important findings is that e-adverting of computer products and services has been effective and content factor and flesh design are the most important factors from the consumer perspective of computer products and services.
