background and purpose: diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder which is caused by defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both .the most important factor in managing diabetes is self-care. since diabetes self-care behaviors are multifactorial and these factors may directly or indirectly affect self-care, it is possible through the application of path analysis to estimate the di...

one of organizations requirements is knowledge sharing among organization persons in the era of learning. hence, the identification of factors affecting the implementation of knowledge sharing is very important. in this study, the relationship between the five factor model personality dimensions (extraversion, adaptation, consciousness, neuroticism, openness to experience) and knowledge sharing...

this paper aims at studying the effects of work/family conflict and family/ work conflict as a result of work alienation. some theories of goffman, duxbury and higgins, kirchmeyer and cohen, merton, inglehart and faunce are applied in the study. the research is conducted through a survey method. stratified random sampling has been used for selection of the samples. main data collection method f...

The growing use of information technology and the Internet has led to the emergence of professional virtual communities (PVCs). Why are PVC members willing to spend time and energy to provide valuable knowledge to others? This study extended Icek Ajzen’s(1991) theory of planned behavior (TPB) to analyze what determines PVC members’ willingness to share knowledge. Empirical data were collected f...

With the current technological advancement and competitiveness of global markets especially with shift to renewable energy, oil gas companies need double their effort overcome challenges. Thus, engineers in sector should increase job performance that effect. Knowledge sharing is one major ways through which knowledge skills will be upgraded eventually performance. Therefore, this study critical...