Multiple forces in the 21 century have propelled businesses into confronting conditions that challenge their own and the world’s sustainability. This paper illuminates the factors influencing companies to implement sustainability practices. It validates an integrative model of the effects that external influences, foundational organization enablers, decision drivers, and inhibitors had on both ...

The present study aimed to investigate the attitudes and perceived nature of thinking and understanding towards intercultural communicative competence (ICC) among International English major students. Accordingly, this study employed the paradigm of a sequential mixed-method research, in which it comprised a qualitative phase followed by a quantitative phase. The participants of the first phase...

Objective: The treatment of obesity besides weight loss will have numerous psychological effects. The obese patients have different body image, poor hope and quality of life that influence the process of their treatment. The aim of this study was to compare body image, quality of life and hope in obese women with diet therapy and obese women who are not under diet therapy. Materials and Method...

Introduction: To improve mothers and children's health, the World Health Organization has emphasized on women's empowerment and enhancement of their well-being. It is of paramount importance for the individuals to have an assessment of social support and self-empowerment in the sensitive moments after childbirth. This study therefore aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived socia...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate chronological change of quality of life after surgery in patients with gastric cancer during one year postoperatively. MATERIALS AND METHODS Quality of life data were obtained from 272 gastric cancer patients who underwent curative gastrectomy between September 2008 and February 2011 at the Kyungpook National University Hospital. The Korean versio...

The purpose of this study was to the study of investigating the relationship between perceived organizational support and quality of working life via mediating role of job stress. A descriptive, quantitative, co relational design was used. Statistic population of research concludes all Kerman University of Medical Sciences staff . The population comprises all the employees of the above organiza...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities can help an organization to build a favorable reputation; such thereby serve as buffer in times of crisis. However, research also suggests that these backfire and reinforce the reputational damage caused by crisis because they lead elevated expectations among stakeholders. Drawing on prior buffering effects, this study examines possible moderatin...