CONTEXT When a patient receives a cancer diagnosis, existential issues become more compelling. Throughout the illness trajectory, patients with cancer are cared for in oncology wards, by home care teams or in hospices. Nurses working with these patients are sometimes aware of the patients' existential needs but do not feel confident when discussing these issues. OBJECTIVES To determine the ef...

Increased competition is making it difficult to distinguish products solely by attributes, creating room for cause-related marketing. In this study with a sample of 322 university students, we evaluated the changes in consumer attitudes toward cause and brand as consequences of Cause Brand Alliance (CBA), by using the product category as moderator. Four popular brands from two product categorie...

evaluating the impact of organizational factors andmanagement of deviant workplace behavior is an important issue. it helpsto explain the situation to senior managers in order to plan and makedecision to prevent or mitigate such a behavior. this study evaluates theimpact of organizational factors and management (unfair laws,organizational culture, compensation/ remuneration structure, negative ...

conclusions according to the present study, the potential barriers to the implementation of pacs in hospitals is the lack of knowledge of the managers and employees of the benefits of pacs system (80%). before the implementation of pacs systems in hospitals it must be considered necessary background to increase knowledge of the workers and managers in this regard, short-term in-service training...

Internationalization is recognized as a valuable strategy for organizations’ growth and expansion; however little is known about the determinants of internationalization of SMEs in Malaysia, which is in a fast growing economy. In attempt to investigate the antecedents of internationalization, three key determinants are identified: the competitive advantage, the management attitude and the manag...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides nurses a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care and the best decision that leads to quality outcomes. The purpose of this study was to measure the practice, attitude and knowledge/skill of evidence-based practice of nurses in a teaching hospital in Iran. METHODS This cross-secti...

Introduction. The article examines different approaches to socio-psychological climate in organizations and analyzes its role the decentralization reform Ukraine. Aim. To conduct a theoretical analysis of social psychological identify key factors formation bodies public administration local self-government context Methods. Analysis, classification, systematization, comparison generalization exp...