Wagenmakers, Wetzels, Borsboom, and van der Maas (2011) argued that psychologists should replace the familiar “frequentist” statistical analyses of their data with Bayesian analyses. To illustrate their argument, they reanalyzed a set of psi experiments published recently in this journal by Bem (2011), maintaining that, contrary to his conclusion, his data do not yield evidence in favor of the ...

As an important component in collaborative natural resource management and nonprofit governance, social capital is expected to be related to variations in the performance of land trusts. Land trusts are charitable organizations that work to conserve private land locally, regionally, or nationally. The purpose of this paper is to identify the level of structural and cognitive social capital amon...

objective: psychological capital is a new concept which has been raised since the third millennium and entered in organizational field since 2006. given the unique role of this concept in the production of corporate wealth it has been changed into a research basis for researchers and scholars. therefore, the present study aims to design a model for promotion of psychological capital with an emp...

The study aimed at investigating the role of social capital in citrus growers’ empowerment in Sari County. The statistical population comprised 12 800 citrus growers in Sari County. The stratified random sampling was employed in this study in an attempt to recruit 291 individuals as prospective participants. Data collection tool was a questionnaire. In order to establish its content validity, s...

The topic in question is concerned with the sociological aspect of literature referring to Iran’s literary and historical experience. The basis of sociological criticism is built on the premise that literary works are the products of social life and that a comprehensive understanding of a work without considering its social aspects is impractical. To reach a better, more scientific, and more pr...

Professional associations increasingly rely on technology to convene members in the conduct of their business. Principles of adult education can be employed to facilitate the transition to the use of innovative technology. Such innovation can facilitate an association's work in advancing policy and professional practice. Understanding generational differences can enhance the development of comm...

for assessment of portfolio performance, it's crucial to adjust the return by the risk which is taken. so it seems undeniable that for measuring the risk-adjusted return of portfolio, we need an appropriate and developed model for risk and asset pricing. fama & french 3 factor model could explain several return anomalies. recent studies show that capital productivity effects on stock retur...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing personnel’s attitude toward knowledge sharing in agricultural extension and education organization in iranian ministry of jihad-e agriculture. a survey method was employed for the study, with 110 personnel being randomly selected as a sample out of 140 personnel who were working in the organization and finally 80 question...

This article examines the effect of Intellectual Capital (IC) on performances selected Thai listed companies in Agro and Food industry from 2017 to 2019. The sample consisted 45 with 135 observations spanning three years. Modified Value-Added Coefficient (MVAIC) model was used measuring IC, including capital employed, human capital, structural relational capital. Performance measured using two ...