the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between motivation and commitment of volunteers in 9th sport olympiad of iran universities. the statistical population of this study included all volunteers (n=240) who participated in this event (women and men). 147 subjects were randomly selected as the sample of this study according to morgan table. kinso (2007) questionnaire was us...

in most countries, internationally indexed scientific publications provide the possibility for the scientometric experts to study their scientific progress. in iran, the number of scientific productions indexed in isi was 323 in 1993 and rose to 14832 in 2008 showing about 46 manifolds. the main aim of this research is to illustrate the dynamic structure of scientific productions of iranian bio...

The current increase of virtual projects and their economic importance has led to a new set of challenges that project managers need to overcome. The lack of face-to-face interaction has distorted the traditional ways in which motivation was fostered within project teams. Projects that used to heavily depend on the synergies of team dynamics, can no longer rely on the social aspects of work lif...

the goal for this research is to study the relationship between locus of control and achievement motivation with test anxiety among the master students of the azad university, olum tahghighat unit in 2010-2011. considering the morgan table the number of sample individuals for this research was 370. also cluster double sampling method was used. for collection of data three questions and theories...

a study on the academic motivation and its relation with individual state and academic achievement on basic medical students of urmia university of medical sciences     roshan milan s [1] , aghaii monvar i [2] , kheradmand f [3] , saboory e [4] , mikaili p [5] , masudi s [6] , motazakker m [7] *     received: 29july, 2011 accepted: 28august, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the learning ...

Perceived self-efficacy, or students’ personal beliefs about their capabilities to learn or perform behaviors at designated levels, plays an important role in their motivation and learning. Self-efficacy is a key mechanism in social cognitive theory, which postulates that achievement depends on interactions between behaviors, personal factors, and environmental conditions. Self-efficacy affects...

The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) to promote necessary English oral skills; and (2) to provide prospective English teachers with a necessary roadmap towards achieving competency in English oral communication skills. Prospective English teachers at 11 Japanese universities participated, and we tested our text materials in terms of the degree of motivation, and of the progress on thei...