the core concept of this article i.e. social capital consists of three main components: scope of social relations, level of social trust, and rate of reciprocity. the research is accomplished through 600 cases of indian and iranian female secondary school students and their parents, in two cities of chandigarh in india and tehran in iran. findings of the research show that the scope of social r...

background: during recent years the rapid increase in the senior population, their disabilities, reduced independence, and increased dependence have drawn more attention toward issues related to social support in this group. social support impacts different dimensions of health of the senior population.  meanwhile, one of the important aspects of health which is less considered in this group is...

following the failure of economic development and growth policies and dissatisfactions resulting from applying these policies, related discussions to life satisfaction was proposed among various experts. in their opinion, different factors can be effectual on life satisfaction. one of the most important factors is social welfare. this study is a social survey and it has used questionnaire for c...

strategic human resource management implications in different part of the worlds have been investigated in different research papers. the depth of implementation of shrm, results in the productivity of the organizations. the current paper is a conceptual overview on the shrm implementation in iran. the circumstances and the elements that contribute to the shrm implementation in this country nee...

the purpose of this study was to explore the effects of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of high school adolescents in isfahan city. the sample includes 60 students selected by random multistage sampling method. they were randomly divided into experiment and control groups. participants in this study completed a battery of scales including watso...