islamic feminism has been articulated through recent decades as an alternative to traditional islamic thinking on women’s issues. scholars who are identified as islamic feminists use different methodological approaches like hermeneutics, historical criticism, and woman perspective in their works on various subjects of study. these scholars who have different cultural and philosophical backgroun...

social interaction among different ethnic groups has been a major focus of study in the world in recent decades. the population of iran is composed of variety of ethnic groups (such as linguistic, religious and cultural) and for this study the people of different backgrounds are considered. this article will discuss the types of social interaction among different ethnic groups and the role of y...

background: health worker motivation has the potential to have a large impact on health system performance, and this depends on some factors. the purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting this motivation. methods: from winter 2013 to spring 2014, 1046 employees and physicians (439 males and 607 females) with a mean age of 36 and 37.2 years in men and women, respectively were ...

This study aims to determine the relationship between faculty members’ perceptions of their academic titles and job stress, variables affecting perceptions. Designed as a survey, quantitative method was used in study. The research sample consisted members working at ten public universities. data were collected via two scales named “Scale Academic Title Perception” Academics’ Job Stress”. obtain...

ntroduction. the student selection at the universities has always been a matter of concern. student selection process should allow equal opportunities to all students who fulfil a set of pre-determined criteria, apart from the sex, religion, social and cultural backgrounds. moreover, the process should be quite transparent and perfectly concerned. student admission is held in different methods ...

The Web contains new potential sources of quantitative data that could be used to explore different aspects of library and information science profession. In this article the extent to which online syllabi and job announcements could be valuable sources to determine how the contents of LIS academic courses match with the existing job requirements in the libraries is assessed. A content analysis...

This article reports the outcomes of an evaluation conducted to determine if an academic skills training program for undergraduate predental students from underrepresented minority backgrounds increased the students' standardized academic skills test scores for vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading rates, spelling, and math as well as subject-specific test results in biology, chemistry, an...