This article introduces tools for analyzing path diagrams using graphical methods, which are better known in epidemiology than among researchers in the behavioral sciences, who would be more familiar with traditional structural equation modeling (SEM). We describe graphical tools that locate covariates for adjustment and instrumental variables, both of which can be used to identify and estimate...

this study examines the mediating role of sense of powerlessness on the relationship between the perception of accountability and citizenship participation among the students of university of tehran. lack of proper accountability can lead to a sense of powerlessness for students to influencing the processes and cause them no incentive to provide cooperation. accordingly, accountability variable...

trust is one of the most important factors for the development of electronic banking. the purpose of this study is to determine effective factors on trust in e-banking in the form of a conceptual model. due to the rapid growth of electronic banking in the country, identify factors affecting trust in e-banking is very important. population of this study is customers of bank melli in urmia. we us...

the present study was conducted to investigate and formulate the effects of social capital dimensions on entrepreneurial intentions. the population of this study consisted of all fourth year agricultural students of yasouj university (n=196), that by using patten (2002) sampling table, 130 student were selected as the sample using the random simple sampling method. the main instrument of study ...

the aim of this research was to investigated or the relationship between ethical leadership and workplace deviance behaviors with mediating role of affective commitment and ethical climate. the statistical community was the employees of jahad agricultural organization of khozestan. the participants of this study included 220 employees who were selected by random sampling method. the instruments...

Entrepreneurship, is an idea and a process in which an individual or group identifies new opportunities and exploits them successfully. Universities as knowledge producing and knowledge distributing institutions play a greater role in industrial innovation. In fact the emergence of entrepreneurial university is a response to the increasing importance of knowledge in national and regional system...

Burnout among human service professionals, such as nurses, has been studied in various countries for years using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). This paper reports on confirmatory factor analyses using LISREL that examined the factorial validity of the MBI. The sample consisted of 151 registered nurses from west-central Florida. Modifications of the initial hypothesized three-factor struct...