the aim of this study was to examine the effect of new methods of management on creativity, self-efficiency and mobility of human resources in sport organizations. all top managers and heads of sport and youth office (sports bodies) in the province participated in this study. 37 top managers and 176 presidents and vice presidents of sports bodies were randomly selected as the sample. the multi-...

I am not using idealism in the sense that is typically used in philosophy, as exemplified particularly by Berkeley — that is, the doctrine that mental states are primary, and events only exist if there is an observer perceiving them. As a junior in high school I ran (unsuccessfully) for a seat on the Student Council. Before the election, some of us candidates were horsing around, trying to come...

Integrating transformational leadership, creativity and social cognitive theories, we explore the relationships among transformational leadership, creative role identity, creative self-efficacy, job complexity and creativity. Structural equation modeling (SEM) with bootstrapping estimation was conducted using data from 395 supervisoreemployee dyads from international tourist hotels in Taiwan. T...

Studies on the relationship between feedback and creative performance have only focused on the feedback-self and have underestimated the value of the feedback environment. Building on Self Determined Theory, the purpose of this article is to examine the relationship among feedback environment, creative personality, goal self-concordance and creative performance. Hierarchical regression analysis...

the complex and hasty worldwide changes in the areas of sciences, skills, values and criteria have forced most of the successful organizations throughout the world to shift their goals, methods and structures towards implementing creativity and innovation to provide a productive environment. in this essay, after having defined the concept of creativity, from every angle, the difference between ...

The two sides of envy, destructive and constructive, give rise to qualitatively different equilibria, depending on the economic, institutional, and cultural environment. If investment opportunities are scarce, inequality is high, property rights are poorly protected, and social comparisons are strong, society is likely to be in the “fear equilibrium,” in which better endowed agents restrain the...

Cloud computing is getting an enormous popularity for software companies as a way to save and optimize the cost of large hardware and software infrastructure organizations demand. Also, the cooperation between cloud layers constitutes a timely research challenge as allocation and optimization of (often virtualized) resources is many times done in isolation or with poor interaction. In this pape...