abstract background: this study aimed to explore the role of social capital within the context of the nursing profession in iran, based on the experience and perspectives of senior nursing managers. materials and methods: the study was conducted using the graneheim and lundman content analysis method. using purposive sampling, 26 senior nursing managers from the ministry of health and medical e...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships among the psychological, social, and environmental factors influencing the utilization of senior centers among older adults in Korea. METHODS A questionnaire survey was administered to two types of older adults who lived in Seoul, Korea: 262 older adults who used senior centers (3 places) and 156 older adults who did not use...

In 2011 senior managers at a UK electricity distribution company faced a training and assessment challenge that would have been very difficult to address using conventional methods. This paper describes the challenge they faced and the reasons for using the Construed Antonym Realization Exercise (CARE) generation methodology to create Multiple Alternative Choice (MAC) test items as part of the ...

This paper describes how a system comprising a learning environment and digital repository is being embedded into the Design Engineering teaching and learning. It then maps out the issues that have been encountered, how these have been overcome and how they will affect other departments or institutions as such tools are scaled up and rolled out. These issues are categorised as technological, pe...

ADAPTOR is the result of a three-stage research project performed in the 'concept, development and evaluation' paradigm. The research project was undertaken to develop active decision support system generators for senior managers, based on the understanding of the influence of personality on human decision making. It was observed that ad hoc systems would have difficulty in providing this type ...

Health systems around the world are investing increasing effort in monitoring care quality and safety. Dashboards can support this process, providing summary data on processes and outcomes of care, making use of data visualization techniques such as graphs. As part of a study exploring development and use of dashboards in English hospitals, we interviewed senior managers across 15 healthcare pr...

in the knowledge-based era knowledge management (km) is considered as the primary task of organizations that strive to utilize of their intellectual capitals effectively. hence it is vital to understand carefully the appropriate contexts and enablers of knowledge management practices. human- social factors are among most influential factors that their effects are as important as structural and ...

a high quality of work life (qwl) is essential for organizations to continue to attract and retain employees. qwl is a comprehensive program designated to improve employee satisfaction. this research aimed to provide insights into the positive and negative attitudes of tehran university of medical sciences (tums) hospitals’ employees from their quality of life. a cross- sectional, descriptive a...

using the treynor and mazoy model (expanded by fama to evaluate management performance for asset allocation among investment units), this paper examines the management’s performance in funds and investment companies in tehran stock exchange during 2004-2010. the results do not support the application of management market timing during the study period and managers were only able to create addit...