The aim of this paper is to explain how friendships form, especially between races, and how it can explain (social) segregation or integration between communities. For that, we develop an explicit model of network formation where individuals receive direct and indirect benefits from friendship connections but have to pay some costs for interacting with people. Individuals from each community ar...

the present article employs sociological, socio-psychological and anthropological theories design a theoretical framework and model with due regard to theoretical viewpoints and experimental resources and proposes hypotheses on the basis of them. the integrative research method includes a survey and historical study. the population includes 404 teachers related to 6 tribal groups: curd, fars, t...

Introduction: Identity is formed through our understanding ofourselves and what others perceive of our actions and how we dothings. Formation of professional identity includes development,advancement and socialization through social learning of specificknowledge and skills obtained within the context of professionalroles, new attitudes and values.Methods: This qualitative study used content ana...