the aim of the current study is to investigate the role of organizational anomie concerning the existing relationship between university faculty member’s attitude towards oneself, managers, co-workers and students with organizational citizenship behaviors. population of the study includes isfahan university faculty members from which 387 members (160 female and 227 male) were chosen randomly. r...

This paper empirically examines commercialization of university faculty inventions through startup firms from 1994 through 2008. Using data from the Association of University Technology Managers and the 2010 NRC doctoral rankings, our research reveals several findings. We find that university entrepreneurship is more common in bad economic times and that engineering department quality and biolo...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the relationship between people's attitudes towards the safety culture and comparing its perceptions among three levels of refinery Personnel: top management, supervisory staff and frontline workers by conducting safety culture survey. METHODS A questionnaire comprising general information and 59-safety attitude statement were distributed among 237 workers, ...

employees’ attitude towards his/her job differs across organization’s sector. the present study aimed to find out the differences in employee’s attitude in public and private sector. for this purpose, managers’ reward power and coercive power were taken as independent variables and their impact on employees’ job satisfaction (dependent variable) was examined in both sectors. sample of 130 respo...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which brand experience affects brand credit, brand attitude, and customer-based brand equity. by five-point likert scale, the data will be collected through questionnaire filled by 385 students in islamic azad university-firouzkouh branch using samsung, apple, nokia, sony, sony ericsson, and lg cell phones. lisrel is used to test researc...

While prior research has emphasized middle managers’ important role in the strategy process and the benefits of their involvement, little is known about their role in the strategy process in medium-sized firms and, specifically, their participation in the internationalization strategy process (ISP). Our analysis of interviews conducted with the complete layer of middle managers at a medium-size...