BACKGROUND Several studies are available on organizational commitment of employees in different organizations. However, the organizational commitment and job involvement of the employees in the prehospital emergency medical system (PEMS) of Iran have largely been ignored. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the organizational commitment and job involvement of the employees of PEMS and ...

Background: As the largest and most fundamental group targeted by programs developed to improve quality of care, nurses should be the focus of attention in the management of human resources in the field of health care. A review of literature on this subject revealed the lack of scales designed for measuring professional commitment in nurses. The present study was designed to develop a scale to ...

One of the problems that organizations are facing is employee desertion. The desertion of poor staff can lead to increase organizational productivity and it’s benefit for organization, while the desertion of effective staff has bad consequences for the organization. These staff imposes significant direct and indirect costs to the organization when leave it. These costs include finding, training...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand the internal branding process from the employees’ perspective; it will empirically assess the relationship between internal branding and employees’ delivery of the brand promise as well as the relationships among their brand identification, brand commitment, and brand loyalty. Design/methodology/approach: On a census basis, a quantitative survey w...

This study examines whether Human Resources (HR) certification is beneficial to HR professionals and organizations and explores the antecedents of HR certification. We surveyed 422 HR professionals from local chapters of the Society of Human Resources Management. The results indicated certified HR professionals received more pay (even after controlling for level of education and years of HR exp...

Background. Although most people are aware of the advantages of physical exercise, they fail to adhere to a regular routine of exercise, which necessitates this intervention. Objectives. In this study, by controlling the moderating role of the variable of commitment to exercise, the effect of a special cognitive-behavioral intervention on the commitment and adherence to an exercise routine has...

introduction: a career development consists of jobs that a person passes in order to reach a professional goal. career development management results in job satisfaction, professional commitment and higher effectiveness. the purpose of this study was to determine different dimensions of career development among the staff of shiraz university of medical sciences.   methods: this study was a cros...

INTRODUCTION Presence of committed personnel in each organization not only reduces their absenteeism, delays, and displacements but also leads to a dramatic increase in performance and efficiency of an organization, mental freshness of employees, better manifestation of noble objectives, and organizational mission as well as fulfillment of personal goals. Therefore, the purpose of this study wa...