in this article naser al-din shah’s accounts of travels to europe (safar-nameh) have bee examined and criticised in a discourse analysis approach. by using this approach, attention has been paid to linguistic factors, co-text and context of the situation (social, cultural, political and historical), and institutional position, as well as the writer's attitude which has been effective in informi...

this paper studies the effects of the structural variables of the iranian industries sector on the welfare cost using to the structure-conduct-performance (scp) theory. in other words, we investigate the role of structural components and their effects on the size of the welfare cost in iran's industry sector. we have used the leibenstein's model to calculate the deadweight loss and then the pan...

Dependability (also known as consistency) is one of four criteria in rigor and trustworthiness qualitative research. In this article, the process establishing consistency discussed through lenses constructivism interpretivism, observed social reality viewed epistemologically counter-intuitive. Two strategies were used to establish consistency. First, method, source, data triangulation conducted...

This paper examines the role played by context and subjectivity in the epistemology of information systems research. Different assumptional frameworks underlying the opposing worldviews of positivism and interpretivism explain the differing treatments of context and subjectivity within these two frames of reference and thus the different criteria for quality that can be applied to each. The dis...

The methodological pluralism in IS research is topic of an ongoing discussion. Several claims have been made both in favor of methodological pluralism and against it. The debate focuses mainly the relationship between IS research methods (i.e. empirical/behavioural or constructional orientation) and the underlying IS research paradigms, especially positivism and interpretivism. As an integrativ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive tool identify key components leisure, thereby, examining the relationship between prevalence leisure (PLA) and psychological wellbeing (PWB); its overall effect on quality life (QOL) mothers children with Autism-Spectrum-Disorder (ASD) demanding care child autism. Design/Methodology/Approach: A cross-sectional design interpretivi...