the study of the relationship between memory and achievement motivation with gender and academic achievement of students of urmia medical sciences university     feizi pour h [1] *, farjah gh [2] , qaderneghad m [3]     received: 9 nov , 2011 accepted: 21 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : memory gives possibility to mental life of human including thoughts, perceptions, opinions, and...

This paper aimed to analyzed the factors influencing knowledge sharing. An integrative literature review was employed as a tool in analyzing step. Total twenty academic papers which concerned with knowledge sharing were chosen. Thirty five factors were mentioned in those literatures. As a result, five factors which were most mentioned in earlier literatures were chosen as a key success factors ...

background: the family as the basis of children’s personality has an important role in creation or prevention of tendency towards anomaly and social damages. this study performed with aimed to determine the role of fathers’ subjective norms, normative beliefs and motivation to comply in prevention of tendency children toward addictive drugs. methods: this was a descriptive cross sectional study...

This study examines the potential connections among learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in English, their perceptions of autonomy-supportive teaching and two individual difference variables, i.e. motivation and English speaking self-efficacy. Two hundred and five Iranian EFL learners responded to four questionnaires. The data obtained from the collected instruments were...

Reading motivation is a well-researched topic in relation to first language literacy development due to its influence on both reading processes and outcomes. In second language reading, the role of motivation has not been as thoroughly explored. The aim of this review of literature is to highlight established studies as well as recent explorations in some recurring areas of first and second lan...

This commentary underscores the integrative nature of the identity-based motivation model (Oyserman, 2009). We situate the model within existing literatures in psychology and consumer behavior, and illustrate its novel elements with research examples. Special attention is devoted to, 1) how product- and brand-based affordances constrain identity-based motivation processes and, 2) the mindsets a...