In Local Area Networks (LAN) connected together by bridges, flow control and smooth traffic in the network is very important. However, congestion at bridges can cause intensive loss of received frames. In addition, the received frames are thrown away and have to be retransmitted by the source station, which causes more congestion and massive reduction in the overall network throughput. The netw...

This study aimed to investigate the realizations of verbs’ syntactic and semantic features inmoves of applied linguistics research article introductions published in international andIranian local journals. To this end, a data of 30 research article introductions (15 published inIranian local journals and 15 in high impact international journals) was selected. The researcharticle introductions ...

The thesis critically examines discursive construction of 'organizational culture' and 'user involvement' in academia and in the information technology (IT) artifact product development industry. IT artifacts are perceived as texts that are written by the writer-designers and afterwards read by the reader-users. User involvement explored is indirect; 'user surrogates' labeled as usability speci...

This paper describes Project Spectra, a collective of open source developers that aims to build free and voice training technology for transgender people. We demonstrate how design prioritizing the agency trans users was made possible through sustained community collaboration. Using an autoethnographic approach, we discuss our community-based process, which documented with memos, online meeting...

Psychological safety, defined as perceptions that an individual within a team is supported and feels safe to take interpersonal risks, voice opinions, share ideas, vital for organizational effectiveness. However, there no consensus on how workplace psychological safety should be measured. We developed the Safety Inventory (PSI) in response needs accurately assess safety. A 70-item version of PS...

The purpose of this article is to provide insight about the conditions in which government employees are more likely to engage in voice to improve performance of their organization. In this effort, the current research examines the direct and interactive effects of ethical leadership and perceptions of personal control on improvement-centered voice among government employees. These relationship...