abstract because of today's dynamic business environment and three emerging major trends of intense international competition, discrete markets, and changing technology, innovation is drawing increasing attention as a solution. these trends have aroused business scholars’ interest in running in-depth investigations on the concept of social capital as a critical factor in improving organizationa...

in recent years, degradation of environment (water and soil resources) by farmers has increase concerns about sustainability of agriculture. farmers’ behaviors affect conservation of these resources and play important role in sustainability of agriculture as well. shiraz county, like other parts of the country, suffers for degradation of soil and water resources. the aim of this study was to pr...

Background and Objectives: Euthanasia is one of the major challenges in philosophical, medical, ethical, legal, and religious circles that has fueled many debates. The aim of this study was to investigate prediction of students' attitudes toward euthanasia using their religious orientation, self-esteem, and death anxiety. Methods: The samples of this descriptive-correlational study were 247 st...

There is evidence that, from an early age, humans are sensitive to spatial information such as simple landmarks and the size of objects. This study concerns the ability to represent a particular kind of spatial information, namely, the geometry of an enclosed layout—an ability present in older children, adults, and nonhuman animals (e.g., Cheng, 1986; Hermer & Spelke, 1996). Using a looking-tim...

one of the main branches of entrepreneurship is entrepreneurial orientation as it certainly plays an important role in the success and growth of the organizations. entrepreneurial orientation is rooted in adopting a strategy. many organizational policies which are formulated for the development of entrepreneurship are associated with information and communication technologies, in the other hand...

customer orientation is one of the new approaches which is recently considered by the iranian healthcare centers. the present study aims to identify the main factors of customer orientation in iranian hospitals. the study is done through analysis of a questionnaire designed after recognition of the main variables. iranian social security organization hospitals (the major governmental health ins...

background and objectives: breast cancer is the most common malignancy and is the second leading cause of mortality due to cancer in women. one of the important psychological factors in these patients is death anxiety. given the role of religious orientation to this psychological factor, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between religious orientation and death anxiety in ...

purpose: this study aimed to assess the relationship between religious orientation (internal / external) of library users and their tendency to safekeeping and protect the information resources and heeding library rules. method: the research method was survey and the data gathered using the alport questionnaire of religious orientation and a questionnaire for assessing the tendency of the users...

background and objectives: addicts are among the socially disadvantaged people whose quality of life has been changed and damaged due to drug abuse. this in turn has influenced their physical, psychological and social health. addiction is a phenomenon that has long existed in different human societies; and now again, it is still expanding despite the scientific advances and indisputable increas...