Ali Norouzi; Mozaffar Cheshmeh Sohrabi; Abbas Horri
Volume 11, Issue 3 , September 2014, , Pages 334-343
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Introduction: Indexing is a new way of organizing information which due to the spread of information and the ducts need to increase the speed and accuracy of produced information is important. The present study aimed to investigate the familiarity and use of indexes in the end of the book between academic ...
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Introduction: Indexing is a new way of organizing information which due to the spread of information and the ducts need to increase the speed and accuracy of produced information is important. The present study aimed to investigate the familiarity and use of indexes in the end of the book between academic members of Isfahan city based on Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT). Methods: This study was conducted through a descriptive survey design. Study population included 1727 academic members of governmental universities in Isfahan. Sample size was calculated based on Cochran formula as 176 subjects. With respect to questionnaire return drop, the questionnaires were sent 300 subjects who returned 191 questionnaires. Questionnaire validity was confirmed by 10 experts in knowledge and informatics science, informatics and communications and sociology. Its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha=97.6. The data were analyzed by descriptive (frequency, percent and mean) and inferential (Spearman correlation Coefficient) statistical tests. Results: The findings showed that familiarity and use of academic members in Isfahan with indexes in the end of the book was lower than average (2.37). Most familiarity was through university and the use of books in Persian and Latin icons in the second priority. Results showed no significant difference between mean score of academic members' use of indexes in searching the information in the books, and sociological variables. There was an inverse association between academic members' use of indexes in writing, translating (kind of print) and age (p-value=0.019, r=-0.308). There was an inverse association between academic members' use of indexes generally and years of teaching (p-value=0.023, r=0-.296) Conclusion: Since the main mission of faculty members is teaching and research activities and performance it need understanding research tools, it seems index is the most important. Small knowledge and limited use of index among academic members of governmental universities in Isfahan may get the opportunity to practice deep. Therefore, the scientific community need professionals in this field and this can interfere with the librarians to compensate. Keywords: Index; Indexing; Information Dissemination; Faculty Members; Universities
Abbas Doulani; Kobra Taram; Nadjla Hariri; Hafez Mohammadhassanzadeh; Haydar Esmaeili
Volume 11, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 158-168
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Introduction: research is main platform to deep and comprehensive understanding of facts and thought. Dissertations are as research résumé for universities and research centers, which some factors affect on their qualities. In the research detection of status of oroomiye University of medical ...
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Introduction: research is main platform to deep and comprehensive understanding of facts and thought. Dissertations are as research résumé for universities and research centers, which some factors affect on their qualities. In the research detection of status of oroomiye University of medical sciences dissertations. Methods: the research done with survey and analytic method. 315 dissertation, select in base of Morgan table as sample among 1729 dissertation, with various degree and majors by stratified random sampling method that assess with checklist made by the researchers for validity. Data import to SPSS19 software and analysis by descriptive statistics and Chi-square formula. Results: the dissertations have serious defects in appearance factors for example in abstract, citations, page rank and etc. 69.5 percent of the dissertations used survey methods and 22 percent used experimental methods and 8.5 percent used review methods. Also 77 percent of dissertations are clinical and the remaining is nonclinical. Variables such as time spans (1365-1374 and 1375-1384 and 1385-1390), majors, degrees and sex affect on the research methods. Conclusion: some variables affect on universities dissertations quality. Supervision by dissertation responsible process, from subject selecting stage until final delivery, to controlling effected variables is necessary. Also in base of values of significant between methodologies of the dissertations V.S fields and degrees of graduates; it is necessary to making some guides and handbooks to driving the dissertation subjects and results to the society needs. Keywords: Academic Dissertation; Research Methods; Universities
Bahareh Gholami; Hosein Abedi Madiseh; Banafsheh Gholami; Shahin Mojiri; Hassan Ashrafi Rizi; Niloufar Hodhodinezhad
Volume 11, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 169-176
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Introduction: Today, knowledge management in libraries and information centers has found effective use that led to changes in their form and function. Whatever libraries use of knowledge management processes it provides favorable results in delivering information services.The objective of this study ...
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Introduction: Today, knowledge management in libraries and information centers has found effective use that led to changes in their form and function. Whatever libraries use of knowledge management processes it provides favorable results in delivering information services.The objective of this study was to determine the establishment of Knowledge Management in the libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.Method: This survey was an operational study. Population was all librarians (82 person) employed in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Data collection was performed with the Pasture questionnaire. Alpha Cronbach was 0/97. Collected data analyzed by SPSS 18in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics (T-test, F- test).Results: findings show policy and strategy, systems leadership, encouragement and reward systems, education systems and knowledge creation, knowledge management systems, training and communication systemThe results showed that all six components of the knowledge management in MUI Libraries were below average. Conclusion: According to research findings, establishment of KM elements such as: lack of guidelines and policies and statutory authority supporting is in non-academic way in MUI libraries. So it is better that management and leadership in libraries led to acceptation KM elements among librarians. Key words: Knowledge Management; Academic Libraries; Universities
Sima Shafie; Rasoul Nouri; Alireza Rahimi; Parisa Shafie; Roghaieh Ghazavi
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 1-11
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Introduction: Library software is a computer-based program that is used in libraries and informationcenters for information storage, processing and retrieval. Interface environment is a part of librarysoftware that establishes connection between computer and user and also shifts information between userand ...
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Introduction: Library software is a computer-based program that is used in libraries and informationcenters for information storage, processing and retrieval. Interface environment is a part of librarysoftware that establishes connection between computer and user and also shifts information between userand the system. The present study aimed to determine the attitudes of librarians in Isfahan University ofMedical Sciences towards the specifications of Pars Azarakhsh library software interface in 2009.Methods: A questionnaire was used for data collection, consisting of 51 closed questions. The studypopulation included the librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Librarians were all thosewho were working in libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (n = 50). Descriptive statisticsmethods and correlation test were used for data analysis.Results: The results of this research showed that librarians believed some factors like pageant, vocabularyand messages of software as well as learning how to use software were in medium and upper thanmedium. Moreover, librarian's attitude toward help and other capabilities was lower than medium. All thelibrarians believed that Pars Azarakhsh software user interface environment was medium (3.20). Inaddition, there was a non-significant difference between Pars Azarakhsh software user interface andcomputer literacy of librarians. There was a significant difference between letters and messages ofsoftware and library literacy of librarians and there was no significant difference between other variablesof Pars Azarakhsh software user interface and library literacy of librarians.Conclusion: Findings showed that librarians' view about Pars Azarakhsh variables was at medium level.Among these variables, some such as how to work with software, pageant, vocabulary, and messages ofsoftware were in the best situation. However, help features and other capabilities need to be developed more.
Mohammadreza Hashemian; Mohammad Janatikia; Alireza Hashemian
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 101-108
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Introduction: Information seeking skills has an important role in independent searching and enables oneto have a strong research. The aim of this study was to investigate information seeking skills among theresidents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: It was a descriptive study. ...
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Introduction: Information seeking skills has an important role in independent searching and enables oneto have a strong research. The aim of this study was to investigate information seeking skills among theresidents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: It was a descriptive study. Morgan sampling table used to select 248 residents from 659residents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected using a researcher-madequestionnaire which was validated by expert and its reliability was tested with Cronbach’s alpha (0.83).Results: Only 3.9% of the residents attended in Iranian National Medical Digital Library (INLM)workshop and only 16.2% of them were registered to INLM. 38.3% of them were familiar with up-to-datedatabase and 25.8% of them used it. 48.4% of them used "advanced search". 49.2% of them used "bullionoperations" and only 13.3% of them were familiar with databases’ facilities to manage their search results.Only 5.5% of them always evaluated the retrieved information.Conclusion: Information seeking skills of residents was very low. Attending in workshops on databaseand information literacy can help them to improve their skills and have better research.
Saeed Rajaeepour; Susan Bahrami; Azam Kamali DolatAbadi; Ahmad Shabani
Volume 10, Issue 4 , November 2013, , Pages 619-626
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Introduction: Universities are the main institutions that create knowledge capital in the employees and can support the knowledge-based economy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between the degree of knowledge management constituents’ application and educational performance ...
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Introduction: Universities are the main institutions that create knowledge capital in the employees and can support the knowledge-based economy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between the degree of knowledge management constituents’ application and educational performance in faculty members at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: The type of research is descriptive, correlative. Statistical society includes all faculty members (643) and students (7,006) in the 2011-12. A sample size of faculty members (240) and students (1120) were selected through stratified random sampling. The measurement instrument included the research questionnaires of knowledge management and educational performance. The questionnaires' face & content validity were confirmed and their reliability calculated using Cronbach's alpha (r1=0.87, r2=0.92). Data analyzed in two descriptive and inferential levels. Results: The results of the study indicate that there was a significant multiple correlations between knowledge management and educational performance. Beta coefficients among strategic knowledge management and educational performance were significant and no autocorrelation existed and regression model were significant. Members' comments on relationship between knowledge management according to demographic characterizations were not the same but between educational performances there were significant difference. Conclusions: Knowledge management as a key tool for managing in the new century is systematic strategy and processes of define, access, transfer and application of knowledge by training organizations is that lead to innovation, competitiveness and productivity. Beside of problem solving, the decision making, strategic planning, and active learning deterioration prevent of intellectual assets and enhance the knowledge of educational organizations and increase their flexibility. Keywords: Knowledge Management; Performance Assessment; Faculty Members; Universities
Leila Nemati-Anaraki; Fatemeh Nooshinfard; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Zahra Abazari
Volume 10, Issue 5 , October 2013, , Pages 714-725
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Introduction: Knowledge sharing is one of the most interesting and challenging issues of management in the new millennium. This study aimed to investigate individual factors affecting knowledge sharing among faculty members in universities and research centers. Methods: This survey was mixed and applied. ...
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Introduction: Knowledge sharing is one of the most interesting and challenging issues of management in the new millennium. This study aimed to investigate individual factors affecting knowledge sharing among faculty members in universities and research centers. Methods: This survey was mixed and applied. Statistical Population was 3430 faculty member worked at medical research centers and 12428 faculty members worked at medical universities in Iran during 2012-13. According to stratified random sampling at least 423 faculty members selected as sampling population. The tool used in this study was questionnaire that face and content validity were confirmed by experienced professors. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for each scale dimension was greater than 0.6, so the reliability of the instrument was confirmed. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics, statistical software SPSS15 and Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used. Results: The findings of the study showed that about 49 percent of faculties had a positive view of knowledge sharing. About 53 percent of the faculties were very willing to share knowledge with others. 35 Percentage of faculties share knowledge with different incentives. About 52 percent of the faculties expressed the role of trust and commitment for sharing knowledge very high. Conclusion: The results of this Study will provide empirical basis for planning and implementing knowledge sharing mechanisms. Key Words: Knowledge Management; Faculty Members; Universities Individual Factors of Knowledge Sharing among Faculty Members of Universities and Research Centers
Raheleh Samouei,; Tayebeh Tayebani; Mohsen Moslehi
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 951-957
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Introduction: Research is one of the major indicators of success of societies in various scientific,technological, and economic domains. University faculty members, in general, are of the most importantgroups with scientific and administrative responsibilities in this field. Therefore, addressing their ...
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Introduction: Research is one of the major indicators of success of societies in various scientific,technological, and economic domains. University faculty members, in general, are of the most importantgroups with scientific and administrative responsibilities in this field. Therefore, addressing their researchneeds and requirements is considered as a major aim.Methods: In this cross-sectional, analytical and prospective study, 119 faculty members of IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences, Iran, using a researcher-made questionnaire (α = 0.95) were participated.They were selected in proportion to their population and were invited individually to complete thequestionnaire. The data were reported based on descriptive statistics.Results: The obtained mean scores were 3.91 for social needs, 3.9 for organizational needs, 3.81 foreducational needs, and 3.93 for supportive needs. The highest reported needs were defining an appropriatebudget and providing enough free time for researching.Conclusion: The faculty members had various needs in the research field; however, they emphasizedmore on financial supports. Generally, universities should have regular and targeted programs for activerole of instructors in the research field.
Sayed Hamid Raza Shavaran; Saeed Rajaeepour,; Iraj Kazemi,; Bibi-Eshrat Zamani
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 958-968
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Introduction: Universities and their faculty members are responsible for educating students for socialresponsibilities. If the faculty members are to contribute to the attainment of university and societal goals,they should trust their dean, colleagues, and students. This will facilitate the collective ...
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Introduction: Universities and their faculty members are responsible for educating students for socialresponsibilities. If the faculty members are to contribute to the attainment of university and societal goals,they should trust their dean, colleagues, and students. This will facilitate the collective efficacy of facultymembers. If faculty members believe in their collective abilities, the attainment of academic goalsbecomes feasible. The main objective of this research was to study the relationship between trust andcollective efficacy of faculty members in Isfahan selective public universities, Iran.Methods: This was a descriptive-correlation study. From all faculty members of University of Isfahan,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and Isfahan Industrial University a sample of 261 subjects wasselected through proportional stratified random sampling in 2011. Data gathering tools included thestandardized questionnaire of organizational trust and a self-administered questionnaire of collectiveefficacy, which their reliability coefficients were estimated 0.81 and 0.89, respectively. To analyze thecollected data, SPSS software version 16 was utilized and analysis was done through descriptive andinferential statistics including correlation and multiple regression.Results: The findings indicated that collective efficacy was affected by faculty members’ trust and itscomponents in all three universities. However, collective efficacy at University of Isfahan could bepredicted only through trust in students and colleagues. Trust in students affected the collective efficacy ofIsfahan University of Medical Sciences faculty members, while the collective efficacy of faculty membersin Isfahan Industrial University could be predicted through trust in dean and colleagues.Conclusion: Collective efficacy of the faculty members may be predicted through trust and its components.It is, therefore, suggested that university chancellors, college deans, and departments chairpersons attempt tocreate and maintain a space of trust for faculty members. This can be accomplished through encouragingcooperative culture, maintaining coordination among academic departments, and faculty empowerment.These measures would lead to the improvement of university performance in general
Shirin Dehghan; Zoleikha Mahmudi; Mohammad Ghasempour
Volume 10, Issue 6 , December 2012, , Pages 810-818
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Introduction: Scientific documents indexed in citation indices could show the scientific production of an academic institution if the author introduces him/her as a member of that institution. Researchers and faculty members should know about their standard and correct affiliation to declare it in their ...
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Introduction: Scientific documents indexed in citation indices could show the scientific production of an academic institution if the author introduces him/her as a member of that institution. Researchers and faculty members should know about their standard and correct affiliation to declare it in their articles. Nonstandard affiliation could make problems in counting scientific production which can lead to unrealistic wrong place in universities ranking. Identifying scientific documents with wrong affiliation could help the university to correct them in order to reflect more realistic view of scientific production. Methods: This study has been done in a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Research community was 761 documents produces by researchers of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences which is indexed with nonstandard affiliation in Scopus and Web of Science till 2011. As a keyword, "Shiraz" was searched in "affiliation" field in both citation indices. All the documents with nonstandard affiliation were assessed according to their number of citation, subject and type of documents. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistic methods and Excel software. Results: Publication trend of documents were ascending till 2008 and 2009 and then descending. Most of these documents have been cited between zero to 10 times, the least one has a number of 51 to 60 citations. The highest numbers of these documents are original articles. Conclusion: Presence of significant number of documents with nonstandard affiliation shows importance of establishing of accurate policies for the integration of the organization's name and detailed information to investigators to prevent the continuation of this trend. Fortunately however, this trend has been declining in recent years, which may reflect establishment of such a policy and pay attention to this matter. Keywords: Citation; Indexes; Universities; Data Bases; Web of Science; Scopus
Fateme Farkhari
Volume 10, Issue 6 , December 2012, , Pages 819-829
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Introduction: Because of the importance of the marketing activities and libraries need to such activities, it is necessary to do a research on libraries of Zabol Medical Science University usage of marketing principles in order to have a better plan for the future on the basis of present situation evaluation. ...
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Introduction: Because of the importance of the marketing activities and libraries need to such activities, it is necessary to do a research on libraries of Zabol Medical Science University usage of marketing principles in order to have a better plan for the future on the basis of present situation evaluation. Methods: The study is an applied one and survey method has been used as the method of data collection. The population of the study is the entire libraries of Zabol city. These libraries were classified in four categories, libraries of Medical Science University (5 libraries), public libraries (7 Libraries), central library of Zabol University and Zabol Islamic Azad University. Using SPSS11 statistical software and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: Investigation of marketing mixes on the basis of Product mix showed that central library of Zabol University with the average (2.89), central library of Medical Science University (2.71), Islamic Azad University (2.37) and the public libraries (1.86) are in first rank to fourth respectively. The results also showed that on the basis of Place mix ranking of first to fourth are respectively related to Islamic Azad University (3), central library of Medical Science University (2.42), central library of Zabol University (2.15) and the public libraries (1.79). In Promotion mix, Islamic Azad University (2.09), library of Medical Science University (1.84), central library of Zabol University (1.64) and public libraries (14.1) are in first to fourth rank respectively. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that libraries of medical science university are in better situation on the basis of marketing mixes. According to the chart results, the highest average in the mean of marketing mixes is less than 3 that indicates the libraries which are in better situation than the other libraries, are in the intermediate level and their services are not desirable. Keywords: Marketing Mixes; Academic Libraries; Marketing; Information; Library Services; Universities
Susan Bahrami; Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; Saeed Rajaeepour; Hassan Ali Bakhtiyar Nasrabadi
Volume 9, Issue 6 , March 2012, , Pages 870-877
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AbstractIntroduction: Today, human resources are the most important competitive advantage of organizations.Therefore, university administrators should be aware of how to effectively use this strategic factor andadvantage. However, innovation is also a valuable tool in confronting uncertainty, and responding ...
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AbstractIntroduction: Today, human resources are the most important competitive advantage of organizations.Therefore, university administrators should be aware of how to effectively use this strategic factor andadvantage. However, innovation is also a valuable tool in confronting uncertainty, and responding to andimpacting the external environment. The aim of the present study was to determine the simple andmultiple correlations between functions of strategic human resource management and administrativeinnovation in medical and nonmedical universities in the Isfahan province, Iran.Methods: This was a descriptive and correlational study. The study population consisted of all facultymembers of public universities of Isfahan (1830 people) from which 480 people were chosen by stratifiedrandom sampling. The research tools included strategic human resource management practicesquestionnaire and the administrative innovation questionnaire. The face and content validity of thequestionnaires were confirmed, and their reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha. Data analysiswas performed by descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: Findings showed that the mean scores of strategic human resource management practices andadministrative innovation scores in public universities of this province were less than average. On the otherhand, a significant multiple correlation existed between strategic human resource management practices(training, service reward, assessment of performance, providing human resources, and employeecontributions) and administrative innovation. Beta coefficients were statistically significant between all thepractices of strategic management of human resources and administrative innovation. The variance inflationfactor for these variables was 1.33 to 2.75; which shows no line between them and that the regression modelhas been significant. The member's comments regarding the relationship between strategic human resourcemanagement practices and administrative innovation in terms of demographic characteristics were similar.Conclusion: Educational organizations can pave the way for organizational innovation by adoptingappropriate human resource functions.
Esmaeel Mostafavi; Mohamad-Ali Ghasemi-Nejad
Volume 9, Issue 6 , March 2012, , Pages 942-949
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Introduction: An important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. Thephenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. The purposeof the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of Tehran Universities.Methods: ...
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Introduction: An important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. Thephenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. The purposeof the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of Tehran Universities.Methods: This was a descriptive–correlation study. The data collection tool was the Maslach BurnoutInventory. The reliability of this test is 0.76. The study samples consisted of 111 university librariansworking in academic libraries in Tehran, Iran, in 2012. They were selected using cluster sampling.Results: The findings showed that librarians had high emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lackof personal accomplishment during their work process. In addition, age and occupational experience weresignificantly related to occupational burnout and its components. This means that with increase in theirage and their career experience their burnout also increased.Conclusion: The results suggest that with increase in age and work experience of librarians, burnout andits three components have increased. Accordingly library managers can create an environment for greaterproductivity and prosperity in human capital in order to provide users with appropriate and up-to-dateinformation by making timely decisions and taking action.
Susan Bahrami; Saeed Rajaeepour; Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian
Volume 8, Issue 7 , January and February 2012, , Pages 976-983
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Introduction: During the past two decades, higher education has played an important role as one of the most important elements of advanced societies in development of science, information technology and internet communications. In the knowledge-based world of 21st century, the need for ...
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Introduction: During the past two decades, higher education has played an important role as one of the most important elements of advanced societies in development of science, information technology and internet communications. In the knowledge-based world of 21st century, the need for professionals and managers is growing which in turn increases the importance of higher education in the society and the international community. This article sought to review intellectual capital components in public higher education medical and non-medical systems in Isfahan, Iran. Methods: In an analytical study, stratified random sampling was used to select 480 subjects from all faculty members (n = 1830) of Isfahan University, Isfahan University of Technology, Kashan University, and Isfahan and Kashan Universities of Medical Sciences. A questionnaire was designed according to Torres (2006). The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed by face and content validity and Cronbach's alpha (r = 0.97), respectively. Using SPSS18, data was analyzed at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Intellectual capital and its components, including human capital, structural capital and relational capital, in public universities of the province were lower than the average level. A significant positive relation was observed between human capital, structural capital and relational capital. Moreover, a significant difference was found between mean values of intellectual capital components of universities in terms of location and duration of experience. In fact, structural capital in universities of Isfahan was higher than other public universities in the province. Likewise, faculty members with a work experience of 1-10 years had higher structural capital than those with 11-20 years of experience. On the other hand, human capital and relational capital were higher in faculty members with more than 21 years of experience. However, differences based on other demographic characteristics were not significant. Conclusion: Using intellectual capital framework as a heuristic tool would enable universities to solve the new management problems, to disseminate intangible resources, and to cooperate with multiple stakeholders.
Zahra Kazempour; Hassan Ashrafi Rizi,; Behjat Taheri
Volume 8, Issue 6 , January and February 2012, , Pages 795-806
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Introduction: The most important variable in success of every organization is attention to ethics. Since library and information sciences naturally involve service provision to users, commitment to professional ethics is necessary. The purpose of this research was to determine the attention rate ...
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Introduction: The most important variable in success of every organization is attention to ethics. Since library and information sciences naturally involve service provision to users, commitment to professional ethics is necessary. The purpose of this research was to determine the attention rate of librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Isfahan University to professional ethics based on Ethical Codes of Iranian University Librarians. Methods: In this survey, data of 128 librarians was collected by a questionnaire whose validity has been confirmed by specialists. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined by Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.93). Data was analyzed by SPSS13. Results: While most professional ethics-related attention was paid to positive relations with colleagues (mean= 4.52), development of scholarly view and evaluation of activities received the least amount of attention (mean= 2.71). Attention rate to professional ethics principles in various dimensions showed that responsibilities towards colleagues had the highest average (mean= 4.22) and responsibilities towards profession had the lowest average (mean= 3.27). There were no significant correlations between attention rate to professional ethics principles and gender, education field, employment status, salary rate, and work type. However, a significant correlation was observed between educational level and attention rate to professional ethics principles. Conclusion: Librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Isfahan University pay the most amount of attention to positive relations with colleagues, suitable and respectable behavior with users, and understanding social and professional responsibilities. Although, in the most cases, attention rate to professional ethics principles were above average, the mentioned library managers should attend to the others that have middle and lower than middle average. So, managers should try to promote other aspects of professional ethics.
Ali Valinejadi; Hossein Vakili Mofrad; Mohammad Reza Amiri; Hafez Mohammadhasanzadeh; Hamid Bouraghi
Volume 8, Issue 6 , January and February 2012, , Pages 824-834
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Introduction: One of the common methods for scientific activity assessment is scientometrics. It has been made possible with citation databases like Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus. In this paper, we studied the scientific production rate of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during 11 ...
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Introduction: One of the common methods for scientific activity assessment is scientometrics. It has been made possible with citation databases like Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus. In this paper, we studied the scientific production rate of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during 11 years via scientometrics methods. Methods: In a descriptive, cross-sectional study, data was collected by searching WOS and Scopus databases for articles published during 1998-2008. The research population included 472 records in WOS and Scopus databases. Descriptive statistics was used in ISI and Scopuse.exe analyzers. Results: Most of the records related to Hamadan University of Medical Sciences were published in 2008 (61 records in WOS and 79 records in Scopus). The most active author was Mehrdad Hajilooyi (17 articles in both WOS and Scopus) while the most cooperative university was Tehran University of Medical Sciences (with 23 records in WOS and 51 records in Scopus). Saudi Medical Journal (with 9 records in WOS) and Iranian Biomedical Journal (with 13 records in Scopus) had the highest number of published scientific products of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Finally, neuroscience (26 records in WOS) and general medicine (196 records in Scopus) were the most attractive subjects of scientific products published by Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Conclusion: Although the number of scientific products of authors at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences had a dramatic increase in recent years, it is still low in comparison with other universities of medical sciences. Therefore, research policy-makers should consider different aspects such as research budget increase, scientific writing workshops, collaboration with internal and overseas scientists and etc. to promote research.
Mohammad Ali Nadi; Mohammad Yarmohammadian
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1073-1085
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Introduction: The concept of organizational learning capability (OLC) emphasizes theimportance of facilitating factors for organizational learning or the organizational propensity to learn. Consequently, measures of OLC have traditionally determined their dimensions or facilitating factors based on the ...
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Introduction: The concept of organizational learning capability (OLC) emphasizes theimportance of facilitating factors for organizational learning or the organizational propensity to learn. Consequently, measures of OLC have traditionally determined their dimensions or facilitating factors based on the literature. The purpose of this study was to validate and evaluate the factorial construction of OLC among the faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Methods: This was an applied, psychometric, cross-sectional research during the educational year of 2010-2011. The study sample consisted of 220 randomly selected faculty members ofIsfahan University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected by the OLC scale developed by Chiva et al. in 2007. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS 18 . Confirmatory factor analysis was also conducted in LISREL8.5 . Results: The model had an acceptable fitting for purpose based on GFI, AGFI, RMSEA, and CFI indices. All the estimated parameters had statistically significant effects on their related factors. The model enjoyed an appropriate level of reliability (total reliability = 0.93). The convergent validity between factors of the scale was confirmed by using correlation coefficients (0.41 to 0.75). In addition, table of norms (Z and T) provided crude and ranking scores.Conclusion: The confirmed measurement scale for organizational learning capability could be implemented as an audit tool. Thus, presidents, deans and managers of departments could unveil weak and strong organizational learning issues. Such a process would finally lead to improved performance of the university.
Peyman Yarmohammadzadeh; Seyed Ali Siadat; Reza Hoveida; Hassan Ali Bakhtiar Nasrabadi
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1136-1145
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Introduction: Moving toward progress in every country starts from universities. Intellectual capital is a very strong theory that all knowledge-based organizations can utilize to improve their efficacy and productivity. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the structural equation modeling ...
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Introduction: Moving toward progress in every country starts from universities. Intellectual capital is a very strong theory that all knowledge-based organizations can utilize to improve their efficacy and productivity. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the structural equation modeling of knowledge conversion process upon intellectual capital components in public universities of Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, correlational study included 1472 faculty members of Isfahan public universities during the academic year of 2010-2011. The sample size was calculated as 205 individuals by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data, the 26-item standard knowledge conversion process questionnaire and a 35-item researcher-made questionnaire of intellectual capital components were used. Content and face validity of both questionnaires were confirmed by the experts. In order to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach's alpha was calculated as 0.96 and 0.93, respectively. Statistical analyses of data were performed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and structural equation model using SPSS and Amos Graphic. Results: According to MANOVA, socialization and knowledge combination were not significantly related with any of the intellectual capital components. However, different stages of knowledge conversion and externalization had significant relations with all intellectual capital components. Based on the structural equation model, correlation coefficient of all stages of knowledge conversion on intellectual capital components were significant. Conclusion: Knowledge conversion can be useful in data extraction, management, transfer, and exchange among faculty members. It can also promote intellectual capital in universities
Seyyed Jamaladdin Tabibi; Mohammad Reza Maleki; Jahanara Mamikhani
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1156-1168
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Introduction: In the new paradigm of adm inistrative and organizational relations in m edical schools, there are four m ain missions that m ight be defined and com pensated, integrated and aligned with university's mission. University objectives and missions should be rationed am ong teaching ...
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Introduction: In the new paradigm of adm inistrative and organizational relations in m edical schools, there are four m ain missions that m ight be defined and com pensated, integrated and aligned with university's mission. University objectives and missions should be rationed am ong teaching departments and faculty members. Each individual and department should be rewarded according to how much they share in m eeting the objectives. This article aimed to figure out the information architecture of the information system suitable for academic behavior management in School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Methods: This comparative, information modeling study used business system programming (BSP) to design information architecture. The implementation models in a variety of universities were studied in order to identify missions, obje ctives and values of m ission-based management (MBM) system. The objectives of IUMS for implementing the MBM from the viewpoints of the directing board of the School of Medicine and the IUMS were identified and prioritized using the nominal group technique (NGT) and interpretive structural modeling (ISM). These objectives were the inputs of the first phase of BSP. Other data and information necessary for other phases were gathered via interviews with staff and authorities of related departments, and observing the documents and processes. The final output of the system was the information architecture. Results: Nine information subsystems were detect ed in the information arch itecture. They included managing missions and objectives, planni ng educational activities, planning research activities, planning adm inistrative and social activities , planning health ca re activities, empowering the academic staff and heads of teach ing departments, performance evaluation and review and im provement, financial m anagement and m ission-based budgeting, and accounting and supplying the teaching department. Conclusion: Successful implementation of MBM depends on an integ rated information system supporting all subsystem s. This research revealed some subsystems which did not existed in current systems
