Aim:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dimensions of social intelligence, social skills, social information processing, social awareness, social desirability of organizational performance. Methods: This research was a descriptive study. The population in this study comprised all experts, assistants and managers of regional water companies in Ardabil province, and was about 164 randomly selected people. And to gather data from field methods the means of questionnaires were used. Tromso questionnaire was chosen and designed to measure social intelligence and organizational performance by assessing specific questions about Balanced Scorecard as independent variable. To achieve the multiplier effect of each variable on the dependent variable, Pearson correlation test was performed. Results indicated that social skills, social information processing, social awareness and social desirability of improving organizational performance had the most important part in social information processing, and social awareness and social skills played a secondary role in improving performance.
Objective: The present study explored the relationship between organizational agility, innovative work behaviors, and job satisfaction in second-grade secondary school teachers in Ardebil City, Iran. Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of this research was all secondary school teachers in Ardebil City, Iran, in the academic year of 2016-2017. Among them, 129 teachers were selected by cluster random sampling method. The research tools were the Organizational Agility Scale (Zhang et al., 2000), the Innovative Work Behavior Questionnaire (Holman et al., 2011), and the Job Satisfaction Scale (Berifield et al., 1951). Data analysis was performed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and regression analysis method. Results: The obtained results indicated a significant positive correlation between organizational agility, innovative work behaviors, and teachers' job satisfaction. Furthermore, the results of regression analysis revealed that roughly 0.42% of the total variance of job satisfaction was predicted based on organizational agility and innovative work behaviors (P<0.001). Conclusion: The obtained results suggested that organizational agility and innovative work behaviors were related to the prevention of teachers' job satisfaction, which calls for the attention of authorities and educators to these variables.
Introduction and purpose: is one of the most painful experiences of human after linking emotions.. Losing friends and peers along withsenility and proximity to the last years of life causes intensification of mental distress and depression of the elderly. The present research was carried out aimed at analyzing the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on depression among the mournful elderly.
Material and Methods:The current study is a semi-experimental research using posttest-pretest plan with control group. The statistical population of the research included the mournful elderly living in the nursing homes of Ardebil City in 2014. 30 mournful old adults were selected using the available sampling technique. Becke depression questionnaire (scale) was applied as pretestposttest in the research and cognitive-behavioral intervention was implimented on the examinee groups in 8 sessions. The data were analyzed using SPSS16 and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) statistical method. Findings: Analysis of Covariance showed that the means numbers at post test in the intervention group(47/33), had significant decreases in depression, compared with control group(72/20) (P<0.01, F:11/39). but means of depression numbers at pertest in the intervention group was not significant, compared with control group (P<0.05, F:0/548). Conclusion: According to the results of this research, group cognitive-behavioral therapy leads to reduction of depression of the elderly via helping them to catharsis of the emotions, giving homework and repel and suspend the intrusive thoughts. so groupcognitive-behavioral therapy has been effective on the depression of the elderly.
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