Examining the Motivations for E-Government from an Institutional Theory Perspective: Evidence from Turkey

The relationship between economic growth and government Expenditures from the perspective of Wagner's theory: Evidence of Nonlinear Approach in Iran's Economy

In recent decades, the relationship between economic growth and government spending has attracted the attention of many researchers to the point that it has led to many experimental studies in this field in developed and developing countries. The rising trend of government expenditure with high volatility in economic growth during the years after Islamic Revolution in Iran has created significa...

The Adoption of Public Agency Websites and Online Services : On Efficiency, Power, and Legitimacy

This paper examines the organizational motivations underlying the rapid adoption of Egovernment websites and E-government services. Three strands of organizational theory – 1) contingency theory, 2) resource dependence theory, and 3) institutionalization theory – offer dramatically different accounts of the organizational dynamics that lead municipal governments to create and develop a web pres...

The Use of Gender Justice Paradigm in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1997-2005) from the Institutional Theory

The Effects of Intra- and Extra-Organizational Factors on Management Accounting Practices in the Privatization Processes: Evidence from Iran

The specific aim of this academic study is to investigate the possible impacts of external and internal factors in the unique process of privatization on the changes of management accounting practices in listed companies of Tehran Stock Exchange which more than 51% of this companies' shares have been transferred to the private sector. For this purpose, a theoretical framework scientifically bas...

Examining the Condition of Alevis in Turkey in Light of the Freedom of Religion and Conscience and Religious Minority Rights in International Law

Freedom of religion and conscience is regarded among one of the human rights in international documents signed or declared after the World War II. In this paper I investigate from a legal perspective whether the freedom of religion and conscience and religious minority rights that Alevis enjoy in Turkey are in line with the standards in relevant international documents. Therefore I firstly exam...