different approaches are presented regarding how to react to the changing world. all these approaches are me meaningful if cover the alignment principle in the organization as a fundamental and more important principle. surveys and research on the successful organizations are indicative of considering alignment as a determinant axis in the organization. this article is the result of a research ...

Organizational silence is defined as the lack of effective interactions among staff and it stands opposite to the concept of organizational voice. In the present research, the purpose is to measure the silence behavior among the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) staff before and after the implementation of a comprehensive suggestion system. A suggestion system is an internal struc...

The advent of technologies such as the Internet, intranets, EDI and extranets moves IT from the locked backroom into offices and homes globally, often placing internal users in an integral role for information security. Consequently, there is a growing need to better understand what influences user behavior for comprehensive IT security development. A complementary view to understanding the inf...

Given the increasing importance of value chain collaboration, business processes need to be more closely aligned across organizational boundaries. Hence, business process modeling and design have to be enhanced and extended to cope with inter-organizational business relationships. Among the challenges that arise are interdependencies between internal and external processes, different process lo...

Background and Objectives: One of the latent and consequential factors of facilitation of organizational justice is staff members’ level of organizational commitment. The present study aimed at surveying the relationships between various dimensions of organizational justice with organizational commitment and job satisfaction of staff of a Medical University. Methods: 263 staff members ...