abstract background: technical, human, operational and organizational factors have been influencing the sequence of occupational accidents. among them, organizational factors play a major role in causing occupational accidents. the aim of this research was to understand the iranian safety experts’ experiences and perception of organizational factors. methods: this qualitative study was conducte...

the main purpose of this study was to analyze of communicative factors affecting in application of sustainable rice farming practices among paddy farmers of mazandaran province. the statistical population of consisted of paddy farmers of mazandaran province (n= 208839). according to cochran formula, a sample of 240 farmers was selected through cluster sampling method. to collect data, a questio...

this study has examined the organizational antecedents and consequences of hypocritical behaviors in interpersonal communication in najafabad public organizations. to this end, proportional questionnaires were distributed among 280 employees of organizations as a sample. to test the hypothesis, the data were fitted to structural equation models based on chi-square, normed chi-square, incrementa...

religion is one of the most important factors which shape the values and beliefs of many people in different societies, and has indisputable effects on human behavior. these effects are present in organizational work environments, as well. in this paper, direct and indirect effects of religiosity on one of the most important dimensions of organizational behavior, namely organizational citizensh...

In this experiment, we study the scale free network property of an organizational communication network. We used social network analysis methods during organizational crisis period that captures the dynamics of communication networks. We did not find any significant fluctuation between the actor prominence in daily and aggregated networks. We found that email communication network displays a hi...

The empirical study described in this paper addresses the issue of communication among members of a software development organization. The independent variables are various attributes of organizational structure. The dependent variable is the effort spent on sharing information which is required by the software development process in use. The research questions upon which the study is based ask...

This research examines an entertainment website, Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women (www.jezebel.com), to understand how the site’s use of a virtual newsroom and computer mediated communication influences organizational dynamics and culture. By employing a case study of Jezebel.com, this research used in-depth interviews and observations to examine the role of instant messaging (IM) in ...