The purpose of this study was to explore the predictors of negative attitudes towards learning English from L2 learners’ points of view. A mixed methods research approach was adopted with a sequential exploratory design, followed by an endorsement phase. Eighteen high school students in Fars province (Iran) were interviewed on the sources of negative attitudes towards learning English. Based on...

The purpose of this paper is to contribute the scientific debate on Quality 4.0 by exploring main theoretical themes underpinning model and how may be developed. An exploratory sequential mixed methods design was employed study two different samples Italian manufacturing companies over phases. For each sample, a questionnaire distributed companies’ quality managers. As result, eleven were elici...

purposethe current study aimed to identify the effective aspects and factors on knowledge culture. it further strived to present a model for explaining the relationship between knowledge culture and effectiveness of knowledge management procedures in a knowledge-based organization.methodologythe study used a mixture of library and documentary studies, and exploratory mixed methods. first, the l...

Purpose In this study, the authors examine how a retail bank's positive, neutral, and negative prior ethical reputations influence customers' perceptions attitudes, leading to their bank selection decisions also analyze whether there is trade-off between reputation its functional benefits customers. Design/methodology/approach The followed sequential exploratory mixed-methods research design wi...