Software development projects are about change, yet change is problematic in any situation. Individuals resist change and software developers are no different than other organizational actors in this regard. This paper describes a case study which examines the changes to the IS development environment wrought by the introduction of a new software development methodology. One aspect of the new m...

The object of this paper is to examine judicial attitudes toward the Oregon civil commitment law as measured by a questionnaire recently circulated to all Oregon Circuit Court judges having jurisdiction for civil commitment of individuals under Oregon law. The questionnaire had two main purposes. The first was to look at certain aspects of the current statute and get the judges' perspectives on...

To curb the trend towards obesity and unhealthy living, people may need to change their entire lifestyle to a healthier alternative, something that is frequently perceived to be problematic. The present research, using a large, representative community sample, hypothesized and found that a key factor responsible for why people do not intend to change lifestyles is a sense of commitment to past ...

ethics is an essential requirement for a sound and healthy society. it is due to its positive individual, organizational, and social consequences that ethics has always provoked scholars, instructors, and organization managers to try to maintain and improve it. the adaptation of managerial solutions will gradually result in the improvement of trust, commitment, and effort which are all necessar...

abstract the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and job burnout among iran football league referees. in this descriptive-correlation study, 122 referees and assistant referees of iran football leagues in season 2012-2013 participated voluntarily. organizational commitment scale (allen and meyer, 1991) and maslach and jackson burnout in...