Consumers frequently engage in pre-purchase search to extract up-to-date information for their purchase decisions. Search is an essential part of online comparison-shopping and decision-making process as it reduces purchase related uncertainty and increases the likelihood of purchase satisfaction. In this paper, we study how determinants of prepurchase search, purchase related uncertainty and t...

The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual model for purchase intention of foreign food products in the Iranian context. Based on an in-depth review of past literature, the sub-factors related to customer’s purchase intention were extracted. Then, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were applied to identify and confirm the factors affecting purchase intention of f...

iran's apparel market is currently filled with foreign brands that are generally ranked as high quality goods with high prices. with a surface examination of the apparel market and customers’ opinions, it can be concluded that iranian apparel, despite having lower prices, is not in a suitable status in comparison with its foreign counterparts. accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to e...

abstract awareness of consumer reasons during nutrition choice is very important, because this decision directly affect their health. since beef is one of the essential goods in consumer basket of goods of iranian households, exploring of factors that influence consumers purchase decisions and intentions toward imported frozen beefs in east azerbaijan province – tabriz city is the purpose of th...

A case-control study of bladder cancer was conducted in five United States rubber and tyre companies to determine if there were high-risk jobs and work areas within the industry. The study included 220 male cases of bladder cancer, of whom 107 were identified from hospital record reviews and 113 from death certificates. Each case was matched individually with two industry controls by sex, race,...

BACKGROUND Previous studies of nickel workers have primarily noted significant early increases in lung and nasal cancers and for various types of accidents. AIMS To examine cancer incidence and mortality, concurrently, for a cohort of male nickel workers at a major nickel and copper producer in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. METHODS From January 1964 to December 2001, nominal roll and work histo...

Gender segregation of jobs plays a central role in current research on gender and labor markets, and understanding the mechanisms driving the gender segregation has become a key focus of study. While the literature on gender segregation of jobs often invoke gender sorting mechanisms that operate pre-hire, the data that are used to empirically examine these processes are almost always collected ...

OBJECTIVES Sickness absence in workplaces may reflect working conditions. It may also reflect a "healthy hire effect," i.e., that workplaces recruit individuals with experience of sickness absence differently. The purpose of the study was to determine if a history of sickness absence among recruits is associated with the average level of sickness absence in workplaces. MATERIAL AND METHODS In...