the present study investigated the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior (ocb) in the relationship between job satisfaction, turnover, and organizational identification. the population of the present study included all employees working at tehran municipality at district 2 and the sample consisted of 260 employees selected using random sampling and cochran formula. the research ...

in recent years academic and research centers have been driven by a number of significant factors to improve their performance and financial self-reliance. the goal of this paper is to study the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance of 25 institutes and research centers located in tehran. moreover, the paper intends to show that the extent of organizational justice...

The specification of a measurement model as reflective or formative is the object of a lively debate. Part of the existing literature focuses on measurement model misspecification. This means that a true model is assumed and the impact on the path coefficients of using a wrong model is investigated. The majority of these studies is restricted to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Regarding PLS...

introduction: the concept of organizational culture usually is considered as a moderating factor in using information technology (it). the present study aimed to review the association between harrison cultural typology and the acceptance of hospital information system (his) by its users in non-university hospitals of iran university of medical sciences (tehran, iran). methods: this research wa...

corporate image is an important organizational resource that enables to create, strengthen and sustain competitive advantage. different antecedents have been identified for corporate image in the literature including quality of products and services, consumer consideration or distribution system. green supply chain management appears to be an antecedent of corporate image too. this study examin...

Purpose – Partial least squares (PLS) path modeling is a variance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) technique that is widely applied in business and social sciences. Its ability to model composites and factors makes it a formidable statistical tool for new technology research. Recent reviews, discussions, and developments have led to substantial changes in the understanding and use of PL...

1. Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are relying on an increasingly sophisticated set of statistical tools to describe complex natural systems. One such tool that has gained increasing traction in the life sciences is structural equation modeling (SEM), a variant of path analysis that resolves complex multivariate relationships among a suite of interrelated variables. 2. SEM has historical...

This paper aims to develop a research model to examine the mechanisms by which business analytics capabilities in healthcare units are shown to indirectly influence decision-making effectiveness through a mediating role of absorptive capacity. We employed a survey method to collect primary data from Taiwan's hospitals. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for path analysis. This study co...