the current study examined iranian undergraduate efl students’ willingness to communicate with regard to their vocabulary knowledge. in general, participants were somewhat willing to communicate in english. the total mean score of 730 university students’ perception of willing to communicate was 83.53 out of 135. results, regarding four parts of willingness to communicate, revealed that part...

this study investigated how group formation method, namely student-selected vs. teacher-assigned, influences the results of the community model of teaching creative writing; i.e., group dynamics and group outcome (the quality of performance). the study adopted an experimental comparison group and microgenetic research design to observe the change process over a relatively short period of time. ...

with the introduction of communicative language teaching, a large number of studies have concerned with students’ oral participation in language classrooms. although the importance of classroom participation is evident, some language learners are unwilling to engage in oral activities. this passivity and unwillingness to participate in language classroom discussions is known as “reticence”. rev...

this study investigates the relationships between iranian efl teachers’ perfectionism, burnout and their teaching style preferences, and also the difference between male and female efl teachers and their teaching style preferences. to this end, a sample of 99 efl teachers (46 males and 53 females), who had years of teaching experience, were selected. the measurement scales used in this study we...

Background: One of the main important factors which affects nurses' job performance and potentially influences their capability in accomplishing their tasks and responsibilities is job burnout (JB). This study aimed to investigate the moderating role of JB on the relationship between QWL and job performance among nurses' employees in emergency departments of five training hospitals affiliated t...

in this project, some new polyaspartimides, (pas)s, have been synthesized form michael addition reaction between new synthetic bismaleimide (bmi) and some aromatic diamines. a characteristic property of this polyaspartimides is a pendent carboxylic group, which introduced to these polymers from new bismaleimide. bismaleimides (bmi) is one of the interesting compounds, which can be self-polymeri...

Background and aim: Job burnout is one of the critical and influential factors in personal behavior and organizational performance. There are many factors affecting job burnout and improving it. Social capital and organizational commitment are some of these factors. The present study investigates the effect of social capital and organizational commitment on job burnout of health workers in Qom ...

Introduction: One of the aspects which impress the quantity and quality of service providing by the organization staffs is the staff’s occupational exhaustion syndrome. Based on many researchers opinion, occupational exhaustion is a significant issue for employees and these employees have been known to be a talented class for this syndrome. Therefore, this study attempts to deal with the ...