The purpose of research was identifying the relationship between social capital and performance of agricultural extension experts, Khouzestan province, Iran. The method of research was a descriptive-correlative. The sample size was agricultural extension experts (n=98). A five-point Likert-type scale was used as instrument to gather data in order to measure the social capital. Data were analyze...

This research demonstrates the process mining techniques used for analyzed data in the five Dutch municipalities. Thirteen roles were identified between employees involved in various stages of the processes. Organizational structures were identified and an algorithm was developed for the purpose of creating an organizational chart for each municipality. Possible points of improvement were made ...

Cognizant of the fact that enterprise systems involve organizational change and their implementation is over shadowed by a high failure rate, it is argued that there is the need to focus attention on employees’ perceptions of such organizational change when explaining adoption behavior of enterprise systems. For this purpose, the research incorporates a conceptual constructo fattitude toward ch...

Innovations on information and communication technology reshape organizational communication. Our ability to estimate applicability of new technologies and content formats to organizational use has been limited to generic quantitative methods at the level of technologies and industries and elaborate qualitative methods targeting specific phenomena at the organizational level. In this paper we e...

This paper reports findings from an exploratory series of case studies undertaken to better understand the impacts of digitization on organizational and knowledge recombination. While ‘digitalized firms’ are expected to frequently update their knowledge (e.g., big data analyses, ‘smarter’ products) and organizational structures (e.g., agile team structures, open innovation approaches), we know ...

This article examines perspectives on employer work-life initiatives as potential organizational change phenomena. Work-life initiatives address two main organizational challenges: structural (flexible job design, human resource policies) and cultural (supportive supervisors, climate) factors. While work-life initiatives serve a purpose in highlighting the need for organizational adaptation to ...