purpose: the present paper aims to relate self-efficacy as an important psychological construct to information literacy as an essential requisite of the information society.methodology: reviewing related literature in communication, sociology, information science and computer science.findings: self-efficacy could increase interest, efforts, enjoy, self-regulation and performance. it is consider...

Probiotics are viable by definition, and viability of probiotics is often considered to be a prerequisite for the health benefits. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of clinical studies in the field have been performed with viable probiotics. However, it has also been speculated that some of the mechanisms behind the probiotic health effects may not be dependent on the viability of the cells and...

this research has been performed with the purpose of investigating the interactive role of accountability and job self-efficacy on organizational citizenship behavior and political behavior of the faculty members. in this research the statistical society included all faculty members of urmia university, among whom 206 persons was selected through straticulate random samplery methods. the way re...

This study aimed to develop and validate a comprehensive research self-efficacy scale (C-RSES) measure the of both graduate students academics in any discipline. Data were gathered nationwide Turkey from 1301 researchers including academics. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 28-item C-RSES with six factors, namely Literature Review Research Problem, Discussion, Analysis, Plan, Ethics, Concep...

Collective action will be effective in achieving broader social change goals to the extent that it influences public opinion yet the degree to which collective action "works" in changing opinion is rarely studied. Experiment 1 (n = 158) showed that, consistent with a logic of strategic non-violence, non-violent collective action more effectively conveys a sense of the illegitimacy of the issue ...

Objective: The present study aimed at examining the effect of multidimensional motivation interventions based on Martin's model on cognitive and behavioral components of motivation. Method: The research design was prospective with pretest, posttest, and follow-up, and 2 experimental groups. In this study, 90 students (45 participants in the experimental group and 45 in the control group) consti...