in recent years, performance gap between private and public sector has affected researchers of public administration to pay attention to the concept of public service motivation. present research has been accomplished aiming at improving public service motivation among employees of public sector and is intended to identify effective factors on public service motivation. for this reason, 196 peo...

this paper analyzes a renewal input  working vacations queue with change over times and bernoulli schedulevacation interruption under (a,c,b) policy.the service and vacation times are exponentially distributed.the server begins service if there are at least c units in the queue and the service takes place in batches with a minimum of size a and a maximum of size b (a

earlier self efficacy studies have been blamed for their methodological weakness and their mere reliance on self-report, survey, and correlational techniques for data collection. the purpose of this study; therefore, was to assess the impact of feuerstein’s theory of mediation on efl teachers’ sense of efficacy through direct observation rather than self reports and to use experimental techniqu...

abstract background: while nursing workload is a worldwide challenge, less attention has been given to the determining factors. understanding these factors is important and could help nursing managers to provide suitable working environment and to manage the adverse outcomes of nursing workload. the aim of this study was to discover nurses’ experiences of determinant factors of their workload. ...

there are no known studies that have been conducted focusing on the congruency or discrepancy of pre service agricultural education programmes in relation to secondary school agriculture teaching in zimbabwe. the purpose of this study was therefore to make a qualitative investigation on the contribution of pre service agricultural education training programmes to the teaching of high school agr...

this commentary explores some of the issues raised by gilbert et al.short communication, morality and markets in the nhs. the increasing role of market mechanisms and the changing types of healthcare providers together with the use of choice and competition to drive improvements in quality in the national health service (nhs), all have important ethical implications. in order for the nhs to con...

abstract background: in‑service training of nursing personnel has a significant role in increasing the empowerment of nurses and promotion of the quality of health services. the objective of this study is to identify and explain the process of in-service training of nursing personnel in the hospitals affiliated with baqiyatallah university of medical sciences in tehran. materials and methods: t...

nowadays service industry plays an essential and significant role in economic growth and development of nations, while the role and importance of insurance industry as a supporting base of other industries is apparent. on the other hand, the world of insurance is rapidly changing and getting competitive and correct understanding of customers' requirements and their satisfaction are essentials f...

this study aims to quantify the impacts of land use changes on ecosystem service value during large scale land development, and to provide key information for both economic development and policy makers for eco-environmental protection. the study area locates in manas river watershed which is a typical land development region in northwest china. landsat mss/tm/etm+ images in 1976, 1989, 1999 a...

because of the need to develop specific measurement scales for different services industries, this study aimed to empirically develop a reliable and valid model specifically for measuring mobile telecommunication service quality. a multidimensional measurement model (ms-qual) has been proposed based on an extensive literature review and then, to assess the model validity, convergent and discrim...