this study aimed at examining the effects of iranian efl learners’ anxiety, ambiguity tolerance, and gender on their preferences for corrective feedback (cf, henceforth). the effects were sought with regard to the necessity, frequency, and timing of cf, types of errors that need to be treated, types of cf, and choice of correctors. seventy-five iranian efl students, twenty-eight males and forty...

Background and Aim: Organizational productivity and efficiency depends on staff members’ job satisfaction and performance. Without the participation of staff members, hospitals cannot play an important role in promoting the society’s health. This study aimed to determine staff’s job satisfaction in a teaching hospital of Tehran university of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Materials and Methods: This...

until now many studies have been done over recent decades throughout the world to show the right age to start english. in iran, research is still at an early stage in terms of evaluating teachers’ beliefs about teaching children english. the problem of at what age to start teaching english and how to teach english to elementary school children has not been solved neither in this country nor els...

among the individual characteristics, leadership strategies and incentives as well as employee retention tendency on the basis of an explanatory model through analyzing the factors of participation, job satisfaction and staff turnover rate. The research utilizes descriptive- correlation method to study its statistical population, i.e. whole employees of Shiraz Welfare Department. The resea...

Social capital is a form of traditional solidarity of society in which groups of people can pursue their individual interests by dedicating themselves to social projects. Participation is a process that mobilizes local resources, utilizes diverse social groups in decision making, locals engage in defining problems, collecting and learning information and implementing projects. The purpose of t...

Introduction: The issue of continuing professional development is a necessity in the medical sciences. Also nursing staff need Continuing Education (CE) for their scientific and professional development. The aim of this study is to determine the factors influencing nurses’ participation in continuing educational programs. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study that was cond...