the aim of this study was to assess the determinants of legal competences of sports managers from the viewpoints of academic experts and sports executives. the population consisted of 331 subjects including all sports executives of cities of tehran province, tehran city, tehran municipality regions, universities in tehran city, regions of education in tehran and sport management professors of t...

Are hormone levels associated with the attainment of social status? Although endogenous testosterone predicts status-seeking social behaviors, research suggests that the stress hormone cortisol may inhibit testosterone's effects. Thus, individuals with both high testosterone and low cortisol may be especially likely to occupy high-status positions in social hierarchies while individuals with hi...

We report that the probability that executives exercise options early decreases with the volatility of the underlying stock return. We interpret this to mean that executives’ subjective option value increases with volatility and that option grants increase executives’ risk appetite. Further decomposition reveals that the results are most pronounced for idiosyncratic volatility, consistent with ...

This paper summarizes the most important seven factors about competency of executives based on the performance appraisal historical data of a Beijing Science and Technology Company. Combine the scores given by the experts with the results of the integration assessment of the grey system, we can get the target-value of the input samples of BP (Back Propagation) neural network, then use it to tra...

In an effort to extend theory & research on the effect of role stress on individuals and their coping ability, the relationship between Role Stress and Coping with Role Stress among women executives was examined. In today’s world more women are taking up managerial responsibilities which require them to balance multiple roles both at work and at home. This automatically gives rise to some amoun...

This paper reports the results of a study of the thinking styles of mid-level and senior information technology (IT) executives from the United States. Contrary to popular belief, this population scores significantly lower than would be expected in the “analyst” thinking style and significantly higher than would be expected in the holistic or “idealist” thinking style. We proceed to argue that ...

Burnout is described as a state of depletion of a person’s resources and energy resulting in apathetic and impassive behaviour towards others, having dysfunctional repercussions on the individual and adverse effects on organizations. Though an enormous amount of research is available on “stress” in both Western and Indian contexts, there is very little research on “burnout” in the Indian workpl...

Executive information systems (EIS) are the most-recent computer-based information systems to have emerged with the intention of providing executives with the information they require to run their businesses. Some advocates of these systems see them as a panaceathe long-awaited moment when computing will provide meaningful and significant assistance to top management. However, others have ques...

The Internet and information technology (IT) have received considerable attention from senior executives, yet they still have not committed themselves fully to these technologies. Consequently, they are not reaping the full benefits. Recent studies investigated the factors that influence senior executives’ use of IT and the Internet. Surprisingly, only a few factors had a significant influence ...

Over the past 30 years, researchers have demonstrated that health care information technology can improve patient safety and quality of care. More recently, attention has turned increasingly to the role of information and communication technology as a means to improve clinical decision-making, and organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Despite these streams of research, there is a lack of...