Previous researchers have demonstrated an effect termed social loafing: People expend less effort when working in groups than when working alone. The explanation of this decrement has been that people can "hide in the crowd" and get away with poor performance because their individual outputs are not identifiable; holding identifiability constant eliminates the loafing effect (Williams, Harkins ...

companies' continuity, because all companies have some relations with the society;Therefore, the society provides long-term survival of the company.In this way, companies in addition to economic responsibility, must take responsibilityof social issues. Therefore, with respect to corporate social responsibility andits revelations, the current paper examines the relationship between social respon...

Aspects of the social environment, including social conditions (socio-economic status, household situations, chronic illnesses) and social relations (attitude and behaviors of relations) are major determinants of depression among women. This study evaluates the relative power of social relations and social conditions in predicting depression among pregnant women in Pakistan. In the qualitative ...

Networking has become an important aspect of modern life in recent years either in sciences or interpersonal relations. Networks are studied as new forms of social organization in the sociology of science and technology, in the economics of network industries and network technologies, in business administration and in public policy. In the context of social sciences, scientists have recognized ...

Social Networking Sites (SNS) are one of the most popular business models on the Internet at the moment. At the same time, Social Networking is increasingly interesting as a topic of research in Information Systems. Drawing on existing research in the field, in this paper we propose to distinguish ISN (Internet Social Networking) as a phenomenon from its concrete manifestations in the various S...

the aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of information and communication technology on the structure of social networks. three major questions have been considered. first, how far does the combination of adolescent social links tend to be heterogeneous and how much is this change related to social and technological factors? second, does this alternation affect the power of adolescen...

moving toward third millennium is characterized by capabilities in transforming human life. specially, development of information technologies in everyday life lead to great changes in communication tools andour current understanding ofurban social life. indeed, telecommunications because of independency from time—space constraints, provide a new unlimited space for social interactions in globa...

With the fast development of social media, the information overload problem becomes increasingly severe and recommender systems play an important role in helping online users find relevant information by suggesting information of potential interests. Social activities for online users produce abundant social relations. Social relations provide an independent source for recommendation, presentin...

Inclusive Social Network Services (ISN) represent an opportunity for ordinary people to access information and knowledge through the Web. Such systems should provide access for all, creating situations where users' diversity is respected and the access difficulties are minimized. The use of search mechanisms has been the main way to find information in the Web. However, such mechanisms are stil...