this paper aims at studying the effects of work/family conflict and family/ work conflict as a result of work alienation. some theories of goffman, duxbury and higgins, kirchmeyer and cohen, merton, inglehart and faunce are applied in the study. the research is conducted through a survey method. stratified random sampling has been used for selection of the samples. main data collection method f...

Term Acronym Definition Source Affective Commitment to the IS Profession ACISP* An individual's positive emotional attachment to the profession. Lee et al. 2000; Meyer and Herscovitch 2001 Autonomy AUT Provides individuals with the freedom to decide how to accomplish tasks. Ahuja and Thatcher 2005 Burnout BO A condition in which the stress experienced exceeds an individual's ability to cope wit...

In 1977, Phidiana hiltoni (O'Donoghue in J. Entomol Zool (Pomona College, Claremont, California) 19:77-119, 1927) began spreading northward from Monterey, California. By 1992, it had reached Duxbury Reef (37° 53' 23″ N, 122° 41' 59″ W), 100 km to the north, where other nudibranchs subsequently appeared to decline. The role of P. hiltoni in this decline was investigated through diet analysis, fe...

The advent of structural equation modeling (SEM) with latent variables has changed the nature of research in international marketing and management. Researchers acknowledge the possibilities of distinguishing between measurement and structural models and explicitly taking measurement error into account. As Gefen, Straub, and Boudreau (2000, p. 6) point out, ‘‘SEM has become de rigueur in valida...

Considering geometry based on the concept of distance, the results found by Menger and Blumenthal originated a body of knowledge called distance geometry. This survey covers some recent developments for assigned and unassigned distance geometry and focuses on two main applications: determination of three-dimensional conformations of biological molecules and nanostructures. B Douglas S. Gonçalve...

Although medical opinion is in general agreed that progressive massive fibrosis can cause pulmonary disability, there is little evidence from unselected populations and there is considerable difference of opinion about simple pneumoconiosis. The early literature on the subject has been well summarized by Gilson and Hugh-Jones (1955), and Higgins, Oldham, Cochrane, and Gilson (1956), Carpenter, ...