In family business literature, business professionalization is often simplified into a binary characteristic, that is, the presence of a nonfamily manager. We contend that other professionalization features, which may act simultaneously, can influence firm performance. This study addresses professionalization as a multidimensional construct, as intended by general management literature, and ass...

The study on the perception of 264 (33.2%) nursing students from the Professionalization and Regular groups regarding predicting factors of drugs consumption shows these students consume alcohol and tobacco and view alcohol as a leading factor in the consumption of drugs. The Professionalization group consumes tranquilizers and stimulants at a higher rate than the Regular group. The Professiona...

The movement toward professionalization of the child care field confronts serious and complex problems of conceptualization and practical organization of roles, programs, and personnel. This article describes and analyzes these issues in the context of current practice and the emerging professionalization of the field.

Although the importance of an organization’s information technology (IT) human resources is widely acknowledged, especially in the arena of new technology development, most organizational research has taken a “black box” approach to the study of IT professionals, treating the IT human resource as a relatively homogeneous community that operates as a fixed department or group within the landscap...

Background: Several elements influence the process of professionalization. The focus is on the process of professionalization in the healthcare chain. A special emphasis proportion was given to the field of nursing and its gradual transition to the profession. During the transition process endogenous and exogenous environment act as elements which should be identified. Methods: Data were analys...

PURPOSE To understand how the technology of electronic prescription (e Rx) can transform the community pharmacist's role through its effects on professionalization. We define professionalization as a pharmaceutical practice centred on clinical activities and made possible by the establishment of professional pharmaceutical services. METHODS We asked 12 community pharmacists who had participat...

background in recent years, healthcare organizations have supported the professionalization of nursing in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. the purpose of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers to professionalization of nursing in iran. methods a qualitative study was conducted using the conventional content analysis. semi-structured interviews were held w...