The MIS Quarterly has always had a strong focus on building and testing theory. In this regard, most research articles published in the MIS Quarterly have proposed a theory and then tested it either in whole or in part. In the June 1998 issue of the MIS Quarterly, however, Bob Zmud as then Editor-in-Chief issued a call for pure-theory submissions: research article submissions that had the sole ...

in this research, my problem is what the major criteria of supremebliss in al-ghazali's thought are. the methodology in thisinvestigation is analytic-descriptive. in his works, al-ghazali offersdifferent criteria, such as knowing god, proximity to him, meetinghim, to love him and so on. to actualize the last one, al-ghazalisuggests two methods: one: interruption of concern with mundaneworl...

theoretically speaking, ict is a new concept in enterprise architecture which can be studied in hrm and hr architecture issues. due to contextual variables carrying diverse variation and importance levels, designing an e-readiness framework of hr architecture is a complex issue. therefore, this idea is considered in iranian oil and gas industry to be piloted. framework of ict conceptual model d...

Research was conducted to test the effectiveness of a skills-based program as a method for reducing anxiety during public speaking. Twenty-five Japanese college sophomores were exposed to a systematic approach for developing a presentation that was theoretically linked to mechanisms to reduce communication apprehension (CA). Students gave four presentations that were graded by both teacher and ...

This study aimed to examine the interaction effect of response medium (i.e., write down ideas and orally report ideas) and working memory capacity (WMC) on creative idea generation. Participants (N = 90) with higher or lower WMC were asked to solve Alternative Uses Task (AUT) problems in the condition of writing down or speaking out ideas. The results showed that fluency of AUT performance was ...