List of Articles quality of work life

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  1 - Examining Effects of Quality of Work Life on Forming Knowledge-Sharing Behaviors in a Communication Research Center in Iran
  Seyed Mahdi Hoseini Sarkhosh Peyman Akhavan Mohsen Garmabdary
  10.7508/jstpi.2015.04.007
  K nowledge sharing is a key ability to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in today’s turbulent environments. Effective knowledge sharing among employees may considerably influence organizational performance of organizations. Therefore, this study intends to exam More

  K nowledge sharing is a key ability to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in today’s turbulent environments. Effective knowledge sharing among employees may considerably influence organizational performance of organizations. Therefore, this study intends to examine impacts of quality of work life on forming knowledge-sharing behavior in a research center in Iran. This is a descriptive research and an applied research from objective perspective and a survey due to data gathering method. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze research hypotheses. A questionnaire was developed for measuring quality of work life, knowledge-sharing attitude, intention, and behavior based on prior research and distributed in target population. An analysis of 317 completed and valid questionnaires showed that quality of work life has a positive significant effect on knowledge-sharing attitude and behavior in studied organization. In addition, attitude toward knowledge sharing can enhance the tension toward knowledge sharing which in turn can improve real knowledge-sharing behaviors. Moreover, research findings indicated that among quality of work life dimensions, constitutionalism in work is the most influential factor of knowledge sharing. Finally, according to research findings, practical implications for managers and knowledge management practitioners as well as suggestions for future research to fill the research gap are proposed. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Informal employment and its relationship with work life development indicators
  Majid Mohammad shafiee Maryam Zamani Samani
  One of the key pillars in the development of any country is the employment issue and its related challenges that developing strategies in this field and its diagnosis is not hidden from anyone. The aim of this study was to explain informal employment in Iran according t More

  One of the key pillars in the development of any country is the employment issue and its related challenges that developing strategies in this field and its diagnosis is not hidden from anyone. The aim of this study was to explain informal employment in Iran according to its increasing statistics and to examine its relationship with the most important indicators of work life development including job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, job attitude, and quality of work life. The statistical population of the study consists of formal and informal workers in small and medium workshops in selected cities of Iran. Due to the large size of the statistical population and the difficulty of access to all workers, 980 of them were sampled. Finally, 887 acceptable questionnaires were collected, of which 489 were related to informal workers and 398 were related to formal workers. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results show that the indicators of job satisfaction, job attitude, and quality of work life are significantly lower for employees who have informal employment. Moreover, informal employment statistics in the surveyed cities, on average, is about 55%, which due to its increase compared to previous years and its negative consequences, especially in business development, recommendations were provided to solve this problem. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Training of University’s Human Resources and its Impact on Quality of work life and performance of staff (case study: Iran university of science and Technology staffs)
  علی  بنیادی نایینی سید محسن  اقبالی
  This study has been implemented aimed to investigate the effect of training on quality of work life and work performance among employees Iran University of Science and Technology. In order to achieve this target statistical population (all employees Iran University of S More

  This study has been implemented aimed to investigate the effect of training on quality of work life and work performance among employees Iran University of Science and Technology. In order to achieve this target statistical population (all employees Iran University of Science and Technology) which were 1180, have divided into 3 groups; service staff, administrative staff and professors. And of these, 500 employees that randomly selected from a list of employees, responded to the survey questionnaire. Research method is Correlation and questionnaires used in the survey includes: Quality of work life questionnaire (with 27 questions) components are designed based on the quality of work life, Casio Merton’s and Training questionnaire (with 19 questions) and performance assessment questionnaire (with 12 questions). To assess the reliability are used Cronbach's alpha and SPSS software, Where was obtained; reliability coefficient of performance assessment questionnaire 0/84, Reliability coefficients quality of work life questionnaire 0/88 and Reliability coefficient of training method 0/79. In order to analyze data and determine the relationship between the three variables, we used correlation test and to check whether or not a significant difference was used analysis of variance. This study indicates that "the relationship between quality of work life and performance of staff is significant in level of 0/014 with training staff. The main results of this study indicated an inverse relation between the level of education of employees and their willingness to learn. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Relationship between quality of work life and organizational commitment:the role of moderators Employee empowerment
     
  The aim of the present research, the role of employee empowerment in the relationship between quality of work life and their organizational commitment. The present research is of a descriptive- correlative type that is based on the Census; 80 questionnaires were distri More

  The aim of the present research, the role of employee empowerment in the relationship between quality of work life and their organizational commitment. The present research is of a descriptive- correlative type that is based on the Census; 80 questionnaires were distributed among Staff Imam Hasan Mojtaba hospitals in Kalat. The data collection tools were 3 questionnaires: quality of work life questionnaire (1973), the organizational commitment questionnaire of Allen and Meyer (1990), the Spreitzer’s empowerment questionnaire (1996). To determine the reliability coefficient of the questionnaires , Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used . Cronbach's alpha coefficients obtained for the three questionnaires, 85%, 78% and 92% respectively. To analyze the data, structural equation modeling and multiple regression was used. The findings show that the quality of work life and organizational commitment have a significant relationship.There is also a relationship between the quality of working life and employee empowerment (with the possibility of 99% have been identified. The results also show that employee empowerment have significant relationship with organizational commitment((with the possibility of 99% . In addition, research findings suggest an indirect impact the quality of working life on Organizational commitment this effect with the number 0.45 and is marked with 99% probability. Manuscript profile
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  5 - Relationship between quality of work life and organizational commitment:the role of moderators Employee empowerment
   
  The aim of the present research, the role of employee empowerment in the relationship between quality of work life and their organizational commitment. The present research is of a descriptive- correlative type that is based on the Census; 80 questionnaires were distri More

  The aim of the present research, the role of employee empowerment in the relationship between quality of work life and their organizational commitment. The present research is of a descriptive- correlative type that is based on the Census; 80 questionnaires were distributed among Staff Imam Hasan Mojtaba hospitals in Kalat. The data collection tools were 3 questionnaires: quality of work life questionnaire (1973), the organizational commitment questionnaire of Allen and Meyer (1990), the Spreitzer’s empowerment questionnaire (1996). To determine the reliability coefficient of the questionnaires , Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used . Cronbach's alpha coefficients obtained for the three questionnaires, 85%, 78% and 92% respectively. To analyze the data, structural equation modeling and multiple regression was used. The findings show that the quality of work life and organizational commitment have a significant relationship .There is also a relationship between the quality of working life and employee empowerment ( with the possibility of 99% have been identified. The results also show that employee empowerment have significant relationship with organizational commitment( (with the possibility of 99% . In addition, research findings suggest an indirect impact the quality of working life on Organizational commitment this effect with the number 0.45 and is marked with 99% probability. Manuscript profile
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  6 - The Pattern of Causal Relation of Employees’ Cognitive Empowerment with Quality of Work Life and Organizational Socialization with the Mediating Role of Organizational Learning
  akbar amrahi davod ghoroneh
  The present research was conducted aiming to investigate the causal relation of cognitive empowerment with quality of work life and organizational socialization considering the mediating role of organizational learning among the employees of Urmia University, Urmia, Ira More

  The present research was conducted aiming to investigate the causal relation of cognitive empowerment with quality of work life and organizational socialization considering the mediating role of organizational learning among the employees of Urmia University, Urmia, Iran. With regard to the faculty of service, 123 employees were randomly selected via stratified sampling in proportion to the size of the faculty. To collect data, four standard questionnaires were used including Richard Walton's Quality of Work Life (QWL) scale (1973), The Organizational Socialization Inventory by Taormina (1997), Cognitive Elements of Empowerment by Thomas and Velthouse (1990), and Nief’s Organizational Learning (2001). Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) via PLS software. Data analysis indicated that quality of work life and organizational socialization had no direct or significant effect on cognitive empowerment. On the other hand, the direct effect of quality of work life and organizational socialization on organizational learning was significant; also, the indirect effect of quality of work life and organizational socialization on cognitive empowerment was significant. According to the obtained results, it is essential and effective to highlight the mediating role of organizational learning in the explanation, prediction, and enhancement of cognitive empowerment of employees in organizations Manuscript profile