T. Rahimi, R. Faryabi,
Volume 10, Issue 4 (Fall 2022)
Abstract
Aims: Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men and is one of the major causes of pain and cost in the health care system. Prostate cancer screening is a low-cost and easy way to detect cancer early. This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with prostate cancer screening in men over 50 years in Jiroft using the Protection Motivation Theory.
Instruments & Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional study that was performed on 414 men over 50 years old. The sampling method was multi-stage. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire of 58 questions whose validity and reliability was measured. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software using one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, Pearson correlation, and linear regression.
Findings: 53.9% of the participants were in the age group of 60-69 years. Only 8.2% had an annual prostate cancer screening. Perceived vulnerability, perceived severity, self-efficacy, response efficiency, and fear had a significant positive relationship, and response cost and perceived reward had a significant inverse relationship with prostate cancer screening behavior (p<0.05). Perceived vulnerability, perceived severity, self-efficacy, fear, and protection motivation constructs could explain 37% of the variance of prostate cancer screening behavior (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The constructs of perceived vulnerability, perceived severity, self-efficacy, fear, and protection motivation can explain 37% of prostate cancer screening behavior in Iranian Men, and protection motivation is a stronger predictor.
Volume 12, Issue 4 (3-2023)
Abstract
Today, with the increasing intensity of industry competition, organizations must adopt non-traditional management tools and techniques to maintain competitive advantage as a dynamic as a dynamic activity. Therefore, the nature of the dynamic capability in an integrated framework should be examined in organization in a way that focuses on the dimensions of the measurement and how it is developed to create superior performance. Dynamic capability is affected by process alignment interactions and organizational learning culture and their joint effects on competitive performance. On the one hand, organizational agility is one of the mechanisms by which organizations develop their dynamic capabilities and thus enhance their performance. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational process alignment and learning culture on competitive performance, with emphasis on the intermediate role of dynamic capabilities and organizational agility. The present study is a descriptive-survey method in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population consisted of IT managers in Tehran, a sample of 290 people based on the Klein formula and selected by available method. In order to collect data, a questionnaire was used and for data analysis, structural equation modeling and PLS software were used. The results of the research show that organizational process alignment and learning culture affect dynamic ability positively. Also dynamic capability strengthens competitive performance of the organization and finally organizational agility affects competitive performance of the organization.
Volume 13, Issue 2 (3-2022)
Abstract
A review of the history of Iran's development in the second Pahlavi period shows that the country's economy was suffering from endless turmoil and the country's senior decision makers could not even properly identify these problems. Using the theories of Rentierism and Patrimonialism, this article has tried to show how in the process of formation of the modern state in Iran, a special way of governing based on political, economic and administrative corruption was formed. The article shows that the use of oil revenues in political economy and patriarchal relations in political culture led to bad governance in Iran. The main question of this article is about the most important causes of inefficiency of governance in the Pahlavi era? The research method in this article was to analyze the content of the lived experience of the managers of the Pahlavi period in accordance with the oral history of Harvard. The article shows that ignoring the basic requirements of modern governance and the constant weakening of institutions, political elites and social forces led to the inability and collapse of the Iranian political system.
