Exploring the Viewpoint of Oil Industry Employees about Factors Affecting the Success of Standard Operating Procedures

Background: Different factors affect the success of standard operational procedures (SOPs). This study was conducted to explore the viewpoints of employees of Tehran Oil Refining Company about factors affecting the usability of SOPs. Methods: This qualitative study was a conventional content analysis research conducted on the oil refining company employers 2020, using the semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed by content analysis method using MAXQDA software. Results: The results showed that the employees had a positive perception toward the standard operating procedures and most of them used these procedures to improve work performance and reduce accidents. Also, from the viewpoint of the employees, organizational factors (desirable organizational culture, continuous supervision and evaluation and assurance of accurate implementation of instructions, and continuous personnel training), individual factors (positive perception of the personnel about the organization goals, rules obedience of the personnel, positive experiences of personnel from the implementation of instructions in the past), and environmental factors (environmental dynamics and their related SOP dynamics, desirable but formal relationships of managers and supervisors with personnel as well as optimal and standard work schedule) had a positive effect on the applicability of these procedures. Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that the employees, consider standard operating procedures of organizational, individual, and environmental factors effective in using standard operating instructions. Therefore, to increase the applicability of these procedures, the employees should consider their opinions.

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Factors Affecting Nurses’ Perceived Organizational Commitment: A Qualitative Study

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science ◽

10.3329/bjms.v18i2.40701 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 303-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Faribah Sepahvand ◽

Foorozan Atashzadeh Shoorideh ◽

Soroor Parvizy ◽

Mansoureh Zagheri Tafreshi

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Nurse Managers ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Medical Science ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Clinical Nurses

Objective: Nurses’ organizational commitment is one of the most important factors that facilitates their professional evolution and influences the method of care provision, quality of care, and patients’ satisfaction. The aim of this study was identified the factors that affect nurses’ perceived organizational commitment. Material and Methods: This qualitative study, conducted on 16 clinical nurses employed in Social Security Hospital of Khorramabad, Iran, during five months from May to September 2015, used deep semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling method was used for the selection of nurses and the data were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. Lincoln & Guba’s criteria were used to secure data accuracy and stability. Results: Sixteen subcategories, five categories, and three themes were distilled during content analysis process. The abstracted themes included “organizational factors”, “occupational challenges”, and “contributory management”. Conclusion: Our findings showed that numerous factors present in nurses’ profession and work environment may influence the rate of nurses’ interest and commitment in the hospital and the related organization. Hence, nurse managers can foster the promotion of nurses’ organizational commitment through creating the required suitable conditions. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(2) 2019 p.303-311

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The influence of the organizational and environmental factors on the Amazon family farming enterprises in Brazil

Research Society and Development ◽

10.33448/rsd-v10i3.13105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. e16110313105

Author(s):

Alexandre Jorge Gaia Cardoso ◽

Osvaldo Ryohei Kato ◽

Pedro Antônio de Melo ◽

Daniel Nascimento-e-Silva

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Correlation Analysis ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Business Success ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Family Farming ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Depth Study ◽

Pearson's Correlation

This study analyzed whether organizational and environmental factors influence the management of productive units of Amazonian family farmers. The method used consisted of an in-depth study of 32 communities in the northeast of Pará, using questionnaires, whose data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation analysis, and structured interviews, whose data were analyzed with French help technique of content analysis. The results showed the variables that most influence the management of the productive units are financial, among the organizational factors, and the economic and environmental, among the environmental factors. The conclusion showed that the surveyed family farmers' pre-capitalist mentality is the main impediment to achieving their business success.

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Transfer of knowledge in international cooperation: the Farmanguinhos – SMM case

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.11606/s1518-8787.2017051006249 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 103 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Samuel Araujo Gomes da Silva ◽

Roberto Gonzalez Duarte ◽

José Márcio de Castro

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Standard Operating Procedures ◽

Technical Cooperation ◽

Transfer Of Knowledge ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Standard Operating ◽

Transfer Training ◽

Different Dimensions ◽

Definition Of

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the influence of four mechanisms of knowledge transfer (training, technical visits, expatriation, and standard operating procedures) on the different dimensions (potential and realized) of absorptive capacity in international technical cooperation. METHODS: We examine the case of implementation of the Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos. Data have been collected using semi-structured interviews (applied to 21 professionals of the Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos, Farmanguinhos, FIOCRUZ, and Itamaraty) and official documents. The data of the interviews have been submitted to content analysis, using the software NVivo. RESULTS: Training and technical visits directly influenced the acquisition and, partly, the assimilation of knowledge. Expatriation contributed with the transformation of this knowledge from the development and refinement of operational routines. Finally, the definition of standard operating procedures allowed the Mozambican technicians to be the actors of the transformation of the knowledge previously acquired and assimilated and, at the same time, it laid the foundations for a future exploration of the knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: Training and technical visits mainly influence the potential absorptive capacity, while expatriation and standard operating procedures most directly affect the realized absorptive capacity.

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Developing a model for analyzing the factors influencing interpersonal conflict

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/md-08-2018-0857 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 1127-1144

Author(s):

Zeinab Lalegani ◽

Ali Nasr Isfahani ◽

Arash Shahin ◽

Ali Safari

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Interpersonal Conflict ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Interpersonal Conflicts ◽

Factors Influencing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and analyze a model of factors influencing interpersonal conflicts. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted using a mixed method approach. In the qualitative study, the conceptual model of the factors affecting interpersonal conflicts was extracted from semi-structured interviews with 17 relevant experts using a theme analysis technique. Then, three hypotheses were developed based on the model and relevant theoretical evidence. Using a researcher-made questionnaire which was developed earlier based on the qualitative results, a quantitative-based survey was performed to assess the interpersonal conflicts and also the standard scale of the level of interpersonal conflicts (Jehn, 1997). The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 160 employees of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Gas Company (CBPGC). Findings The results of the qualitative study indicated that individual factors including personality dimensions and individual differences; organizational factors including five dimensions of organizational culture, organizational structure, management characteristics, intra-organization factors and human resource systems; and environmental factors influenced the creation of interpersonal conflicts. The results of the quantitative study indicated that organizational factors with an effect size of 0.502 were identified as the most important factor influencing interpersonal conflicts. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study can provide a roadmap to managers of the CBPGC to be aware of the contributing factors to conflict within their organization. Originality/value The use of mixed method to identify the causes and factors of interpersonal conflict and analyzing a context different from previous studies can be considered as the innovations of this study.

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Analysis of the Reasons for Infidelity in Women with Extra-marital Relationships: A Qualitative Study

Modern Applied Science ◽

10.5539/mas.v10n5p151 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 151 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Shima Messripour ◽

Ozra Etemadi ◽

Seyed Ahmad Ahmadi ◽

Rezvanosadat Jazayeri

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Marital Relationships ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Research Approach ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Marital Conflicts ◽

Intrapersonal Factors

<p>Due to the higher statistics of male infidelity, the focus of previous studies has been on investigating the reasons for infidelity in this gender group. On the other hand; since marital infidelity is a phenomenon that affects every country’s culture, people, and even families, the results of research studies conducted overseas cannot be fully implicated to Iranian families. To this end, this study aimed at analyzing the reasons behind infidelity in women with extra-marital relationships in the form of a qualitative study. This study was conducted through a qualitative research approach and by using the content analysis method. Participants included 11 women referred to the counseling centers in the city of Isfahan. Purposive sampling was used and continued until data saturation. Semi-structured interviews were employed as the primary method of data collection. The data were analyzed via qualitative content analysis and constant comparative analysis methods. After the examination and division of the basic concepts, 800 initial codes were extracted from interviews. The categories were created based on the codes following several reviews and summarizations on the basis of similarities. By the nature, these conceptual and abstract themes were named in three categories of intrapersonal factors, marital conflicts, and sexual reasons. The factors affecting female infidelity in this study had three dimensions. These factors included intrapersonal factors, marital conflicts, and sexual reasons. These findings can help psychologists, family counselors, and planners in the field of the social sciences identify the efficient scopes and purposes.</p>

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Presenting a Model of Managerial practical wisdom in Hospitals

Management ◽

10.2478/manment-2019-0045 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 20-48

Author(s):

Akramsadat Mahdavi ◽

Farzad Sattari Ardabili ◽

Mohammad Kheirandish ◽

Habib Ebrahimpour ◽

Shahram Mirzaei Daryani

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Practical Wisdom ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Well Being ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Individual Values ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Stakeholder Satisfaction ◽

Hospital Managers

SummaryThis qualitative study was conducted to provide a model of managerial practical wisdom in public hospitals in order to define the components affecting managerial practical wisdom, development strategies and its results in hospitals based on interpretive paradigm using Grounded strategy and content analysis technique and based on paradigm model of Corbin and Strauss (2008). To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 hospital managers, professors and experts in the field of health care management. The basic themes of the interviews during the data analysis and coding stage identify the central class, causal, contextual, intervening factors, strategies and consequences of managerial practical wisdom in the form of a paradigm model and finally to create Grounded theory about managerial practical wisdom in these hospitals. Accordingly, the dimensions and components of practical wisdom among the managers of the mentioned hospitals were cognitive abilities and managerial competencies, factors affecting its development including individual factors (personal experiences, personality pattern, and individual values) and organizational factors (spirituality at work, organizational values and organizational will).Moreover, the results of developing this type of wisdom among the mentioned managers can be categorized as individual results (mental and psychological well-being), organizational results (improving service quality, stakeholder satisfaction, organizational dynamism and agility, organizational vitality and organizational citizenship behaviors) and social outcomes (social capital development). These results can be used in the creation and development of quantitative tools for measuring managerial practical wisdom and as a qualitative complement in evaluating the quality of decisions among hospital managers.

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Exploring Determinants of Hand Hygiene among Hospital nurses: a qualitative study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-19852/v4 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mohtasham Ghaffari ◽

Sakineh Rakhshanderou ◽

Ali Safari-Moradabadi ◽

Hassan Barkati

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Hygiene Behavior

Abstract Background: The present research is a qualitative one aiming to determine factors affecting hand-hygiene behavior of the nursing staff in Shariati Hospital of Tehran, Iran. Methods: This was a qualitative study performed using content analysis approach. Considering the aim of the study, 16 in-depth semi-structured interviews were held with the nursing staff of Shariati Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. A convenient sampling was performed and continued until data saturation and until no new codes and categories were obtained. Data were analyzed through a qualitative content analysis based on the Graham and landsman method. Directed qualitative content analysis was done in order to analyze the data. Results: The results of this study revealed 3 main themes in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control) and 8 main themes in the outside the framework (environment, perceptions, life style, morality, education, organizational culture, salience and personality). Conclusion: Due to the other factors also found in this study, an integration of theories and models for designing of interventions is recommended to increase adherence to hand hygiene behavior.

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Exploring Determinants of Hand Hygiene among Hospital nurses: a qualitative study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-19852/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mohtasham Ghaffari ◽

Sakineh Rakhshanderou ◽

Ali Safari-Moradabadi ◽

Hassan Barkati

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Hygiene Behavior

Abstract Background: The present research is a qualitative one aiming to determine factors affecting hand-hygiene behavior of the nursing staff in Shariati Hospital of Tehran, Iran.Methods: This was a qualitative study performed using content analysis approach. Considering the aim of the study, 16 in-depth semi-structured interviews were held with the nursing staff of Shariati Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. A convenient sampling was performed and continued until data saturation and until no new codes and categories were obtained. Data were analyzed through a qualitative content analysis based on the Graham and landsman method. Directed qualitative content analysis was done in order to analyze the data. Results: The results of this study revealed 3 main themes in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control) and 8 main themes in the outside the framework (environment, perceptions, life style, morality, education, organizational culture, salience and personality). Conclusion: Due to the other factors also found in this study, an integration of theories and models for designing of interventions is recommended to increase adherence to hand hygiene behavior.

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Exploring determinants of hand hygiene among hospital nurses: a qualitative study

BMC Nursing ◽

10.1186/s12912-020-00505-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohtasham Ghaffari ◽

Sakineh Rakhshanderou ◽

Ali Safari-Moradabadi ◽

Hassan Barkati

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Hygiene Behavior

Abstract Background The present research is a qualitative one aiming to determine factors affecting hand-hygiene behavior of the nursing staff in Shariati Hospital of Tehran, Iran. Methods This was a qualitative study performed using content analysis approach. Considering the aim of the study, 16 in-depth semi-structured interviews were held with the nursing staff of Shariati Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. A convenient sampling was performed and continued until data saturation and until no new codes and categories were obtained. Data were analyzed through a qualitative content analysis based on the Graham and landsman method. Directed qualitative content analysis was done in order to analyze the data. Results The results of this study revealed 3 main themes in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control) and 8 main themes in the outside the framework (environment, perceptions, life style, morality, education, organizational culture, salience and personality). Conclusion Due to the other factors also found in this study, an integration of theories and models for designing of interventions is recommended to increase adherence to hand hygiene behavior.

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Strategic Advantage in Web Tourism Promotion

International Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch028 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 597-618 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Arunasalam Sambhanthan ◽

Alice Good

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Web Content ◽

Web Based ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Tourism Promotion ◽

Level Data ◽

Process Level ◽

Trust Information

This research informs the means to develop an e-commerce strategy for web based tourism promotion of hotels located in developing countries. The study explored the aspects related to the use of information systems in web based tourism promotion, along with a focus on the organizational factors affecting the use of e-commerce strategy. Interviews were conducted with the managers of selected five sample hotels located in Sri Lanka. A structured web content analysis was undertaken for all five sample hotels to trace process level data on the e-commerce web content. Specific aspects of web content analysis include interactivity, trust, information and value adding features. Instrument for web content analysis was developed by the researcher. The outcome of research produces an outline for developing an e-commerce strategy for hotels located in developing countries to achieve strategic advantages in web based tourism promotion.

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