The Relationship between Organizational Health and the Degree of Accreditation of Hospitals in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Background: Organizational health is a competitive advantage and an important factor with regard to the effectiveness of hospitals. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between organizational health and the degree of accreditation of hospitals in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Method: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted cross-sectionally in 2019. The statistical population included the staff of selected hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. The sample size was estimated as 382 people and sampling was performed using multi-stage method. The data collection tool was the Standard Organizational Health Questionnaire. The validity of the administered questionnaire was confirmed using the experts’ opinions and reliability of these tools was calculated by Cronbach's alpha (0. 88). The hospitals’ accreditation status was obtained from the Accreditation Office of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences and analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient) by SPSS 16 software. Results: Findings showed a significant relationship between the organizational health and the degree of accreditation (one and two) )p < 0.05(. Meanwhile, the highest mean of organizational health was related to Mohammad Kermanshahi Hospital with an average of 170.40, but the lowest mean was related to Dr. Moaven Sahneh Hospital with an average of 123.61). Conclusion: Given the significant relationship between organizational health and the degree of accreditation of hospitals, managers are recommended to make serious revisions in the accreditation process of health centers and take corrective actions regarding the points that can be improved, standard criteria, evaluation methods, and evaluators’ training.

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Investigating the relationship between organizational health and social responsibility of administrative staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Occupational Hygiene and Health Promotion ◽

10.18502/ohhp.v5i2.7011 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh ROKHFOROUZ ◽

Zahra ROKHFOROUZ ◽

Maryam HASHEMIAN ◽

Mostafa NAZIRZADEH

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Organizational Health ◽

Correlation Study ◽

Administrative Staff ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Statistical Population ◽

High Level ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Social responsibility is critical to the success of organizations and is a key factor in any organization's survival. In this regard, the present study was conducted to investigate the impact of the relationship between organizational health and social responsibility in administrative staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This research is a descriptive correlation study. The statistical population of this study consisted of all the administrative staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in the year 2018 that 139 persons were selected by censusmethod. Data collection tools included standard questionnaires of organizational health and social responsibility. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS-16 software using Pearson correlation, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. Results: The findings show that in this organization social responsibility with average of 127/89 ±17/91 and organizational health with mean of 149/15 ± 23/36 are both at relatively high level and organizational health has a direct and significant correlation with social responsibility of employees (P= 0/01, r= 0/21). Conclusions: The healthy atmosphere of an organization affects the attitude, performance and belief level of employees, which makes them more committed and responsible and ultimately leads to the growth and development of the organization. In the present study, organizational health has been one of the main determinants of the level of social responsibility of employees that changes in its level affect social responsibility. Therefore, the managers of the organization concerned with proper planning can promote the social responsibility of the employees and finally provide the performance of organizations.

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Analyzing the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Silence with Organizational Health among Employers of Fars Maskan Bank

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v9n1p234 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 234

Author(s):

Asiyeh Foshat ◽

Reza Zarei

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Inverse Relationship ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Organizational Health ◽

Fars Province ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Organizational Silence ◽

Statistical Sample ◽

The Relationship ◽

Regression Tests

This study aims to analyze the relationship between organizational culture and silence with organizational health. The methodology of the study is correlation, and its statistical population is 642 that are all employers in Maskan Bank in Fars province. Sampling was executed through one-phase clustering sampling in which 130 persons were selected as statistical sample. Three questionnaires of organizational health (Hawaii et al., 1987), organizational culture (Hofstede, 1980), and organizational silence (Vacola & Bouradas, 2005) were used for collecting data. Data was analyzed step to step using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression tests. Results indicated that there is a significant inverse relationship between organizational culture and silence with organizational health (less than 0.01). Higher level managers’ view of silence (among elements of organizational silence) and patriarchy (among elements of organizational culture) are capable of predicting organizational health in inverse. Other elements are not significantly capable in predicting organizational health.

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Evaluation of the Relationship between Personality and Conservatism of Investors in the Stock Exchange (Case Study: Insurance Companies)

Propósitos y Representaciones ◽

10.20511/pyr2021.v9nspe3.1111 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (SPE3) ◽

Author(s):

Mahsa Mohseni

Keyword(s):

Significant Relationship ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Insurance Companies ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Pearson Correlation Test ◽

Correlational Method ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this research to "investigate the relationship between personality and conservatism of investors of insurance companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange." The present study was applied research in terms of purpose, which has employed a descriptive and correlational method. The statistical population of this research included all people who buy and sell shares of insurance companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. According to Cochran's formula, the sample size was determined as much as 384 people collected by a simple random sampling method. The research instruments were the Conservative Questionnaire based on the Gribel and Leighton (1999) and McCrae and Costa (1985) five-factor personality questionnaire. The questionnaire’s validity was confirmed by 20 experts, and the reliability of all three questionnaires was acceptable for all three questionnaires due to Cronbach's alpha above 0.79. The data analysis was conducted using the Pearson correlation test and regression analysis. The results indicated a significant relationship between the investors’ personality and their conservatism in the Tehran Stock Exchange. There was also a significant relationship between all personality components except for extraversion with the investor’s conservatism in the Tehran Stock Exchange.

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The Relationship of Talent Management and Organizational Development with Job Motivation of Employees

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis ◽

10.11118/actaun201664020653 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 653-662 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Parvaneh Rastgoo

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Organizational Development ◽

Educational Research ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Talent Management ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Research Student ◽

Job Motivation ◽

The Relationship

The present research was aimed to the study the relationship between talent management and organizational development and job motivation of the employees in educational, research, student, and cultural deputies of Bushehr University of medical sciences and health services. The method of this research was practical in terms of objectives, descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the research was the entire employees in educational, research, student, and cultural deputies of Bushehr University of medical sciences and health services (consisted of 301 individuals) among whom 170 individuals were chosen as sample size using Morgan table and simple random sampling method. In order to collect data, the three standard questionnaires of Talent management of Oheley (2007), organizational development of Peter Lok and John Crawford (2001), and job motivation of Herzberg (1965) were used. In order to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used, and the value of this coefficient was higher than 0.7 for each of the questionnaires. For evaluation of the validity, the content validity was used, and for this regard, the questionnaires were confirmed by the related experts. The analysis of the obtained data was performed through SPSS software in two parts of descriptive and inferential (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation test and multiple regression). The research findings indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between talent management and organizational development and job motivation of teachers.

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The Relationship between Sleep Quality and Social Intimacy, and Academic Burn-Out in Students of Medical Sciences

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n5p231 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 231 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Azizollah Arbabisarjou ◽

Hashemi Seyed Mehdi ◽

Mohammad Reza Sharif ◽

Kobra Haji Alizadeh ◽

Peyman Yarmohammadzadeh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Academic Burnout ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Burn Out ◽

Pearson Correlation Test ◽

Social Intimacy ◽

The Relationship

INTRODUCTION: Academic burnout leads to creation of a series of negative and scattered thoughts, loss of hope and emotional and physical exhaustion in carrying out activities. Two factors that affect academic burnout are sleep quality and social intimacy. This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and social intimacy, and academic burn-out in the students of Tabriz University of Medical SciencesMATERIALS & METHODS: This study was descriptive and correlational. The population of this study consisted of the students in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and 196 medical students were selected. They completed Berso et al. Academic Burnout Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Miller Social Intimacy Scale (MSIS). The validity of the questionnaires confirmed by experts’ views. Their reliability were obtained as 77%, 64% and 85% for academic burnout, sleep quality and social intimacy questionnaires respectively by calculating the internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha). For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test, Regression, cluster analysis and t-test were used.RESULTS: The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between sleep quality and academic burnout at the level p<0.05 (r=0.38). There was a negative and significant relationship between social intimacy and academic burnout at the level p<0.05 (r= -0.40). Also, the regression results showed that sleep quality and social intimacy were able to predict 37% and 39% of academic burnout respectively. Moreover, the students were divided into two clusters of individuals with high social intimacy and individuals with low social intimacy. No significant difference was found between the two types in terms of the variable of academic burn-out.CONCLUSION: Based on the research results, it can be stated that the variables of sleep quality and social intimacy are the predictor factors of academic burn-out.

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The relationship between body image, self-concept and happiness among women seeking cosmetic surgery in Tehran

Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences ◽

10.18502/ssu.v27i1.868 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mandana Niknam ◽

Zahra Khodi ◽

Marjan Khodi

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Plastic Surgery ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Cosmetic Surgery ◽

Body Satisfaction ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽

Self Concept ◽

Statistical Population ◽

The Relationship

Introdution: In today's societies, a high percentage of people are dissatisfied with the physical appearance that such physical dissatisfaction provides tendencies for many psychological problems.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body image and self-concept with happiness among women seeking cosmetic surgery in Tehran. Methods The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of all female applicants for cosmetic surgery referred to the medical centers (15 khordad plastic surgery hospital, and Fatima plastic surgery hospital) in Tehran in 2016. 100 of them were selected through purposive sampling. For collecting the data,, the self-body multidimensional relationship questionnaire (Cache, Winstead and Janda, 1987), self-concept questionnaire (SCQ) (Rogers, 1961) and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (Argyle, 1989) were used. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis using SPSS (ver. 16) software. Results: The findings showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between physical image and happiness. Therefore, there was a positive and significant relationship between happiness and physical image components such as appearance assessment, fit assessment, tendency to fit and body satisfaction, But there was not a significant relationship between happiness, subjective weight and apparent tendency .There was also a negative and significant relationship between self-concept and happiness. Body image and self-concept significantly predicted happiness. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that body image and self-concept play a significant role in the happiness of women who apply for cosmetic surgery

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TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DAN MOTIVASI IBU DALAM MEMBERIKAN BABY SPA PADA BAYI

Jurnal Riset Kesehatan Nasional ◽

10.37294/jrkn.v3i1.143 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 82

Author(s):

Idah Ayu Wulandari ◽

Ni Wayan Manik Parwati

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Analytical Study ◽

P Value ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Baby Spa is one of the therapies that can increase the growth and development of the baby. Motivation for its implementation there is a need for mother's motivation. Motivation that is influenced by knowledge is very necessary for mothers to give baby spa for their babies. Objective: To analyze the relationship between knowledge and mother's motivation to giving baby SPA for their 3-12 months infants. Method: This study was an analytical study with a cross sectional approach using saturated samples. The population of this study was all mothers who had examined themselves at BPM Idah Ayu Wulandari who had babies aged 3-12 months, they were 29 peoples. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using Rank Spearman. Results: The majority of respondents have high levels of knowledge and high levels of baby spa motivation. There is a significant relationship between knowledge and motivation to giving baby spa (p value 0.002, r = 0.559). Conclusion: It was expected for Midwives Practive Independently (BPM) to active provide counseling/information about baby spa and mothers want to give a baby spa for their babies.

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The Relationship of Defensive Styles and Islamic Quality of Life with Death Obsession in Women with Breast Cancer

10.30699/acadpub.mci.4.1.15 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 15-22

Author(s):

Alireza Sangani ◽

Nahid Ramak ◽

Leila Azizi ◽

Paria Jangi

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Quality Of Life ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Defensive Style ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women with an increasing outbreak. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between defensive styles and Islamic quality of life (QoL) with death obsession in women with breast cancer. Methods: This research was a correlational study. The statistical population of the study included 220 female patients with breast cancer; referring to Cancer Patients Association of Gorgan in 2019. According to Krejcie and Morgan’s table, 136 women were selected from breast cancer patients by simple random sampling. Islamic QoL questionnaire of Mohammad Namaqi et al., defense styles questionnaire of Andrews et al., and obsession with death questionnaire of Abdel-Khalek were applied. Data were analyzed; using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation, and stepwise regression. Results: The results showed that there was a negative significant relationship betweenthe developed defensive style and the Islamic QoL with death obsession (P=0.001). There was a positive significant relationship between the neurotic and undeveloped defensive style with the death obsession (P=0.001). In addition, the results of the regression showed that the Islamic QoL (-0.257) and developed defensive style (-0.196) had the potential for predicting the obsession of death. Conclusions: These results emphasize the necessity of the role defensive styles and Islamic QoL on the death obsession. So, therapists and counseling in the treatment of cancer for reducing obsession may benefit from paying attention to Islamic QoL and defensive styles.

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The Relationship between the Aesthetic Dimension of Media Literacy and Academic Performance

10.53350/pjmhs211561644 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 1644-1646

Author(s):

Maryam Dezfooli ◽

Marzieh Ramezani ◽

Fatemeh Ahmad Beigi

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Multivariate Regression ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽

Statistical Population ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the aesthetic dimension of media literacy and the academic performance of women in the 12th district of Tehran in 2018-2018. The statistical population in this study is 80 women interested in education and 66 people were selected as a sample using Morgan table. In fact, the whole statistical population was determined as a sample. The research tools are two questionnaires: media literacy and academic performance. Hassan Khani Media Literacy Questionnaire (2018) with 90% reliability and Pham and Taylor (1999) Academic Performance Questionnaire with 84% reliability were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between academic performance and aesthetic components of media literacy. Keywords: media literacy, academic performance, aesthetics

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The Relationship between Perceived Parenting Styles and Loneliness in Students

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v12n9p230 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 230 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shideh Rafiee ◽

Shima Chehreii

Keyword(s):

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Authoritative Parenting ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Perceived Parenting ◽

Authoritative Parenting Style ◽

Manova Analysis ◽

The Relationship

The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived parenting styles with loneliness in single students of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz. This is a correlation research. The statistical population included all single students of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz (12 thousand students) in the year 2014 -2015. This is a convenience sampling type. A total of 200 students are selected as subjects. The research tools include perception of Parenting Styles Questionnaires (PAQ) and the UCLA loneliness. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics including Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression, univariate and multivariate variance (MANOVA) analysis, Schaeffer test and Cronbach’s alpha method are used in order to analyze the data. The results of correlation coefficient showed that there is negative and significant relationship (r=0.05) between perceived authoritative parenting styles and loneliness and there is positive and significant (r=0.18) between perceived permissive parenting styles and loneliness. Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between perceived authoritative parenting styles and loneliness (0.15). In sum, it can be found from this research that authoritative parenting style plays an important role in non-lonely children.

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