scholarly journals The Relationship between Personality Traits and Teaching quality among the Faculty Members of AJA University of Medical Sciences from Students' Viewpoint

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-281
Author(s):  
Moradi Doliskani. M ◽  
Mohammadi Mehr. M ◽  
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Author(s):  
Sima Rafiei ◽  
Rafat Mohebibar ◽  
Bahman Ahadi Nejad ◽  
Nadia Nisari

Background: Social capital has an important role in empowering entrepreneurship activities and performance improvement inhuman resources. This study aimed to examine the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship behavior of academic members of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional method conducted among all faculty members working in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2018. In order to collect study data, two standard questionnaires including social capital scale (Nahapiet & Goshal 1998) and entrepreneurial behavior (Leon Daes Zamptakis and Vasiliss Mustakis 2007) were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods in SPSS version 20. Results: The results of the study showed that social capital and entrepreneurial behavior had a desirable condition. Furthermore, these two variables were statistically correlated (P-value < 0.05). Conclusion: Promoting the level of social capital in academic environments has significant benefits and a positive impact on entrepreneurial behaviors of academic members of the university. Therefore, managers should strengthen this key element in their organizations to upgrade their professional job performance.   Key words: Social Capital, Entrepreneurial Behavior, Faculty Member of the University.


2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 349-358
Author(s):  
Mohammadreza Amiresmaili ◽  
Farzaneh Zolala ◽  
Atefeh Esfandiari ◽  
Reza Dehnavieh ◽  
Mahmood Nekoueimoghadam ◽  
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the relationship between organizational social capital and retention of faculty members in Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Design/methodology/approach – Using a stratified multistage sampling, 120 faculty members were recruited to fill the questionnaire. Findings – There were a direct and positive bilateral (r=0.65) relationship between social capital and retention of faculty members. Originality/value – The university officials and policy makers need to pay closer attention to some issues such as providing welfare facilities, salary and wages, benefits, interests and appreciation for faculty members.


Author(s):  
Hassan Zareei Mahmoodabadi ◽  
Fateme Ghazi kermani ◽  
Mahsa Ehrampoush

Introduction: Increase of job satisfaction and reduction of job burnout are among the most challenging concepts in the field of occupation / organization. They are also considered as the basis of many policies to increase the productivity and efficiency of an organization. One of the most important causative factors of burnout is personality traits. In this context, schemas, as the personality traits described in personality development psychology, play a significant role. Therefore, investigating the relationship between these transformational patterns and occupational burnout can be considered as an essential issue in the field of occupational healthMethods: This descriptive study was conducted on 220 personnel of Public Health School in Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. The participants were selected using simple random sampling method and the data were collected using the Maslach Job Burnout Questionnaire and the Young Short-form Short-Scale Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Spss 20 by applying the central tendency indicators, t-test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient to test the hypotheses.Results: The results of this study showed a negative but significant relationship between most of the early maladaptive schemas and the two subscales of burnout (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization). The results also showed a positive and significant relationship between the schema score of release / instability and individual performance (r = 0.206, p-value = 038.Conclusion: According to the results of our study, it can be said that some of the areas of early maladaptive schemas cause stress in the university personnel and repetition of these stresses causes burnout. Therefore, understanding these areas and planning to prevent and control them are practically required to promote organizational productivity in the field of occupational and industrial research.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Kristina Kovalcikiene ◽  
Sigitas Daukilas

Nowadays , the decline in the prestige of the vocational teacher profession is a great challenge and requires a thorough exa mination of teachers ’ personality and its relationship with teaching quality. The aim of the research is to analyse the relationship between vocational teachers’ personality traits, career calling and the aspects of tea ching quality. Three hundred and forty-six vocational teachers from Lithuania participated in the research. The results revealed that only slightly more than one-third of vocational teachers’ has chosen the tea ching profession as calling. The high level of extra version ( p < 0.01), openness to experience (p < 0.01) and low level of neuroticism (p < 0.01) are related to professional calling of vocational teachers. Also, the various aspects of teaching quality are closely related to teachers’ personality traits. Thus, the research findings might serve as the basis for providing a more comprehensi ve view of the ps ychologi cal fa ctors of the vocational teachers’ profession. Keywords : Vocational teacher, personality traits, career calling, teaching quality.


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