Impact of Cognitive and Affective Trust on Commitment to Change: A Mediation Analysis

ABSTRACT Purpose -Trust is considered as an important variable affecting organizational effectiveness (Shaw, 1997) which is known as trust level that employees have in their managers. It appears as if trust in supervisor has an essential role in making an effective means between organizational commitment and commitment to organizational change. method-in the current research that was conducted on 225 employees of Electricity Distribution Company of north Isfahan, organizational commitment questionnaire of Baulfour and Wechsler (1996), commitment to organizational change questionnaire of Barati and Oreyzi(2012), and trust in supervisor questionnaire of MCAllister (1995) was used. Findings-results of the research showed that there existed direct and indirect relationship between organizational commitment (OC) and commitment to change (CTC) and boot strap analysis showed that this relationship is established through mediating role of trust in supervisor (TIS). Exchange dimension of OC and CTC was mediated by cognitive component of trust, identification dimension was mediated by affective component of trust and affiliation dimension was mediated by cognitive and affective components. Conclusion -It was suggested to managers and organizations to try to create trust in subordinates if they want to create organizational commitment and commitment to change

Developing Integrated Cycle for Implementing Experience Management in Organizations

The purpose of this study was to develop integrated experience management cycle as a basis for executing experience management in organizations. The method used in this study was qualitative and a type of meta-study known as meta-synthesis. In order to perform the research, after designing research questions, systematic search of researches was carried out based on relevant keywords from six internal databases and eleven external databases (from beginning to the end of April 2017) and 13 researches selected purposefully as sampling. By reviewing the researches, researchers identified seven stages, i.e.: experience activation, experience collection, experience engineering, experience maintaining, experience dissemination, experience perception and experience use which are respectively connected through seven processes, i.e.: evaluation, edition, storing, transfer, contextualization, adaption and update. Also, the stages and processes are surrounded by five components, i.e.: organizational culture, experience management technology, experience management strategy, experience management metric and experience management team. Based on these stages and processes, the integrated experience management cycle was developed and its reliability and validity approved. The results of this study can be used as a basis for planning of managers in execution of experience management in organizations

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Investigation the mediating role of "role breath" on the relationship between the managers`performance in assessment centers, their cognitive abilities and autonomy with job performance Psychology Abstract Job performance is optimal when worker skills fit with defined dimensions for job role. This is termed "role breadth". The present study investigated this fitness. Also the relationship between autonomy, cognitive ability and performance in assessment centers with job performance according to role breadth was investigated. The research sample consisted of 139 managers of Isfahan governmental and private organizations who were selected using convenience sampling. For measuring these variables, simulation exercises in an assessment center, expanded form of Professional and Managerial Position Questionnaire (PMPQ), General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), Job Characteristics Inventory (JCI) and organizational performance evaluations were used. Findings indicated that autonomy, cognitive ability, performance in assessment center, and role breadth variables are predictors of job performance and role breadth is a mediator. According to findings, increasing in autonomy of managerial jobs and selecting of volunteers with high cognitive ability through assessment centers for managerial jobs to maximum performance is recommended

Effects of implementing the Alexander technique on enjoying the sense of motherhood in the postpartum period

Background: The broad concept of maternal well-being includes psychological concepts, social aspects, and aspects of becoming a mother. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of implementing the Alexander technique on enjoying the sense of motherhood. Materials and Methods: This study was a clinical trial conducted in two phases. In the first phase, using the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, 226 mothers were asked to undergo a scale test of enjoying the sense of motherhood after childbirth. In the second phase, 88 pregnant women were divided into two experimental groups. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire about enjoying the sense of motherhood. Independent samples t-test, Mann–Whitney test, Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, analysis of variance test, Box test, and Levine test were used to analyze the data. Results: Results of this study showed that the mean scores of the constructs of enjoying pregnancy (P > 0.001), motherhood, and child care satisfaction (P > 0.001) in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group. Moreover, the construct of trusting their own abilities to cope with maternal duties (P > 0.01) did not show significant differences between the two groups. Conclusions: The findings indicated that the Alexander technique can promote mothers' psychological well-being and their pleasure of becoming a mother and the related constructs. Results also revealed that using this technique, educating and recommending pregnant women to use this technique will be beneficial

Focusing on psychiatric patients′ strengths: A new vision on mental health care in Iran

Background: Identifying and using the strengths of patients, in practice, is a new territory. Today, the need to educate nurses and psychiatric patients about positive psychology in practice and the importance of understanding and focusing on strengths is clear. However, little is known about the strengths the psychiatric patients use and experience. Thus, this study has been designed and conducted in order to understand how people with psychiatric disorders demonstrate their strengths. Materials and Methods: In the present study, 13 semi-structured, qualitative interviews with patients and 2 focus groups with nurses were carried out. In addition, a qualitative content analysis was used to identify significant strengths. Results: Based on the results, the four main strengths consisted of: Finding a meaning in daily living, work as enduring strength, entertaining activities, and positive relationship. Patients also reported that health care providers rarely focused on patients′ strengths, and experts confirmed these findings. Our findings indicate that patients′ own strengths are a pivotal factor in getting through their illness from their perspective. Conclusions: Despite the enduring legacy of pessimism regarding psychiatric patients, these people have a repertoire of strengths. Nurses should, therefore, have a greater focus on eliciting and nourishing psychiatric patients′ strengths in their care. It is suggested that the theoretical and practical aspects of patients′ strengths be incorporated in nursing school curricula

Investigation of positive affect and emotional intelligence effect on Job satisfaction among oil refinery personnel of Isfahan.

ABSTRACT Research has shown relationship between personality and job satisfaction in two domains namely core self-theory and genetic theories related to personality