International Journal of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science
Volume:4 Issue: 4, Autumn 2015

In this research, we meant to study the effects of entrepreneurship aspects on performance. Entrepreneurship aspects such as risk-taking, being active, progressive and innovative, and their effects one performance of small enterprises are studied. Risk-taking activities of entrepreneurs are consisted of tendency to use indicator factors for utilizing the opportunities and/or using strategies do not have certain consequences in business. The activities of entrepreneurs are related to their tendency for overcoming their rivals by means of two factors: progression and bold actions. Research methodology is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the statistical population includes all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Arak, industrial city and by means of random sampling method, and 100 people were chosen as the sample. Questionnaire was used as data collection tool. From the amount and type of effects of independent variables on dependent variable i.e. enterprises’ performance, utilizing the information was the most effective variable on the enterprises’ performance. Then, entrepreneurship aspects and information acquisition were respectively other variables that have more influence on dependent variable i.e. enterprises’ performance.

Nowadays, development of intellectual capital is one of the key factors in improvement of business processes and organization’s success. The reason is that creating processes for acquiring value through knowledge is one of the most important functions of intellectual capital management. This is why that the present study was aimed to study the relationship between intellectual capital and quality of work life. This study is a descriptive-correlation research. The statistical population of this study includes employees of a hospital in the city of Zahedan. A sample of 132 employees was selected randomly from this population. In order to collect the research data, a self-administrated questionnaire was used that includes three parts. The first part of this questionnaire includes the demographic characteristics of respondents. The second part refers to intellectual capital and the second one includes questions of quality of work life. Reliability of the questionnaire has been examined through Cronbachs’ Alpha coefficient. Also the questionnaire was reviewed and modified by academic experts and professors for ensuring its validity. The main statistical methods that have been used for analyzing the research data and testing the hypotheses were correlation coefficient and multiple-regression analysis. The results of this study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between intellectual capital (human, structural, and customer capitals) and quality of work life. The results also revealed that 36% of the variations of quality of work life can be explained by intellectual capital and its components. Finally, it is should be noted that employees’ dissatisfaction from quality of work life is a problem that destroys the organization and its employees. It is possible to prevent such problems through improving intellectual capital.

In the present research we have studied about the effect of asset's liquidation regarding the limitations of financing on cash flow sensitivity of cash. To carry out the research we have chosen 60 firms accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange during the time period between 2006 and 2011 using a systematic deletion method. To test the research hypotheses we have used a multiple variable regression method. Then the results were analyzed using atast software. The research results showed that the liquidation of physical assets does not affect cash flow sensitivity.

This study is aimed to investigate the predictability of attitude to social responsibility through the organizational culture among the faculty members of Urmia University. To do so, a writen questionnaire consisted of 39 items was developed using the standard measures, 200 questionnaires were distributed to faculty members in Urmia University, and 195 ones were returned. The construct validity was evaluated using the confirmatory factor analysis, and the alpha coefficient greater than .70 for questionnaire constructs confirmed their reliability. The methods of Pearson correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were used to test the hypotheses. Research results indicated that the faculty members' attitude to social responsibility is predictable through the organizational culture based on the Hofstede's cultural dimensions.

In this field study cluster sampling was used to select graduate students as the population of study from the university. To test the hypotheses, the data were entered into SPSS software, and variables were measured using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test (K–S test) and one sample t-test. Results of the K–S test showed that the variables are normal. And according to the obtained results from the t-test, all variables are identified as factors affecting entrepreneurial attitudes of students with Master of Arts degree (MA) in Islamic Azad University Naragh Branch. It means that research's hypothesis (H1) is accepted and null hypothesis (H0) is rejected.

Investors are willing to devote their resources to companies with excellent performance and one of the criteria of productivity for the company is profitability. Investor's over emphasize on the profitability reminds that market ignore other indicators of performance. But managers are able to influence on this criterion.  Therefore, the quality of the corporate earnings is affected by reports and managers discretion and their ability .Thus, understanding the managers' ability and its application in corporate monitoring, would be effective in economical decisions for the investors. Nevertheless, a professional management is usually complicated and they require a set of specific capability and capacities. Also, companies try to hire qualified managers, in order to achieve higher profitability. Hence, most of the investors prefer to devote their resources to corporate with higher quality of profitability and therefore, according to the importance of prices and manager's earnings investigation on the relationship between management productivity and quality of the profitability is essential for both decision makers and the Board of Directors.