International Journal of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science
Volume:3 Issue: 3, Summer 2014

The aim of this article is to introduce the effect of strategic purchase (SP) on the suppliers’ development (SD) and purchasing performance.

 The research method is causal applied one and in order to gather data, the questionnaire was used under field method. The questionnaires were distributed among 241 companies among the suppliers of Imam Khomeini Oil Refinery Company of Shazand. Method of data analysis is also Structural Equation Modeling.

this study indicate that there is significant evidence to support the hypothesized model in which SP a direct influence on SD practices and purchasing performance, as well as an indirect impact on purchasing performance mediated through SD.

Further research is necessary to increase our understanding of a buyer’s strategic purchasing and supplier development practices and more specifically how suppliers could develop a supporting environment to facilitate the strategic alignment of these two concepts. The limitations of the survey are also discussed.

The findings from this study provide supplying firms with an understanding of how buying firms use SD to deploy their SP initiatives in order to achieve improvements in purchasing performance.

While there is some literature analyzing SP and the implications for buyer-supplier relationships, the relationship between SP and SD practices and their effect on purchasing performance has not been yet analyzed.

The present study investigated the effects of quality e-insurance on trust and customer satisfaction derived from the model of Kun Chang Lee, Namho Chung (2009) in Iran insured of Khorasan Razavi. In this study, the methodologies of descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional survey were employed. The population studied included all eligible individuals use of electronic insurance in Khorasan, using simple random sampling were available, 210 were selected as sample. For data analysis, the descriptive statistics to examine the demographic characteristics of society were applied and data normality was checked and the last Effect of variables and hypotheses testing, multivariate regression test T_Value and P use will. At all stages of data analysis, software SPSS/18 was applied. The results showed that system quality, information quality and design quality have a direct significant relationship to trust and customer satisfaction of Iran Electronic Insurance.

The present article examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance listed in the Tehran Stock exchange. In order to collect information pertaining to corporate social responsibility, a questionnaire was used containing questions on social responsibility regarding customers, employees, the environment and institutions within the society; corporate financial performance was measured using the Return on Assets (ROE). For this purpose 71 companies were examined in the time span from 2009 to 2013. To analyze the data, statistical regression was applied. Results of the research indicate the presence of a relationship between financial performance and the social responsibility towards customers and the environment, while no significant relationship was observed between the employees and social institutions. The present research shall assist managers in developing effective websites related to corporate social responsibility in order to achieve superior financial performance in the long term. It also provides a perspective, for companies, regarding the role of social responsibility in gaining future benefits.

Each paper must be accompanied Human Resources Management is a crucial part of every organization as it deals with a vital resource: human capital. In the past 10 years, HRM has been going through a transformation adopting technological tools to improve its performance. The combination of information technology tools in HRM processes has been named “electronic Human Resources Management” (e-HRM). E-HRM is being used with increasing frequency in organizations. In order to gain organizational objectives, it is important to understand and apply the factors effect on the successful adaption of E-HRM. For this purpose, this paper is a complete review on different dimension of Electronic- Human Resource Management and provides a model of factors which lead to successful adaption of e-HRM. This model contains of three categories: Organizational Factors, Actuarial Factors, and External Factors.

Radon is a radioactive noble gas that can be produced from the decay of radium and detected by special devices. In the air, radon compounds stick to the dust particles and other suspended particles and enter into the human body through breathing. Granite is suitable for covering the interior spaces of kitchens due to its beauty, hardness and high strength. On the other hand, radon emission and the increased risk of lung cancer due to the use of granite have created serious concerns. Therefore, in this study the radon emission rate by these stones has been investigated. Results obtained using CR-39 detector and PRASSI device show that the excessive use of granite in the kitchen without proper ventilation will increase residents’ lung cancer rates.

In the current world, IT provided effectiveness and efficiency of information. According to the studies, IT increases the ability of the organizations and facilitates the administrative trend and increase of output of human resources and management. By the increase of control on management information systems, the speed and quality of decision making and management are increased. Like other phenomenon, the selection of the best system based on the underlying conditions of the organization is a vital principle. As any decision making and policies to develop the organization in using the management information systems requires awareness of the current preparation of the organizations, we required an evaluation model to be aware of the preparation in the organizations to move toward information systems. The present study is applied to present a model in this regard and its implementation in districts 1, 2 of Municipality of New City of Baharestan in Isfahan and also it is based on the results of the questionnaire and presenting the propositions in accordance with the study.

Computer technology and the use of computer games have spread widely in the community and have been integrated into all aspects of life. Today, computer games have a huge impact on children's lives, and this influence is increasing rapidly. As the number of children use computers and computer games at home is growing by the day. But this technology can improve children's life?. Despite its positive aspects, such as communication services, and educational aspects of computer and computer games, there are negative aspects as well. Uncontrolled use of computers, especially when it is combined with other technologies such as television children at risk for adverse effects on physical development, social and emotional development. They can be the vision, skeletal injuries, obesity, and effect on social skills, family relationship problems and electronic addiction. Herpes if computer and video games used correctly, it has positive effects. Since computers are present everywhere in life, it is important to understand how this can be achieved through computer games have an effect on child growth and development and can enhance or distort it.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between perceived organizational justice and organizational commitment of physical education teachers in West Azerbaijan province. Research method is descriptive-correlation conducted using the field method. Statistical population includes physical education teachers in West Azerbaijan which are 1091 persons. The sample number according to Morgan table is calculated as 285 persons. Stratified random sampling method is used. Data collection tool is perceived organizational justice questionnaire and organizational commitment questionnaire. The perceived organizational justice questionnaire by Niehoff and Moorman contains 22 close-end questions. To measure organizational commitment, Meyer and Allen model containing 24 questions is used. Reliability coefficient of the perceived organizational justice and work ethics questionnaires through Cronbach's alpha is respectively, 0.834 and 0.896. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between dimensions of organizational justice (including distributive justice, procedural justice, interactive justice and interpersonal justice) except for distributive justice, and organizational commitment at level of P≤0.05, based on the F coefficient respectively with participation rates of 20%, 15% and 0.7%. Among the demographic variables (gender, marital status, employment history, education level), the level of education affected relationship between perceived organizational justice and organizational commitment and there was no significant difference between the elements of justice (distributive, procedural and interactive and interpersonal) in terms of gender, work experience, education, type of employment and working field.

In Indonesia, currently, public awareness on patent rights is very low. This can be seen from the low number of patent applications in Indonesia. In fact, Indonesia already has a regulation on patent which provides legal protection to inventors of technology. Data from the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights the Ministry of Law and Human Rights have revealed the number of foreign patents filed in Indonesia in 2012 has reached 6,212 applications. This indicates current domestic market, particularly technologicalproducts, is practically “monopolized” by foreign players. TRIPs aim at protecting and enforcing law on intellectual property right to encourage the innovation, transfer, and deployment of technology, the achievement of mutual benefits for technology creators and users, by ways that create social and economic wellbeing and balance between rights and obligations. Creations and innovations in technology of a country bring prosperity and economic development for the community. With the patent right, the creations and innovations in technology of a country bring prosperity and economic development for the community.  This study tends to identify the low level of Indonesian awareness to act in patent's registration. The methodology used is this study is document analysis. Reviewing relevant documents pertaining to the questions rose in the study.  The results show that patent's law is not yet properly functioning as refer to a tool of economic development. The results in line with the fact that patent's right in Indonesian yet purposed by government to only normative and fulfillment of ratification of TRIPS Agreement.