فهرست مطالب mahdi afkhami ardakani

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship among organizational virtue, social capital, psychological capital, and Islamic lifestyle in the form of a causal model. The purpose of this study is applied and it, which is based on the structural equation modeling, is a descriptive-correlational research in terms of collecting the data. The population was Research Institute of Petroleum Industry's employees who were selected by the simple random sampling. 165 questionnaires were distributed and the data were analyzed by SPSS software and SmartPLS. According to the results, Islamic lifestyle has a positive and significant effect on psychological capital. There is not a positive and significant relationship between Islamic lifestyle and social capital. Psychological capital has a positive and significant effect on social capital. There is a positive and significant relationship between social capital and organizational virtue. There is a positive and significant relationship between psychological capital and organizational virtue.

With the emergence of the knowledge economy, human capabilities known as the most unique and sustainable competitive advantage for organizations in the current rapidly changing environment. Therefore, in this period it is essential and undeniable to paying special attention in the knowledge and skills of human resources and empowerment of these unmatched capitals in organizations. The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing the empowerment of knowledge capitals and ultimately provide a model for Research Institution of Petroleum Industry, using interpretative structural modeling. With comprehensive review of the literature, eight factors were identified to explain the empowerment of the Petroleum Industry Research; then using interpretation of structural modeling, factors graded at five levels. Then, after determining the levels each of the factors and taking into account the availability of the final matrix, the final model of interpretation were drawn. The results showed that factors such as training and development, characteristics of personality, organizational structure and the nature of the job effect more than other factors in relation to empowerment in Research Institute of Petroleum Industry.

Nowadays the effective use of organizational knowledge and sharing it among the staff has become an strategic resource to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. For achieving such Organizations need to have strategies to improve knowledge sharing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational justice and trust, culture and trust and knowledge sharing and trust as the most important factor influencing knowledge sharing in the research institute of petroleum industry (the largest research centers of oil industry in Iran). This study is a descriptive approach based on branch correlation and structural equation modeling. Statistical sample includes employees working in research institute of petroleum industry .The main tool for data collection, is questionnaire. The results indicate that there was a significant positive relationship between organizational justice and organizational trust. The relationship between organizational culture and trust was significant positive too. Also knowledge sharing and organizational trust, has a direct and significant relationship

The purpose of this research is, selecting managements in research institute of petroleum industry (RIPI) according with main factors. These main factors are determined by reviewing the literature, and filling the questionnaires. The factor analysis (FA) method is applied to analysis information. According to the result of FA, main factors are classified in three categories: knowledge, skills, and attributes. Each of these categories consist different concepts, and conceptual levels.

The study of organizational culture acts as a data collection tool that enables managers to prioritize issues, and identify the perceptions and expectations of employees, comparing the sectors and working groups, so as to improve the gap between status quo and a desired one. This paper aims to examine the impact of organizational culture on the entrepreneurship component in RIPI. The study population included all of 200 employees, 127 of which were selected using random sampling. For data collection, two standard questionnaires of Marguerite Hill regarding organizational entrepreneurship and Cameron and Quinn’s organizational culture questionnaire were used. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between variable of organizational culture and components of group culture, adhocracy culture, market culture and organizational entrepreneurship.

The Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) is one of the leading research centers to identify, supply, and development of advanced knowledge and technology for the oil industry and value creation for its customers through fundamental, applicational, and developmental researches to solve strategic and operational problems of oil industry. Since RIPI is a center for all research activities of oil industry, if such research center is converted to a costly place, it would not be effective then. Thus, its productivity must be more than its costs. Therefore, estimation of its efficiency and productivity and identification of its effective factors are very essential. In this study, Window Analysis method, Malmquist Index, and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models are used to measure performance of each unit over time, and to analyze changes of productivity and efficiency over time, and separation of productivity into its two main parts: technological developments and efficiency changes. The results show that the average of technical efficiency of units 1, 2, 5 and 6 is about 82%, which is relatively low. The average of technical efficiency of units 1, 5 and 6 are about 84%. The average scale efficiency for all units of RIPI is desirable, except for unit 2 that is 83%. Regarding to Malmquist index, only performance of unit 5 has not improved during the period, and performance of other units were improved. The average of Malmquist productivity index for RIPI was 1.09 during the period, which shows improvement of its performance.

The turbulent environment and competitive markets and necessity for innovation will lead research institutes to entrepreneurship-related areas. The necessity felt by the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry for wealth creation through developing and commercializing technology has resulted in doing the current research aimed at measuring the impact of GLOBE cultural model elements on entrepreneurship. The research method is descriptive–correlational based on Structural Equation Modeling. The survey population were the employees of RIPI out of which 180 employees were selected by using a random sampling based on Morgan formula. The main tool for gathering data was a questionnaire. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between in-group collectivism, assertiveness, future orientation, performance orientation, altruistic dimensions and entrepreneurship. While there is a negative relationship between power distance as well as uncertainty avoidance dimensions and entrepreneurship, no significant relationship is detected between in-group collectivism, gender equality and entrepreneurship. Subsequently, some suggestions are provided for entrepreneurs to help them understand and manage cultural elements in order to provide them new insights into entrepreneurship.