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Personality traits are so influential in predicting entrepreneurial intentions as researchers believe that personality approach cannot be simply ignored and there are still hidden points in this field. Since social entrepreneurs have distinct personality traits rather than economic entrepreneurs, this study aimed to investigate the effect of personality traits on the intention of social entrepreneurship among food business owners in Ilam province. The statistical population consisted of 1208 food business owners in Ilam province that by using the table of Krejci and Morgan (1980) 415 of whom were selected by stratified random sampling with appropriate assignment. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed by subject experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The results showed that among the five personality traits of extraversion, openness to experience, neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness, only two traits including openness to experience (β= 0.431, t= 8.92) and conscientiousness (β= 0.102, t= 1.96) had a positive and significant effect on the intention of social entrepreneurship of food business owners of Ilam province. In this regard, managers and business owners should be able to employ employees based on the appropriateness of their personality traits to perform the assigned tasks, with full knowledge of the characteristics and personality traits of individuals.

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting entrepreneurship in terms of the rate of starting businesses and the performance of entrepreneurs, given the changes in the political, economic, and social fields, which have led to a decrease in government and organizational employment positions and an increase in unemployment in society. Entrepreneurial experience and tendency are among the factors that can affect entrepreneurial performance, and the purpose of this research is to identify their impact.

The statistical population for this research consists of entrepreneurs in Ilam city. Using Cochran's formula, a sample size of 212 people was selected from the population of 470 individuals. A questionnaire was used for data collection, and the research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and correlational in terms of data collection. The questionnaire's validity was confirmed using academic experts' opinions (content validity), and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software.

The results of the study indicate that entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial experience have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial performance. Moreover, the mediating role of cognitive bias in this relationship was confirmed.

In conclusion, given the changes in the job market and the increase in unemployment, it is crucial to examine the factors affecting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial performance. Entrepreneurial experience and tendency are two factors that can significantly impact entrepreneurial performance. The findings of this study can be helpful in developing strategies to support and improve entrepreneurial activities.

The present study is conducted with the aim of explaining and analyzing the components of transformational leadership with a religious approach in the Islamic University.

The method of this research is qualitative which was done with the theme analysis approach in order to extract the required themes from religious sources related to leadership. The sources studied in this survey included books (Holy Quran and Nahjul Balagha) and articles in the field of Islam and the biography of the Infallibles (AS) As well as scientific books and articles in the field.

In this study, in order to extract in the first stage, descriptive coding was done as basic themes and in the interpretive coding stage, the basic themes were classified, which are called organizing themes. The last step is to determine the overarching theme that encompasses all of the aforementioned themes. Finally, this study led to the identification of 89 descriptive themes, 23 organizing themes and 8 comprehensive themes.

the authors of the article conclude that many conflicts, misunderstandings, contributions and evasion of good performance and quality of work, were recognized as the result of incorrect selection of managers and leaders of organizations and a manager who enhances the following qualities will achieve remarkable  success : following the the Holy Prophet and the Infallible Imams (AS) and components of transformational leadership (justice-oriented, teamworking, support and empathy, moderation, consultability, professionalism, tolerance and moral values.

Visual appeal is an important and necessary issue in the modern marketing era. Attracting customers' opinions can be done more quickly and easily using visual marketing methods. Every year, many products lose their customers due to lack of attention to effective marketing methods. The current research is categorized as descriptive research in correlational research in terms of the nature of data collection. The statistical population was the buyers of chain stores, 384 of whom were selected by random sampling, standardized questionnaires were completed and analyzed using SPSS software. The obtained results showed that visual marketing has an effective, positive and significant role on the sale of products with an innovative approach, it was also shown that by using visual marketing it is possible to distinguish from other competitors who have been active in this field in the past years. , surpassed by using effective methods of visual marketing.

The topic of brand competitiveness is one of those topics that have strongly drawn the interest of economic researchers in recent years. Today, brands are known as the most valuable assets of many companies. Therefore, the success of the banking industry is undoubtedly related to their performance. The purpose of this research was to study the impact of brand competition on banking performance with the mediating role of entrepreneurial opportunities. The research is an applied study in terms of its purpose and a descriptive-survey study in terms of data collection. For the purpose of field investigation in the present research, the statistical population included all employees of Shahr Bank of Tehran province, amounting to 1496 people out of whom 306 people were sampled according to the population size from Cochran's formula. In addition to library studies, the data collection tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was estimated by Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed both descriptively and inferentially using the SPSS version 23 and Lisrel version 8.8 software suites. The results of structural equation modeling show that brand competitiveness significantly influences banking performance negatively and entrepreneurial opportunities positively. Also, entrepreneurial opportunities influence banking performance positively and significantly. Finally, brand competitiveness influences banking performance through entrepreneurial opportunities positively and significantly. It is inferred from the results that branding and entrepreneurial opportunities play a very important role in improving bank performance.

The present qualitative research set out to design a model for invisible employee control in public organizations. The research sample included managers at various universities and educational institutes in Ilam selected based on snowball sampling. A semi-structured interview was conducted with the participants to collect the research data which were further analyzed based on Grounded Theory. The findings indicated that three sets of causal, contextual and intervening factors can influence invisible employee control. Causal factors include efficient evaluation system, adequate organizational supportive atmosphere, efficient supervision and control system and fair and unbiased employee promotion. Contextual factors comprise appreciating and rewarding effective services, taking personality characteristics into account and managers’ ethical supportive behavior towards employees. Intervening factors were found to be maintaining rule-orientation, reducing hidden powers and existence of clear specific control plans. Control pattern strategies were found to include empowering managers, developing human resources, promoting organizational intimacy, matching jobs with employees’ capabilities and adequate employment system. Finally, invisible employee control was construed as leading to organizational efficiency, customer satisfaction, promoting organizational accountability, and boosting employees’ participation and commitment.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Islamic knowledge management on the development of human capital by considering the mediating role of Islamic work ethic among faculty members of Ilam public universities. The research method is descriptive and also in terms of purpose is in the category of applied research. The statistical population of the study includes all members of the faculty of Ilam public universities, which is a total of 502 people. The statistical sample of the study was 215 people using simple Morgan table. Standard and researcher-made questionnaires have been used to collect information that the reliability of which has been confirmed. In order to document the results of statistical analysis and provide final solutions, the researcher has analyzed the questions using the statistical method using SPSS software and the hypotheses have been tested using correlation and regression indices. The results of this study show that there is a significant relationship between different dimensions of Islamic knowledge management (knowledge creation, knowledge documentation, knowledge storage and knowledge sharing) and human capital development considering the mediating role of Islamic work ethic in Ilam public universities.

Deceleration of economic growth and actual economic stagnation necessitates an analysis and explanation of this situation and search of its external and inner organizational reasons. One of the causes for economic slowdown lies in the fact that most of the superior positions are occupied by unqualified people only because of racial similarities. The present research was done with the purpose of identification of public managers’ mindset in regard to racial similar- to- me effect in the context of organizational appointments using Q methodology. This research is practical in its objective, methodologically descriptive, and in regard to data collection and analysis an exploratory mixed (quantitative/ qualitative) one .The statistical population was the whole public managers in Ilam city public organizations. The sampling was done with judgmental purposive methodology and data collection tools were semistructured interview and Q tables. The qualitative part was prepared through semi-structured interviews with 10 public managers and a thematic analysis for gathering a discourse space of 106 subjects and ultimately a sampling of 41narratives. In the quantitative part, with completion of 10 Q tables and causal analysis of obtained data, the individuals’ mindset in every group was identified and explored. Finally, based on Q factor analysis results, four mental patterns (monopolism, narcissism, metathesiophobia and epistemophobia) were determined in regard to similar- to- me effect in organizational appointment among senior managers of Ilam public organizations. Monopolism was found to be the dominant pattern due to higher number of participants and their dominant position.

The jihadist culture is the birthplace of the modern twentieth-century Islamic thought in the Islamic society of Iran, which has the necessary vitality to fulfill the aspirations arising from the general and modern policies of the country's administrative system. The current article, with the knowledge of the unfavorable state of affairs of the public sector employees and the weakness of work ethics as the basis for organizational and social development, the possible effects of jihadi culture on the productivity of non-faculty staff of the University of Ilam has been studied, taking into account the mediating role of Islamic work ethic. Research is specifically based on the modeling of structural equations. The main tools for collecting data are standard questionnaires. The statistical population of this study was 225 employees of Ilam University. Using Cochran formula, 142 people were selected by simple random sampling method. The results of the research, while confirming the conceptual model of the research, showed that the jihadi culture and its dimensions have a significant and positive effect on the productivity of human resources, a commitment-oriented, knowledge-based, and focused strategy. The significant and positive effects of jihadi culture on Islamic work ethic and Islamic work ethic have been confirmed on human resource productivity. Finally, it was determined that Islamic work ethic has a mediating role in the relation between jihadi culture and human resource productivity.

Today,newculturaltourismfocusesontheintegrationofproductionandconsumptionandbuildsrelationships betweensuppliersan consumers.Tourismisoneof the most dynamic economic activities of the modern era that plays an important role in sustainable development. Currently, tourism has become one of the most important components of economic development and prosperity in most countries. Cultural tourism is one of the types of tourism that encompasses a wide range of tourists and deserves special attention due to its important role in preserving the culture and history of different communities. The purpose of the present study is to design a model of entrepreneurial window of opportunity in Iranian cultural tourism. The research method used is mixed-exploratory. In the qualitative part, data-driven theory (based on open and axial coding) and in the quantitative part, the descriptive-survey method is used. The statistical population of the research is experts and specialists. In the quantitative section, the research population is the staff and experts of tourism offices and some experts in entrepreneurship field. The research tool is semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire (extracted from interview texts). The statistical method at the quantitative stage is structural equation modeling. The research findings show that the main factors of the model include causal, contextual, and confounding factors, strategies, and outcomes with their specific effects.

One of the crucial factors influencing employees’ self-efficacy is the leadership style of the organization. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the effect of the original leadership features through organizational culture on the self-efficacy of staff at Ilam University. This research is a survey-based study and is considered as an extension of application. The statistical population is all employees of Ilam University, which according to the Cochran formula was selected as sample of 200 people. The data gathering tool was a standard questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by the experts and the reliability of all variables was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. For data analysis, structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis have been used. The results of the research hypothesis show that genuine leadership was influenced by employees' self-efficacy both directly and through organizational culture. Genuine leaders, through positive social exchanges with their employees, may make employees more interested and more passionate. The noble leaders raise their self-efficacy through self-awareness, being honest with employees, making decisions based on internal ethical standards, and being able to provide realistic analyses. In sum, it can be concluded that university administrators can use this leadership style to increase the efficiency of their employees in the organization.