جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « عوامل ساختاری » در نشریات گروه « کتابداری و مدیریت اطلاعات »

'Voluntary activities' domain in public libraries is a very important and expanding topic; so that many librarians are exploring new ways to use and retain volunteers. The main purpose of this study was to determine the effective factors on preservation and maintenance of volunteer working in libraries affiliated with Astan Quds Razavi.

This applied research was conducted by survey method. The statistical population includes 200 volunteers working in the libraries of Astan Quds Razavi, which with the Cochran's formula, 131 people were determined as the sample size. A simple random sampling method was used to select the sample size of the research. The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The model used in tool design is a three-branch model that has three main components: structural factors, behavioral factors and underlying damages. The validity of the tool was done with the opinion of information science and knowledge experts and librarians with voluntaries staff and the internal coordination of the questionnaire items with Cronbach's alpha coefficient was confirmed.

Research findings showed that among the sub-components related to structural factors, the sub-component of organizational structure had a higher priority and at the end was the service compensation system. Among the components of the behavioral factors, the sub-component of the motivational system had more priority for the volunteers, and then the organizational culture and the characteristics of the managers had the next priorities. From volunteers's point of view, behavioral factors are more important than the other two factors, and from this approach, structural factors are ranked last. It was also found that there is a positive and significant relationship between all sub-components related to structural factors and behavioral factors. Also, a positive and significant relationship was observed between the three investigated factors.

The impact and relationship of all organizational factors on the maintenance of volunteers, shows that the respective managers should have a comprehensive view on the issue of management of volunteer forces to be able to use their maximum capacity in Astan Quds libraries. In the organizational structure, attention should be paid to the determination of their position and role, while removing the strict rules on the employment of volunteer's forces. The incentive system also plays an important role in attracting and keeping volunteers, which should be taken into consideration. In order to attract and retain volunteers, managers should take measures to strengthen the sense of belonging among volunteers and optimize their capacities; otherwise, the human force that can be effective in reducing the various costs of the organization will stop volunteering after some time.

The purpose of this study was to identify the structural factors necessary for the realization of knowledge governance. To achieve this goal, a two-step strategy was used. In the first step, the method of meta-synthesize was carried out. By searching the databases, 319 articles were found and in the evaluation process 25 papers were finally approved. By studying these articles 25 codes and 8 concepts (including the structure for knowledge management, incentive system, communication system, formalism, centralization, management support structure, culture and work procedures) were extracted for the research question. After verifying the validity and reliability of the results, Delphi method was used in the second phase to get expert opinion. For this purpose, the output of the content required to design the Delphi questionnaire was completed and Delphi process went on to the extent that the opinions of the experts reached a consensus on the answers to the questions. Ten experts were selected based on the purposeful sampling method and Delphi method was performed to three stages. Finally, in order to answer the question of structural arrangements for the realization of knowledge governance in the organization, 14 guiding principles were presented in the form of structural and system principles. The average of Delphi experts' opinions showed that in order to realize knowledge governance, it was necessary to define the roles and responsibilities of KM, create a construct for creativity and agility, create effective communication systems for the KM, interact with creative stakeholders, create an independent knowledge management office, create a team-centered structure and encourage collaboration, define and identify the role of senior manager of knowledge in the organization's hierarchy, empower knowledge management, provide a managerial structure for knowledge management support (such as the Knowledge Management Committee or the Knowledge Management Council) create, formalize the structure of the KM, formalize systems and processes, create incentive and reward systems for knowledge governance, define and create relationships with other business units, create an organizational culture to create and share knowledge. According to a research, no article was found that could identify structural arrangements for knowledge management by using this method and Delphi; therefore, the present research is innovative in the subject and method used.

This research is a case study of identifying and ranking of effective structural factors on developing Academic Entrepreneurship at the University of Applied Science and Technology, Iran. Structural factors are organizational components which are joined with special discipline and shape organization physique. This paper main question is: what are affective structural factors in Developing Academic Entrepreneurship? The respondents sampled from the staff of University of Applied Science and Technology, experts that are involved in entrepreneurship promotion, in education, in technology transfer activities or are in charge of university-industry relations. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Semi structure interview was chosen for gathering data in qualitative section and a questionnaire based on result of that used for gathering quantitative data. We used both Chi-Square and Freidman tests. Nine structural dimensions were examined and some factors were considered. The final framework is supported by structural equation model. Twenty five structural factors in 9 dimensions recognized that not all variables have same weight. Results show organizational factors are most important and assessment system factors have least importance.