جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "behavioral factors" 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 aim of this study was to investigate the Triple Factors Bandura's Social-Cognitive Theory on users' interaction with Iranian academic digital Libraries. For this purpose, 384 people were selected as members of the research sample using two sampling methods (cluster random sampling and stratified random sampling) from the community of university users. The face and content validity of the questionnaires were evaluated using the opinions of experts and the construct validity was calculated using factor analysis. The reliability of the questionnaires was also confirmed using Cronbach's alpha method (0.948). In order to analyze the quantitative data related to the research question from descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of SPSS software. To test the qualitative date related to the research question, descriptive and inferential statistics were used applying SPSS software and for testing the model and hypotheses, Amos software was applied. The results of the research in the quantitative part showed that personal (cognitive) factors with a coefficient of 0.37, behavioral factors with a coefficient of 0.36 and environmental factors with a coefficient of 0.42 have an effect on the information retrieval interaction of university digital libraries. From the results of structural equation modelling, it was concluded that the intensity of personal (cognitive), behavioral and environmental factors in three dimensions of interaction in academic digital libraries are strong, and digital libraries need to pay more attention to these components in order to perform optimal information retrieval and develop interactive software.

The present study aimed to investigate the factors affecting scholarly communication among the faculty members in Iran’s Universities. It also explained the validity and reliability of the scale.

The study, is a descriptive study. The target statistical population included the faculty members working at Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education and Islamic Azad University of all the selected sample 380 were chosen based on the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) Table. After the selection of the sample using stratified sampling, the participants were chosen. The instrument was an organized questionnaire. The data analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and the internal consistency were calculated using SPSS and Amos 21. 

The findings showed that the six obtained factors were responsible for 77.45 percent of the whole variance of the behavioral factors. Based on the analysis of confirmatory factor analysis the presented model with six factors had an acceptable good fit. The alpha Cronbach showed that the reliability of the questionnaire was acceptable. Furthermore, Cronbach alpha coefiecient showed an acceptable internal reliability.

Overall, based on the findings, the resultant model was of a good fit; therefore, the questionnaire with six factors and twenty items was an acceptable measure to scholarly communication among faculty members of the Iranian university.

To identify behavioral and cultural factors and the mechanisms of recording manager's experiences in Documents Center of Astan Quds Razavi.Methodology/Approach: 17 senior experts and managers working in document center of Astan Quds Razavi were surveyed using a self-designed questionnaire. There is a significant difference between the current and the ideal situations considering behavioral and cultural factors variables. The "support and management of high-level managers" is the most important variable and "rewarding" is the least (1.5%). However, in the ideal situation, the "individual's transformation and dynamism for improvement" variable has the highest importance (6.1%). Regarding the mechanisms for recording experiences, "exhibition and workshops" variable gets the highest (2.9%) and "appointing a day or a week for introducing experienced ones" variable gets the lowest rank (1.9%).Again in the ideal situation, two variables of "establishing documentation centers in organizations based on mission" and "the transfer of experience from retired staffs to successors" stand in the highest level (4.4%), whereas "preparing brochures and catalogues" is the least important factor (4%). Managers decide individually to record their experiences, while the positive attitude toward this manner in long term will result in a constructive culture in organizations.