Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam; Rasool Rabbani; Morteza Mobarak Bakhshayesh
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Health is a fundamental requisite for the growth and development of society. With changes in lifestyle and shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases, the role of social factors in determining the level of health has become more evident, and the sociology of health has become the focus of sociological ...
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Health is a fundamental requisite for the growth and development of society. With changes in lifestyle and shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases, the role of social factors in determining the level of health has become more evident, and the sociology of health has become the focus of sociological debates. The present paper aims to study the effect of social capital, relative sense of deprivation, and discrimination on people’s health. The research sample consisted of 384 individuals who were selected from among the Isfahan citizens using Cochran formula and two-stage cluster sampling method. The data was collected through survey questionnaires, reliability and validity of which were verified. The results of the study confirmed the primary hypothesis that social capital should affect the health of Isfahan citizens. Moreover, all four dimensions studied in the research showed significant relationship with health. The results of the multivariate analyses also indicated that among the analyzed variables, social trust, support, correlation, and cohesion collectively explained 0.231 of the dependent variable.
rasoul rabbani; seyed ali hashemian far; salakeh shirazi
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Modern world is evaluated by the researchers and experts as the world of changing; meaning old experiences and methods are no more capable of answering organizations' problems and issues of the present and future, therefore, new organizational modern-structured strategies are required; organizational ...
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Modern world is evaluated by the researchers and experts as the world of changing; meaning old experiences and methods are no more capable of answering organizations' problems and issues of the present and future, therefore, new organizational modern-structured strategies are required; organizational entrepreneurship strategyis one of them.This paper aims to study organizational entrepreneurship in the organizations in Iran, and to evaluate entrepreneurship grade of the managers graduated in humanistic within Arak's industrial organizations. Survey method was applied as the research methodology, and questionnaires as the tools for collecting information.In analyzing the data, Kendal statistical tests revealed a statistically significant relationship between education and organizational entrepreneurship, and Pearson statistical test showed a statistically significant relationship between innovation, organizational structure and social capital, and the dependent variable of organizational entrepreneurship. Regarding the fact that these correlations are nonlinear, apositive strong relationship between the three independent variablesmentioned,and organizational entrepreneurshipis found.Results revealed that most of managers in organizationsstudied are at alow level regarding organizational entrepreneurship; only 18.60% showed a strong tendency, 19.20% showed an average tendency, and 62.20% showed a weak tendency towards organizational entrepreneurship. This may be because of the mechanical structure ruling most of organizations studied, preventing innovation, creativity, risk taking, and therefore organizational entrepreneurship. Hence, in order to create and facilitate organizational entrepreneurship, a flexible structureis needed, alongside with organizational trust,and an increased social capital,in order to set organizational entrepreneurshipas a culture. Furthermore, managers of organizations should be committed to organizational entrepreneurship. and apply it as an appropriate strategy and support the organizational entrepreneurs, in order forthe survival and growth of their organization in today's competitive markets.
