نشریه مطالعات جامعه شناسی
سال هشتم شماره 3 (پیاپی 28، پاییز 1394)

The present study was conducted in order to investigate the social factors related to improving the social status of high school teachers in Meshkinshahr from teachers’ own points of view. This is an applied research which in terms of time is cross-sectional and in terms of controlling the research conditions is a survey and descriptive- correlation. The statistical population of this study was all high school teachers in Meshkinshahr in 93-94 educational years (670), and using the stratified random sampling 245 teachers was selected as the sample size through Cochran formula. In order to collect data a questionnaire was used. The results of Pearson Correlation Test show that, there is a meaningful relationship between improving the social status of teachers and the following variables: salaries and benefits of teachers, teachers’ access to facilities, teachers’ membership in independent trade organizations, the citizens’ trust to teachers, the attention of Media to teachers and increasing the teachers’ skills. Also, the results of multi-variate regression show that, 79% of the improvement of teachers’ social status is due to relationship between a linear combination of independent variables and the remaining 21% which is called coefficient of no determination is due to other factors that were not included in this study.

Nowadays, lifestyle is one of the characteristics of the modern world and people in order to coordinate their actions with others use the concept of lifestyle. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between how to use media and the lifestyle of the Tabriz citizens. The method of the study is survey and its population is all Tabriz citizens (15-64 years old) in 1393 (1/125/039). In order to select the sample of the study, cluster sampling was used and Cochran formula was used to determine the volume of the sample (400). The data collected using a questionnaire and to test the hypotheses, Pearson correlation coefficient, chi-square and t-test were used.  Findings show that, the use of social media by citizens is not different based on their lifestyle. But each specific hypothesis that was detailed was confirmed. It means that, there is a meaningful relationship between the use of national television, radio and the tendency of citizens to the traditional lifestyle and the use of satellite, Internet and the tendency of citizens to modern lifestyle. Also, there is a significant relationship between the tendency to traditional life style and how to use television, radio and tendency to modern lifestyle and how to use satellite programs and Internet. Citizens’ lifestyle is different according to the gender, education, age and marital status.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between customer relationship management (CRM) and organizational effectiveness from the perspective of the bank Mellat staff. This study is based on survey results and its method is descriptive which is conducted in the branches of Bank Mellat in Tehran. The study population included all workers in the branches of Bank Mellat in Tehran and using stratified random sampling method, 364 subjects were selected as sample. To collect data two questionnaires were used that were: customer relationship management questionnaire that was taken from kalantari and TaherPour et al. (1389) in 4 dimensions of organization, attending to key customers, technology-based customer relationship management and management. And bank Effectiveness questionnaire in 4 dimensions of profitability, growth, obtains financing, the ability to adapt, innovation, client and staff satisfaction by Parsons (1996).To investigate factors related to the variables, professors’ view point and to test the reliability of the questionnaire Cronbach's alpha were used, and alsoto test the hypothesis of the research, Pearson correlation was used.The results showed that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between the components of the CRM and organizational effectiveness.

The main goal of this study is to determine the relationship between fatalism and the use of communicational media among Uremia citizens. In this researchfatalismis dependent variable based on Parsons Theory and communicational media is independent variable based on Reliance, Use and Satisfaction theory respectively. The sample of the research is 384 Uremia citizens which are determined by stratified sampling. In order to gather the required dataa self-designed questionnaire was used and to obtain the reliability of the research alpha Cronbach was used. The results show that, there is a significant relationship between fatalism and participants’ use of TV, magazines, radio and Internet. On the other hand,there is not a significant relationship between fatalism and participants’ use of TV, book and newspaper. Also, the analysis of the results of One-Way An ova has shown that, there is a significant relationship between participants’ gender and their level of literacy and fatalism. In the same veinparticipants’ type of job has no significant relationship with their fatalism. Moreover,communicational media can predict 8.7 percent of participants’ fatalism.

The purpose of this research is a comparative study of quality of life among elderly living in nursing home and elderly living in families in Uremia in 1394. The research method is causal-comparative survey (retrospective). The statistical society consisted of all men and women aged over 65 living in nursing homes and living in their families in Uremiathat according to census in 1385, the number of men over 65 years is 23207, the population of women was 22671 and the total of them were 45,878. According to Morgan, sample size is 380 and method of sampling is random sampling. The results show that, in general the quality of life for the majority of respondents (72/6 %) is in good level. The most important results also show that: There isno difference between the quality of life of elderly people living in nursing homes and living in families. Also, there is a difference between quality of communication between the elderly living in nursing homes and elderly living in families. And there is a difference between personality characteristics of the elderly living in nursing homes and elderly living in families. Moreover, there is a difference between dimensions of quality of communication and quality of life between elderly living in nursing homes and elderly in the family, and finallythere is a difference between dimensions of personality characteristics of elderly living in nursing homes and elderly living in families.

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between families’ social capital and academic achievement in female high school students in Tabriz, which is an applied and correlation study. The population included all female high school students in Tabriz (26860). Using Cochran formula Volume of the sample has been calculated as 380 students which its sampling method is stratified random sampling. A questionnaire used to collect data that is based on Likert scale. The results show that, there is a relationship between the social structure within and outside families, cognitive structure within and outside families with achievement success of female high school students in Tabriz. Also, there is a meaningful difference between families’ social capital based on the educational level of father, mother and field of study. Also, there is a meaningful difference between families of participants’academic achievement based on educational level of father, mother and field of study. Moreover the results of multiple regression analysis showed that, cognitive social capital within family has a major role in the academic success of students. This variable with explanatory power and influence (23 percent) and predictability (51 percent) placed in the first level of effectiveness.

Islamic councils have been created to attract people contribution in different activities of Islamic republic regime. But because of certain circumstances, the Islamic council has not had any activity since 20 years. After appealing a political dialogue program in 7th presidential election and following the promise in opening Islamic councils, this institution has begun its activities.According to middle approach presented in this research, the councils are civil institutions with special functions in which the controlling function is the most important. The main role of this function is the control of performance of municipalities. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of observation of Islamic council in the improvement of performance of Bo nab municipality. For this reason, some proposals have been made based on staff personnel and senior organizational managers and members of Bo nab fourth Islamic council. In order to reach the purpose and evaluate the amount of controlling according to administrative law, two methods were used as pre and pro controlling. The main gathering information tool is questionnaire and the questions are made by Likert scale. After confirming the validity of questionnaire, it was distributed among the samples of 75 people that are analyzed to get stability by Pearson and linear regression. The results indicate that, average of two kinds of controlling are more than medium, and the dimensions of pre-controlling such as budget, bargain, loan and corporate constitutions or affiliate organizations are effective in the improvement of performance of municipal.

The present study was conducted in order to investigate the social factors related to organizational commitment among employees of the department of culture and Islamic guidance of East Azerbaijan. Seven hypotheses were studied in order to achieve the research objectives. The statistical population of this study was all employees of the department of culture and Islamic guidance of East Azerbaijan. Using the stratified random sampling 66 people was selected as the sample size through Morgan table. In order to collect data a researcher-made questionnaire was completed by the samples. Survey method has been used in this study, given the nature of the issue. The descriptive and inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used for hypotheses testing after extraction of data. The results show that, there is a significant relationship between the variables of the effectiveness of training and development, payroll, performance evaluation, appropriate relation with employees and engagement with organizational commitment. But there is not a significant relationship between variable of employment alternative opportunities with organizational commitment.