فصلنامه مشاوره شغلی و سازمانی
پیاپی 48 (پاییز 1400)

Corona epidemic as a global career shock; is one of the context factors affecting the career path of individuals that has strongly affected various jobs, including counseling. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of corona on counselors.

In the present qualitative research, the phenomenological approach was used. for this purpose 15 counselors were selected Using purposive sampling method from among the counselors of the University of Isfahan Counseling Center in 1400. The participants were studied via exploratory and in-depth interviews during a 6-month period. Data were collected, registered, encoded and classified in to 9 main categories.

Through the analysis of participants’s experience 439 primary codes, 9 main themes (Counseling style, quality and effectiveness of counseling, number of clients, type of clients, violation of some ethical principles of counseling, expansion and development of counseling activities, personal and professional growth of counselors, flexibility in time structure and hours of counseling sessions, economic status of counselors) and 22 sub-themes were identified about the effects of corona on counselor .

Corona as an unexpected out-of-control event and among the context factors affecting the career path, is conceptualized as a “career shock” that has affected the counselors during the corona epidemic.

The present study aimed to identify affecting factors on personal development of managers of companies with high technology in Iran Telecommunication Company. The method was an exploratory mix method. The research population was in the qualitative section, academic and Telecommunication Company experts. Twenty of them were interviewed by purposive sampling method until theoretical saturation. The population in a small part included all the managers of Iran Telecommunication Company to 220 people, which was determined using random sampling method with Morgan table, 140 people. Semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire with reliability (α = 0.95) were used to collect data. For analyzing data, content analysis was used in qualitative part and structural equations were used in quantitative part. The results showed that the affecting factors include individual factors (demographic, cognitive, intrinsic motivation, development and self-learning), organizational factors (atmosphere, technology, structure, support, organizational resources and culture, and strategic factors), occupational factors (complexity), managerial factors (belief, support, participation and competence of managers) and environmental factors (political, economic, social and cultural environment). Model fitting with the structural equation modeling showed that the model has a good fit with the data. Accordingly, individual effective factors with regression coefficient (γ = 0.76), occupational effective factors with regression coefficient (γ = 0.93), managerial effective factors with regression coefficient (γ = 0.94), organizational effective factors with Regression coefficient (γ = 0.93) and environmental factors with regression coefficient (γ = 0.78) have explained the factors affecting the personal development of Telecommunication Company managers.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy (MCT) training and self-compassion-based mindfulness on nurses' resilience to stress in all Covid-19 attacks.

The design of the present study was a quasi-experimental design of pre-test-post-test design with unbalanced control group with quarterly follow-up. The statistical population of the present study was all nurses of Shahriar Social Security Hospital in 1399-1400. Nurses were selected and randomly assigned to three groups. Which includes: 20 people for metacognition-based training program, 20 people for compassion-based mindfulness training program and 20 people for control group. The Connor and Davidson Stress Resilience Questionnaire (2003) was used to collect data.

The results showed that metacognitive therapy (MCT) and self-compassion-based mindfulness training have an effect on nurses' resilience to stress in the Covid-19 epidemic and the effect of both methods compared to the previous stage. The test has been stable. However, the sustainability of metacognitive therapy-based intervention (MCT) has been assessed more than compassion-based mindfulness.

This study aimed to analyze the context to identify the processes and mechanisms of the nascent academic entrepreneurship path in knowledge-based companies in Isfahan, to provide a paradigm model of the nascent academic entrepreneurship path.

The qualitative research method is grounded theory and in-depth and unstructured interviews were conducted with 15 academic entrepreneur in 15 knowledge-based companies in a Purposive sampling and the snowball technique. Data were analyzed at three levels of open, axial, and selective coding.

Data analysis showed that the nascent academic entrepreneurship path includes 64 sub-categories, 16 categories, and 2 core categories. The subcategories include: Scientific Orientation, Opportunistic Perspective, Financial Productivity, Action Value, hardness, Flexibility, calling, affection Capability, Process Growth, Creating Support, Specialism, Excitement, Functional Capability, Inquisition, Creativity, and Foundationalism. The core categories include Indexism and Empowerment.

The nascent pathway to academic entrepreneurship starts from the family background and early work experiences in childhood. The role of causal factors causes concern in the individual, which the positive effects of intervention factors such as scientific orientation intensify the role of these causal factors. Eventually, people are attracted to the academic entrepreneurship pathway and work in it using appropriate strategies. What people experience at the end of the pathway is post-entrepreneurial growth in both personal and professional dimensis

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transformational leadership on job performance with roles of identity and job involvement.

This study is an applied one and is descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. To collect relevant information from the library-field method and four standard questionnaires including Transformational Leadership Questionnaires Bass and Aulio (2000), Paterson Job Performance (1963), Salanova et al. (2002) Job Inventory and Cheney Organizational Identity Questionnaire (2002). Content validity method was used to determine the validity of the questionnaires and Cronbach's alpha reliability was 0.931, 0.915, 0.933, 0.939, respectively. This is a questionnaire. According to the purpose and the subject of the research, the statistical population of this study consisted of 243 employees of Tehran's 2nd district municipality and 149 persons were selected through Cochran formula by simple random sampling.

Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics were used to examine the variables such as mean, standard deviation and variance, and demographic variables such as gender, age and educational status. It was used for inferential statistics and structural equation modeling using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of Smart PLS 3 software.

The results showed that transformational leadership affects job performance with mediating role of organizational identity and also transformational leadership influenced job performance with mediating role of job involvement. Therefore, it is suggested to improve employees empowerment by choosing transformational leadership style. Proper productivity, improved job performance,

Today, employees’ turnover is regarded a challenge in any organization and leave of any employee impose heavy cost on organization. Hence, the aim of current study was to determine the mediating role of perceived organizational support in the relationship between dark personality triad and turnover intention.

The research study was descriptive - correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of the staff of the Central Bank in Tehran who was employed in the year 1398. Data were collected using Turnover intention scale (Kim and Leung, 2007), Dirty Dozen scale (Jenson & Webster, 2010), Perceived Organizational Support Scale (Eisenberger et al, 1986), and analyzed using structural equation modeling.

The results showed that the direct effect of Machiavellian on turnover intention (ß=0.25،P<0.01), narcissistic on turnover intention (ß=0.48،P<0.01), Psychopath on turnover intention (ß=0.26،P<0.01) is positive and significant; and the direct effect of perceived organizational support on turnover intention (ß=-0.31،P<0.01) is negative and significant. Finally, the results of the Bootstrap test showed that perceived organizational support in the relationship between Machiavellian and turnover intention (ß=-0.011،P<0.05), between narcissistic and turnover intention (ß=0.012،P<0.05) and between psychopath and turnover intention (ß=0.011،P<0.05) has a mediating role.

Therefore, central bank officials can take steps to reduce the negative impact of the dark triad of personality and prevent the turnover intention so that employees can perceive the attention and support of the organization.

Protean career orientation is a type of career path has emerged in the transition from the traditional to the contemporary world. This orientation has provided the basis for the formation of flexible personalities, known as the two main features of 'self-management' and ' value-driven. The influence t of culture on the characteristics of individuals with protean orientations in different societies has been underestimated. On the other hand, in respect of the conceptual and functional affinities of protean career orientations and the entrepreneurship, it is needed to determine the conceptual distinctions between these two paths. The purpose of this study was to provide the answers for the below questions. Question 1: What are the characteristics of people with protean career orientation in Iran and question 2: What is the difference between the concept of protean career path and the concept of entrepreneurship?

To answer the first question, the characteristics of individuals with the protean career path were evaluated using the qualitative approach and the grounded theory analysis method.

Three main features and eleven sub-features were obtained for individuals with protean occupational orientation; two of them were consistent with those mentioned in protean career path theory.

The results of this study indicate that the specific characteristics of the Iranian society have led to the emergence of special abilities in people with protean career path. The results of a comparative investigation between entrepreneurs and people with protean career orientations also show that, despite the similarities between them, there are fundamental differences in the level of conceptual paradigm and behavioral strategies between the protean career path and entrepreneurship.