نشریه پژوهش های مدیریت منابع انسانی
سال پنجم شماره 1 (پیاپی 13، بهار و تابستان 1392)

This research is intended to study the relation between the functions of human resource management and intellectual capital. Since human resource management is applied as a device to increase the knowledge of the employees, it can be effective in improving the intellectual capital of the organization. Research population of this study covers all employees at service in a training military center. 120 employees in the units of this training center were identified to work as specialists, 92 of whom were selected as sample population according to Morgan's table. The researchers employed questionnaires for collecting data. The questionnaire of functions of human resource management contained five aspects. The questionnaire used for the measurement of intellectual capital contained three aspects including intellectual, structural and relational capitals. The results indicated that there was a significant multifold relation between human resource management and intellectual capital.

This research is intended to provide a framework for the relationship between process development of knowledge management and different organizational cultures. Organizational climate, here conceptualized as knowledge climate, is used for this purpose. It is explained that in this framework, creative culture supports creative climate. Hence, the process of producing and acquiring knowledge is promoted and conceptual knowledge is improved. Continuation of the current culture supporting the systemic climate brings about development in organizing and storing processes, and improves system knowledge. Participative culture, on the other hand, supports discourse climate resulting in the promotion of distribution and participation and enhancement of experimental knowledge. Finally, effectiveness culture supports employment culture and results in promotion of practical knowledge. These four theories resulting from the framework of this research are tested in a field study using correlation method. The last two cultures are not approved because their knowledge management programs in the selected organizations are quite new.

Human resource management procedures, which have had outmost effect on organizations, are referred to as "high performance". Investigators consider output as intermediary between human resource management procedures and organization performance. This research follows three purpose, including: 1) assessing the effects of high performance on organization performance, 2) assessing the effect of procedures on human resource outputs, and 3) assessing the effect of human resource outputs on organization performance. Organizations of the ministry of Jihad-e-Keshavarzi in Isfahan were selected to be studied. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Correlation analysis, linear regression, and multiple regression were applied to analyze the data. The results indicated that high performance procedures as well as human resource management outputs had positive effect on organization performance. However, there were no significant relation between human resource management procedure and human resource outputs of the organization.

Knowledge management is not regarded as a requirement; rather, it is considered as a necessity. This research is intended to present a framework for appraising the factors influencing production and transmission of knowledge in small and medium enterprises in Isfahan province. This research follows an applied goal through a descriptive survey case study method. Research sample is composed of 111 small and medium enterprises active in Isfahan. Data is collected by standard questionnaires through cluster random sampling method. Structural equation modeling is employed to analyze the data. The results, emphasizing on the capabilities of knowledge management, indicated that knowledge production and the degree of its effectiveness on knowledge transmission leaves effects on the enterprises under study.

Excellence models are regarded as devices for helping organizations for identifying the process of excellence, assessment of the organizations situation, and providing appropriate solutions for improving their performances. Most of the change and improvement specialists believe that empowering the employees is an effective strategy for achieving organizational change objectives, especially the goals of organizational excellence. This research is intended to investigate the role of psychological empowerment in the employees of Iranian Customs Office (Gomrok). A randomly selected sample group, including 243 subjects, was formed from the employees of the main headquarters. A questionnaire including 34 questions was employed to collect data. As the data seemed to be normal, regression was used for assessing the changes in the variables. One sample T test was employed to review the status quo, and Friedman test was used for prioritizing the indicators. The results indicated that psychological empowerment had a significant effect on organizational excellence. Aspects such as self-determinacy, and meaningfulness of the job were more effective on organizational excellence than other aspects of psychological empowerment. These findings can be helpful in designing appropriate human resource strategies for achieving organizational excellence.

This research is intended to assess the relation between Ethical leadership and empowerment of the employees in Martyr Montazeri power station in Isfahan. This is a survey research applying correlation method. Research population covers all the employees in the power station (N=610) in 1390 from whom 203 were selected as the sample group according to stratified random sampling. Dahooq and Dan Hartlage's ethical leadership questionnaire (2008) and Spriter's (1995) empowerment questionnaire were employed to collect data. Data analysis was performed through inferential and descriptive statistics. The results indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between ethical leadership and empowerment of the employees (R=0.48).

Human resource has now become the most important distinguishing factor in organizations. The extent to which human resource is managed properly, determines the competition privilege of organizations. This research is intended to asses the challenges in the way of fulfilling human resource management from the view of electronic synergy. This is a descriptive survey research. The research population covers all the managers at Zoub-e-Ahan plant in Isfahan. The sample group was calculated to be 120 subjects. Uninvariate t-test as well as Friedman test and comparative radar diagram were applied for data analysis. The results indicated that the elements of electronic synergy system being applied to the fulfillment of human resource management in Zob-e-Ahan plant brought about obstacles.

This research is intended to investigate the effect of the employee's perception of organizational justice on intellectual capital. This applied research follows correlation method. Research instruments include structural equation modeling. 181 employees were selected to make the sample group. To collect data, questionnaires for measuring justice by Kim & Leung, 2004, and Calquit (2001), and questionnaires measuring intellectual capital by Lou Garry (2004), Roaders (2007), and Haddadzadeh (1389) were employed. The results indicated that employee's perception of intra-organizational and extra-organizational justice has a positive effect on intellectual capital. Therefore, it can be predicted that if the employees have positive perception of intra-organizational and extra-organizational justice, the intellectual capital of the organization will increase. Furthermore, a positive relation between employee's perception of intra-organizational justice and that of extra-organizational justice was discovered.

This research reviews and analyzes an electronic educational system aiming at evaluation and assessment of its real effectiveness in terms of its four main components, including: technology and support, instructor, course of study, and learners. Using survey method, this applied research is carried out in Sapco. It mainly applied questionnaires along with observation and interviews to collect data. The validity of this research had already been affirmed through a similar research. Yet, because of its localization, it was referred to experts of electronic education to assess its validity. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed through Cronbach's alpha. Cluster sampling method was used to make sample group-test compared to a given figure and mathematical relations appropriate to the research model. The results indicated that the highest effectiveness is devoted to the content of the course of study and self-evaluation of the learners. Yet, technological support needed to be improved. Facilities such as improving the quality of technology and having access to online virtual instructor can be helpful in improving the whole system to have better effectiveness.

Human resource is an effective factor in achieving the goals for carrying out the mission of an organization. This research is carried out to investigate the effective factors influencing the empowerment of human resource in the ministry of higher education. This is a descriptive survey research. The research population includes 665 subjects containing 246 subjects as sample population selected according to stratified random sampling. Questionnaires were applied to collect data. Factor analysis (both confirmative and exploratory), Friedman test, and multivariate regressive analysis were applied for data analysis. The outcomes indicated that participative management, having precise goals, providing information, having access to sources, award system, developing groups, authorization, performance evaluation, modeling, supporting, motivating, independence, and organizational structure are respectively the most effective factors influencing human resource empowerment in the headquarters of the ministry of higher education. Moreover, the outcomes derived from multivariate regression indicated that motivating, supporting, modeling, and reward system, among these thirteen effective factors, are explained as human resource empowerment factors.