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The Evaluation of Application of Unfolding Model of Turnover to Explain the Turnover of Knowledge Workers in Some Iranian Software Companies
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
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Alavi, Babak
(Supervisor)
Abstract
Voluntary turnover has direct and indirect expenses for organizations and for this purpose; it has one of the richest literatures in academic works. Due to the especial role of knowledge workers in organizations, these expenses in knowledge-based organizations are more important and more costly than that of other organizations. One of the latest theories in the field of voluntarily turnover was introduced by Lee and Mitchell (1994) that was named “Unfolding Model of Turnover” to describe the process of decision of voluntary turnover. This theory is distinguished from its similar theories from two main aspects: First, they introduced new elements like shock. Second, they introduced...
The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in a Knowledge-Based Organization
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Alavi, Babak (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this thesis, the relationships between various leadership styles and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) were examined. For this, with a qualitative perspective and using the Grounded Method as the research methodology, dominant OCBs, effective leadership styles, the relationships between leadership behaviors and OCBs, and other influencing parameters were identified. In this regard, with a preliminary feasibility study, the possibility of implementing this research was verified and then, by using twelve in-depth interviews, required information was gathered. Main categories were recognized by coding the data and analyzing the relationship between the coded information. The...
Organizational secure knowledge flow model
, Article 2015 7th Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology, IKT 2015, 26 May 2015 through 28 May 2015 ; May , 2015 , Page(s): 1 - 6 ; 9781467374859 (ISBN) ; Shalmani, M. T. M ; Habibi, J ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2015
Abstract
With the advance and growth of knowledge management in the past two decades, currently knowledge is regarded as one of the most significant organizational assets. Today the success of businesses is dependent on the value that they give to knowledge and how they attempt to manage it. Hence, in such conditions, knowledge as a valuable asset of the organization must be well-protected. What is managed in knowledge management in organizations is actually not knowledge. What are managed are the knowledge-related processes thru which knowledge workers interact with each other. Hence, organizational knowledge protection does not mean protecting knowledge, but securing the management of knowledge and...