Many Iranian managers are worried about Iran beings accepted in world trade organization and the required changes they have to introduce within their institutes. Their main concerns have two reasons: on the one hand, they have to compete with well known i More
Many Iranian managers are worried about Iran beings accepted in world trade organization and the required changes they have to introduce within their institutes. Their main concerns have two reasons: on the one hand, they have to compete with well known international brands that are active in Iran. On the other hand, they have to deal with Iranian consumers' inclination, if not infatuation, towards the use of well known international brands.Unfortunately, Iranian exporting companies had limited success in establishing their brands overseas. As reported in the literature, "Country of Origin" plays a more important role in consumers purchase decision, than quality or price. Hence, we will study the status of Iranian consumers' ethnocentrism in small appliances industry. In this survey research, a sample of 384 consumers of small appliances in Tehran was chosen. 262 filled out and usable questionnaires were collected and analyzed. Data analysis was made with SPSS, using one sample t-test. Research findings indicate that in line with previous research findings in other developing countries, Iranian consumers evaluate Iranian made products as lower quality than similar products made in the developed countries such as France, Japan or Italy.
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Background and purpose: One of the problems of the country's organizations is the presence of ethnocentrism in the organizations, in such a way that the organization is out of the rational state and is moving towards a political organization lacking the necessary effici More
Background and purpose: One of the problems of the country's organizations is the presence of ethnocentrism in the organizations, in such a way that the organization is out of the rational state and is moving towards a political organization lacking the necessary efficiency and productivity. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of human resource management measures on reducing ethnicism among the headquarters and operational departments of Masjid Sulaiman Oil and Gas Exploitation Company.Research method: The method of this research is descriptive correlation type. The statistical population of the research is 813 employees, 261 of whom were selected using Cochran's method and stratified random sampling. Data were collected through standard questionnaires. Statistical analysis was done through SPSS and LISREL software.Findings: The findings showed that human resource management measures have an effect on reducing ethnocentrism, while all research hypotheses showed a positive and significant effect on ethnocentrism. Also, the overall fit of the proposed model was confirmed.Conclusion: Ethnicism in organizations can cause internal and external conflicts and, as a result, create many problems for employees in the workplace. Human resource management measures as an effective factor can reduce the problem of ethnocentrism in organizations so that employees with different ethnicities can work together peacefully.
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The present study aims to Sociological explanation of political culture and the components of ethnocentrism and traditionalism affecting it in the metropolis of Ahwaz. The data of this study were collected by survey method from a sample of 384 people who were selected f More
The present study aims to Sociological explanation of political culture and the components of ethnocentrism and traditionalism affecting it in the metropolis of Ahwaz. The data of this study were collected by survey method from a sample of 384 people who were selected from a population of 781091 citizens aged 18 to 65 years living in the metropolis of Ahwaz by stratified random sampling. The dependent variable (political culture) became operational with three dimensions of political values, political attitudes and political knowledge and its relation to independent variables, including ethnocentrism and traditionalism, which are a combination of the theories of Inglehart, Elazar, Habermas, and Almond Verba; Hypotheses were made and tested. The data collection tool in this study is a questionnaire whose reliability was estimated through Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the data were analyzed using SPSS26 and AMOS software at both descriptive and inferential levels. Findings showed that between the two variables of ethnocentrism and traditionalism, the variable of traditionalism has a positive relationship with political culture and ethnocentrism has a significant negative relationship with political culture. Also, regarding the relationship between ethnicity and traditionalism and the dimensions of political culture, it was found that ethnocentrism has a significant positive relationship with political values and a significant negative relationship with political attitudes and political knowledge. Traditionalism also has a significant positive relationship with political values and a significant negative relationship with political attitudes, but traditionalism has no significant relationship with political knowledge.
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