[The use of structural equation modeling and the effect of spirituality in workplace on organizational citizenship behavior at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences]

Introduction: with the advent of new concepts such as spirituality in work place, work morale, work values, ethics, in recent years, a new paradigm has been introduced in organizations called in workplace spirituality. Studies show that organizations using spirituality in workplace, achieve higher levels of growth and development in organizational citizenship behavior concept. The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between the employees` spirituality in workplace and organizational citizenship behavior at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Methods: this is a descriptive-correlative study. Sample size included 260 employees at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Data gathering instruments consisted of two questionnaires: the first was Organizational Citizenship Behavior measurement and the second one, Milliman et al `Spirituality in Workplace. Reliability coefficients were 0.71 and 0.82 respectively, using Chronbach's formula. The collected data were analyzed using one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation, multiple regressions and Structural equation modeling [SEM]

Results: findings showed that there are positive and significant relationship between Spirituality in Workplace and its components with Organizational Citizenship Behavior. T-test results showed that Spirituality in Workplace and Organizational Citizenship Behavior are in a rather good correlation. The regression result showed the meaningful impact of the Spirituality in Workplace factors on Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Conclusion: according to the findings, it can be suggested that the existence of Spirituality in Workplace can result in the improvement of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

managers decision-making strategies and the staffs job satisfaction in Isfahan hospitals

To run a hospital effectively, managers need to have proper decision-making strategies. The managers' decision-making strategies and the staffs job satisfaction are two major factors that allow the manager to achieve the planned objectives. Therefore, in this paper, these two factors were studied. It was a descriptive study in which the population of the study consisted of 7607 people among whom 384 people were selected based on stratified random sampling. Two questionnaires were used to collect data and the data were analyzed based on descriptive and inferential statistics. The managers' decision-making strategies were determined as follows: individual decision-making [-3.01], consultation decision-making [- = 2.51], collective decision-making [- = 2.32] and cooperative decision-making [- = 2.16]. There was no significant relationship between the staffs job satisfaction in public hospitals [- = 2.29] and their job satisfaction in private hospitals [- = 2.82]. The findings of the study revealed that in running hospitals, the managers' most frequently used individual decision making strategies. Furthermore, the staff were less safisfied with this kind of decision making and more satisfied with other types of decision-making strategies used by hospital managers

survey of endemic goiter in school children in Kermanshah

In the fall of 1991, the incidence of goiter was determined in 1078 male and female school children in Kermanshah city. The study was considered from two view points i.e., clinical examinations and measurements of levels of iodine excreted in urine, and was performed in three age groups: 7-11 years of age, 12-15 years of age and 16-18 years of age. Clinical examination showed 16.5% occurrence of goiter in boys and 21.2% occurrence in girls of all age groups. The most common type of goiter in boys was la with occurrence of about 14.2% whereas la and Ib were the most common in girls with occurrence of 14.9% and 3.6%, respectively. The results obtained from laboratory studies showed that the levels of iodine in urine of healthy boys was about 89.17 +/- 4.7 micrograms iodine per gram of creatinine, and in healthy girls 97.9 +/- 3.5 micrograms iodine per gram creatinine, which indicates a significant difference in the levels of excreted iodine between the two sexes. The levels of iodine in urine was decreased considerably in children with goiter, up to 47% in boys and 58% in girls. The results obtained from this survey indicate that Kermanshah province fits in the moderate-deficiency region of the Hetzel classification for having a maximum of 35% occurrence of goiter. Furthermore, 25 to 50 micro g iodine consumption per gram creatinine becomes one of the urgent priorities of the national campaign against iodine deficiency disorders