Information and Knowledge Theories
Marzieh Yari Zanganeh
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The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching information literacy skills on social intelligence and the level of students' self-efficacy in problem solving. The current research was of applied type and experimental method with pre-test-post-test with control group (Solomon ...
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The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching information literacy skills on social intelligence and the level of students' self-efficacy in problem solving. The current research was of applied type and experimental method with pre-test-post-test with control group (Solomon design). The statistical population of Islamic Azad University master's students in the academic year 2021-2022 and the research sample was determined by 76 people based on the Karjesi and Morgan table. which were classified into four groups of 19 people and randomly divided into two experimental and proof groups of humanities and engineering by random sampling method. To collect information, the Tromso Social Intelligence Questionnaire (2001) and the General Self-Efficacy Questionnaire of Sherer et al. (1982) were used. Its content validity and reliability have been confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.78 and 0.73, respectively Analysis of covariance and t -test were used to analyze the data.The findings of the research showed that information literacy skills training has a positive effect in increasing the level of social intelligence in the participants of the experimental groups, also the results of the test showed that information literacy skills training had a significant effect on students' self-efficacy in the post-exam stage, but there was a difference between the majors in terms of social intelligence and the students' self-efficacy was not observed. The results of the research emphasize the beneficial effect of information literacy skills training in improving the social intelligence to increase their level of self-efficacy to problem solving.
Information and Knowledge Theories
Mostafa Heidari Haratemeh
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Organizational political decisions are behaviors that are not foreseen in the individual's job description, and a person tries to influence and influence others by relying on them. Therefore, the aim of the current research was to investigate organizational political decisions and innovation in interaction ...
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Organizational political decisions are behaviors that are not foreseen in the individual's job description, and a person tries to influence and influence others by relying on them. Therefore, the aim of the current research was to investigate organizational political decisions and innovation in interaction with knowledge Hiding. In this regard, 184 faculty members and professors of the Islamic Azad University, Naraq Branch,as total population sampling, were selected as a sample. The data were collected using five-item Likert questionnaires of 12-item organizational political decisions by Kacmar and Ferris (1991), three-item knowledge concealment by Serenko and Bontis (2016), 13-item creativity and innovation of people, Zhou and George (2001), and 5-item professional commitment by Chang and Choi (2007), Collection and hypotheses were analyzed using structural equation method and Sobel test and using Amos software. . The results showed: Organizational political decisions can have a direct effect on creativity and innovation of people, as well as an indirect effect through knowledge hiding. In addition, it was found that the positive relationship between organizational political decisions and knowledge hiding is moderated by professional commitment in such a way that people with a high level of professional commitment are more inclined to be less involved in achieving their career goals even in a political work environment, Decisions to knowledge hiding. Therefore, it is recommended that managers of organizations where creativity and innovation are important encourage a less political environment and encourage knowledge sharing and increase their professional commitment.
Information and Knowledge Theories
ali imanzadeh; naeimeh beirampour basmenj; maryam marandi heidarloo
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Information anxiety is one of the emerging challenges of human life, which has emerged and expanded with the development of rhizome thinking under the shadow of post-structuralist thinking. The aim of the current research was the conceptualization, limits and dimensions of information anxiety. The method ...
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Information anxiety is one of the emerging challenges of human life, which has emerged and expanded with the development of rhizome thinking under the shadow of post-structuralist thinking. The aim of the current research was the conceptualization, limits and dimensions of information anxiety. The method of this research is a systematic review that was conducted in 1402. From the 170 articles found, according to the selection criteria, 24 studies were found to be eligible and included in the present study. The findings of the research showed that the concept of information anxiety is ambiguous and its limits are not fully known. Information anxiety actually comes from the growing gap between the amount of available information and our ability to process and understand it, and this type of anxiety is fundamentally different from concepts such as library anxiety and internet anxiety. This type of anxiety has three basic dimensions of information overflow, inability to understand and process information, and inability to access and find available information. Information anxiety has many negative personal, psychological and social consequences such as feelings of disappointment and frustration, feelings of abandonment, loneliness and existential loneliness. Developing information literacy, practicing self-care and setting limits on information consumption and changing epistemological attitudes about information can help reduce feelings and severe stress associated with information anxiety.
