Hamed Nozari; Mohammad Ebrahim Sadeghi; Seyed Saeed Monajemzade
Volume 1, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 171-186
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Purpose: Although more than four decades have passed since the issue of telecommuting became a new method for organizing work and workforce, not many scientific and academic studies have been done in this field in our country. However, in recent years, the telecommuting plan has been on the government's ...
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Purpose: Although more than four decades have passed since the issue of telecommuting became a new method for organizing work and workforce, not many scientific and academic studies have been done in this field in our country. However, in recent years, the telecommuting plan has been on the government's agenda, and many government agencies and institutions have been required to implement government directives on telecommuting. The presence of crises such as the outbreak of COVID-19 has also added to the importance of this issue in recent years. Methodology: In this research, the data of teleworkers in the central headquarters of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade were collected through a survey method. Thus, by designing two questionnaires for employees and managers, different dimensions of the plan and the consequences of telecommuting in this ministry were examined from two perspectives of managers and employees. Findings: The results showed that information and communication technology is the main component of telecommuting, so it is almost impossible to implement this plan without its infrastructure. It should be noted that communication infrastructure is not limited to communication tools such as computers and communication lines such as high-speed Internet, and the possibility of access to the organization's internal automation system and employee work card is also part of it. Originality/Value: In this research, the implementation of a telecommuting project in the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade has been studied from the perspective of managers and employees, and the main challenges facing this project have been analyzed and based on this, suggestions for better implementation of this project in Government agencies provided.
Javad Montazeri; Reza Yazdani; Meysam Kaviani
Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Pages 57-72
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Purpose: This paper aims to assess the efficiency of existing companies in Iran's insurance industry and its relationship with essential profitability ratios. Therefore, with the help of input-axis and output-axis approaches, the performance of the companies was investigated, and the relationship between ...
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Purpose: This paper aims to assess the efficiency of existing companies in Iran's insurance industry and its relationship with essential profitability ratios. Therefore, with the help of input-axis and output-axis approaches, the performance of the companies was investigated, and the relationship between profitability and efficiency was studied using Tobit's regression model. Methodology: To achieve the answer to the above question, we selected 14 insurance companies in the capital market of Tehran as statistical samples. The data collected in 10 years between 2012 and 2018 have been considered. The hypothesis test has been performed by considering the dependent variable of dividends in different forms through Tobit and logit regression analysis. Findings: The results confirm that during the six years (2011 to 2016), the return on assets with a calculated efficiency is positively correlated with the input-oriented approach and has a negative relationship with the output-oriented approach. The results also show that the return on equity has no significant relationship with the two performance approaches. Originality/Value: In this study, considering the ratio of total liabilities, equity, and assets as input variables and income and sales, premium, and net profit as output variables, the ability to aggregate these items and translate them into one It has a single criterion called "efficiency" with two approaches.
