Askar Atashafrouz; Shoja Araban
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This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between personality traits and academic performance with mediating role of study strategies in students of Farhangian university of Khuzestan. The study population included all of the students of Farhangian University in the academic year of 1392-93. ...
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This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between personality traits and academic performance with mediating role of study strategies in students of Farhangian university of Khuzestan. The study population included all of the students of Farhangian University in the academic year of 1392-93. From this population, nine classrooms (214 students) were selected as sample, using clustering sampling method. The research instruments in this study were NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI), Approaches to Study and Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) and grade point average of students. For analysing data, the AMOS-16 was used. Results showed that openness and conscientiousness, by pushing students to deep study approach, promote academic performance. The agreeableness, by adopting a strategic study approach in students, improves academic performance. In addition, the findings indicate the positive relationship of trait neuroticism with both the surface study approach and the low academic performance of students. In general, the results showed that personality traits, both directly and indirectly through study strategies, associated with academic performance
Sh. Araban; N. Arshadi; A. Neisi; K. Beshlideh
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The purpose of this study was designing and testing a model of some personal (psychological capital, basic psychological needs), job related (job characteristics, job stress), and organizational variables (servant leadership, organizational ethical climate) as antecedents of organizational well-being. ...
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The purpose of this study was designing and testing a model of some personal (psychological capital, basic psychological needs), job related (job characteristics, job stress), and organizational variables (servant leadership, organizational ethical climate) as antecedents of organizational well-being. The statistical population of the present research included all employees of National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). 384 employees were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Instruments used in the present study were Personally Expressive Activities Questionnaire (PEAQ), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), Servant Leadership Survey (SLS), Organizational Ethical Climate Questionnaire (OECQ), Job Stress Questionnaire (JSQ), Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale (BPNWS), and Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS-18 software package was used for data analysis. Results showed that the proposed model fit the data properly. Moreover, direct positive relationships of the psychological capital, basic psychological needs, job characteristics, servant leadership, organizational ethical climate with organizational well-being, and direct negative relationship of job stress with organizational well-being were confirmed. Bootstrap procedure for testing indirect effect revealed that organizational ethical climate mediated the relationship between servant leadership and organizational well-being.
