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Background: Staffs’ Job motivation is one of the most important factors in goals achievement in organization. As a result, considering effective factors of staffs’ motivation is one of the main tasks of organization managers. The aim of current study is to assess the relation between organization climate and job nature with staffs’ job motivation in Isfahan hospitals.

Materials and Methods: this study was a descriptive and correlation one. The study population included all staff of total Hospitals in Isfahan city. The Sample size was estimated to 141based on Cochrane. Three questionnaires including organization climate, Job nature and job motivation were used. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software version16 using Pearson correlation coefficient test, linear regression, one- way ANOVA and LSD tests.

Result: the study result revealed a significant positive correlation relation between organizational climate and job motivation (0.42), and Job nature and job motivation (0.36) (P<0.01). Furthermore, organizational climate (0.18) and Job nature (0.13) are predictors of f job motivation. One-way ANOVA test indicated there were significant statistical differences between job motivation and employment.

Conclusion: With regard to the impact of organizational climate and Job Nature in job motivation, managers should pay more attention to these two valuable factors.

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Background: Organizational culture has a crucial role in hospitals’ productivity. The success or failure of strategies and plans in organisational change depend on organizational culture. This study aimed to examine the organizational culture of Tehran hospitals in 2014.

Material  and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was carried out in 18 hospitals (public, private and semi-public hospitals) that were selected out of 114 hospitals of Tehran using quota- randomized sampling method. About 696 employees in diagnostic, curative, administrative and logistic departments participated in the study. Data was collected through a valid and reliable questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS20. Spearman, U Man- Whitney and Kruskal- Wallis statistical tests were applied.

Results: The mean score of organizational culture was 3.62 out of 6 (moderate). There was a significant relationship between organizational culture and the type of hospitals (p=0.002). The mean score of organizational culture was higher in Private and Semi-public ecurity hospitals respectivey. Attention to details and customer orientation dimensions were high in public and semi-public hospitals and private hospitals respectively. The most and the least mean score of organizational culture was related to administrative and support services units. 

Conclusion: Organization culture was evaluated in moderate status in hospitals of Tehran city. Thus, it is recommended  that hospital managers  improve hospitals 'organizational culture  specially in creativity, innovation, integration and teamwork dimensions using organizational engineering culture plans.

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Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life of employees working in a psychiatric hospital.
 
Materials & Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in Roozbeh Hospital in 2018. The sample size was calculated using Cochran's formula and 112 questionnaires were analyzed. Quality of life was assessed using the 36-item Short Form questionnaire (SF-36). Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software, descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-Square and Cramer's post-test.
 
Results: The findings revealed that the overall score of quality of life was 68.8. The highest mean of quality of life score was related to Physical functioning function (84.2) and energy fatigue had the least score (58.7). Also, the results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between education groups and quality of life in terms of physical functioning (P-value=0.007); work experience and quality of life in social functioning dimensions (P-value<0.02); between having hospital patient communication and caregivers' communication with the quality of life in energy fatigue and pain dimensions (0.005, 0.05> P-Value); in Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital staff.
 
Conclusion: According to the research findings, the quality of life of Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital staff is moderate and educational and therapeutic interventions are recommended to improve the quality of life of the staff.