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Researchers have extensively studied factors that impact the development of fluency in L2 oral production while there is scant evidence regarding task variation-related effects. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the effects of task variation involving group dialogue, dialogue unscrambling, and dialogue completion on Iranian EFL learners’ oral speech fluency. To this end, 80 EFL learners were assigned to three experimental groups (EXG1, EXG2, and EXG3) and one control group shown as CONG. The EXG1 was treated by three tasks, i. e., dialogue completion, dialogue unscrambling, and group dialogue, the EXG2 through two tasks involving dialogue completion and dialogue unscrambling, the EXG3 by dialogue unscrambling task, and the CONG was instructed by teacher conventional method. The groups were pretested and posttested through the speaking section of Preliminary English Test (PET). The participants’ interview transcriptions were then coded for scoring and statistical analysis of fluency to show the effects of treatment for each group. The four groups received their required instructions for ten sessions. The findings revealed that task variation made significant differences in the learners’ oral fluency achievement. The analyses made through running ANOVA and Post Hoc yielded to the conclusion that EXG1, instructed through a combination of the three tasks, outperformed the other groups regarding fluency achievement. The findings of this study have pedagogical implications for teachers, EFL learners, and syllabus designers.

Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of "developing a model of job competencies for managers of Bank Saderat". Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of method and has an inductive approach. The participants of the present study were branch managers and banking experts in Tehran. Since in this study, the aim was to present the competency model of Bank Saderat managers, therefore, purposive sampling method was used. The focus has been on people with more experience in the banking industry. At the beginning, criteria for purposeful selection of experts and managers were considered. Based on these criteria, a list of these experts and managers was prepared to make the necessary arrangements for scheduling and conducting the interview. Therefore, the population of this study was the employees and experts of the bank; Sampling was performed by purposive method and the researcher reached the level of theoretical saturation with 15 people. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. In order to analyze the data, the content analysis method was used. Findings: The research findings showed that after analyzing the data obtained from the interviews and all the basic and organizing topics, 5 comprehensive topics are: - Interpersonal competencies 2- Individual ethics 3- Professional ethics 4- Managerial competencies 5- Competencies Professional; The main components of job competencies of Bank Saderat managers were identified. Conclusion: Considering the compilation of the competency model using the extracted components, it is recommended that standards and criteria based on these components be formulated and designed for hiring managers, and considering that the training and updating of managers is one of the components obtained in This research is recommended that the training of competency programs to managers as well as employees of a complex should be put on the agenda. It is appropriate for managers to help improve organizational behaviors by investing in professional ethics on the people of the organization, and in this way, in addition to benefiting from people with high human capital, they can also benefit from the advantage of expanding the effectiveness of their organization.

The core capital of many businesses is their brand. Today companies not only use the brand to differentiate themselves from competitors in the market, but also use the brand to reach the minds and hearts of customers and create a special emotional relationship with them. In this study, due to the great differences between consumer markets and industrial markets, the factors affecting in industrial brand equity have been investigated. The statistical population includes all companies producing composite products and unsaturated polyester resins and vinyl esters in Iran. Due to the limitations of competitive industrial markets, the Convenience sampling method has been used and to test the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling based on the partial least squares method has been used. Research findings have shown that Consumers’ understanding of brand characteristics, Consumers’ brand evaluation, Consumers’ affective towards the brand and customer behavior towards the brand have a positive and significant effect on the brand equity. Also, brand awareness and brand association have a positive and significant effect on Consumers’ understanding of brand characteristics. Reputation, leadership, quality and distinction or uniqueness of the brand has a positive and significant effect on customers' evaluation of the brand. Brand satisfaction, brand commitment, brand trust and brand identity have a positive and significant effect on consumers’ affective towards the brand. Finally, willing to pay a price premium, Word – of – mouth (WOM) recommendation, brand usage and Acceptance of brand extensions has a positive and significant effect on customer behavior towards the brand.

Analysis of investors’ behavior is a new scientific field in financial behavior, which is a good tool for acquiring this knowledge. Uncertain circumstances cause investors to make systematic mistakes and face cognitive biases in their expectations and decision making, including in assessing stock returns. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which investors follow the pattern of belief updating as a cognitive bias in the use of earnings accounting information to evaluate the stock returns of 205 active companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. Multivariate regression analysis was performed using Eviews 9 software. The results show that by controlling year and industry effects, investors use profitability for most of the past years in following the pattern of belief updating based on two indicators of reducing realized earnings per share and equity returns. The research model is also confirmed by the sensitivity analysis and controlling company effects based on the equity return index. However, it is not confirmed by the two indicators of realized earnings per share and return on assets.

The main purpose of the present study is to identify and investigate the factors affecting the revisit intention of a tourist destination and to prioritize them based on their level of importance. There are many factors that influence the revisit intention of a place, however, not many studies have been conducted to address the issue of identifying and prioritizing them. Accordingly, this study seeks to fill this gap. This study identified more than 200 factors through a comprehensive literature review and expert’s opinions and classified them into 17 main factors. These identified factors were then provided to tourism experts and they were then rated, using the Delphi method. Ultimately, 3 factors were removed and 14 factors remained as factors affecting the revisit intention. The prioritization of these factors and their importance was established using the Multi-Criteria Decision Method, i.e. the Best-worst method (BWM). The results showed that the behavior and culture of local people in a tourist destination is the most important factor for tourists in leading them to revisit that destination. The perceived value factor was ranked second and the motivation factor was ranked third, in this respect. Moreover, the factor of Word of Mouth (WOM) was the least important factor and therefore was ranked last. The findings of this study are useful in helping tourism marketing and branding strategists to focus on the right metrics to make more effective decisions and encourage people to revisit tourist destinations.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of scenario planning on strategic innovation considering the mediating role of strategic thinking and strategic flexibility. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in nature. The statistical population of the study is the manufacturing companies of Bushehr province. In order to determine the sample size, the test-software method (G-Power) was used. Based on this, 222 observations were calculated. Using a simple random sampling method with the online survey, 176 questionnaires were finally received by the researchers. Data analysis was performed using the structural equation method and Smart PLS 3 software. Research findings showed that scenario planning has a positive and significant effect on strategic innovation. The mediating effect of strategic flexibility and strategic thinking in the relationship between scenario planning and strategic innovation is also significant. The present study expands the management literature by filling in research gaps. Organizations today need to change their past strategies to be able to understand and meet customer needs faster and more competitively than other competitors.