The impact of emotional intelligence on managers' performance: Evidence from hospitals located in Tehran.

Context: Most of the studies show that emotional intelligence (EI) is an important factor for effective leadership and team performance in organizations.

Aims: This research paper aims to provide an exploratory analysis of EI in the hospitals managers located in Tehran, and examine its relation to their performance.

Settings And Design: The present research was an analytical and cross-sectional study.

Nurses' perceptions of evidence-based practice: a quantitative study at a teaching hospital in Iran.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides nurses a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care and the best decision that leads to quality outcomes. The purpose of this study was to measure the practice, attitude and knowledge/skill of evidence-based practice of nurses in a teaching hospital in Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011.

Identifying and prioritizing industry-level competitiveness factors: evidence from pharmaceutical market.

Background: Pharmaceutical industry is knowledge-intensive and highly globalized, in both developed and developing countries. On the other hand, if companies want to survive, they should be able to compete well in both domestic and international markets. The main purpose of this paper is therefore to develop and prioritize key factors affecting companies' competitiveness in pharmaceutical industry.