Journal of Iranian Social Studies

Abstract Money plays a very important role in our increasingly commercialized world. People's attitudes toward money determines their behavior about money-related matters. Individual’s attitude towards money depends on various factors including childhood experiences, education, financial and social status. This study was conducted among 384 people of Yazd to investigate their attitude towards money and related social factors. Data was collected using questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software. Findings show that the majority of respondents had the middle attitude towards money, but the percentage of respondents who had a negative attitude (2/3%) was lower than those who had a positive attitude (15/1 %).  Based on the results, the variables of religiosity, secularism, and income were directly related to attitudes toward money, while age, education and hope for the future indirectly affect attitudes toward money. Single employed men had the most positive attitudes and single employed women had the most negative attitudes toward money. The results indicate that religiosity (-0/437) decreases and income (0/18) and secularism (0/287) increases, the positive attitude towards money. Finally, according to the regression model, religiosity, employment, consumerism, and hope for the future, explain 28% of variation in attitude towards money. 
 
 

Abstract The article seeks to understand the relationship between job alienation and organizational citizenship behavior and social health among employees of Governmental agencies of Kerman. The theoretical framework of this research is based on the views of Melvin Seeman's job alienation and the Padsakov’s organizational citizenship behavior. Data collection tools include Seeman's job alienation questionnaire, Padsakov’s organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire, and Keyes's Social Health questionnaire. The statistical population is the employees of the Governmental organizations of Kerman in 2018 and the sample is 381 people based on Morgan's table. The research method is a survey and the method for analyzing the data are Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients and structural equation model. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was used to measure the normality of the data. The results indicate a reverse linear relationship between job alienation and organizational citizenship behavior and social health. There is also a negative relationship between job alienation with education and income. Finally, the study indicates that increase in organizational alienation leads to a reduction in organizational commitment.