title: The relationship between sociability and productivity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  When productivity is in the same way with culture and organized socialization, it is the gem of organization that can ensure stableness and survival of the organizations and be the mechanism for taking the competitive advantage. In contrast, the attention to socialization and the effect of that on productivity is less than its effect on public culture and organization culture. Hence this article evaluates the relationship between these variables in two groups of employees in selected hospitals in Isfahan.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study is descriptive - correlation. The subject society who was studied was employees (nurses and staffs) of Kashany educational public hospital, Isabn Maryam public hospital, charitable Hojatie hospital and private Sadi hospitals in Isfahan province. For determination of socialization, the Biligard questionnaire and for productivity of employees the productivity questionnaire based on Goldesmit model were used that the justifiability and stability of them are confirmed by experts. The number of subject under study is calculated based on 250 persons-formula sampling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is a direct and significant correlation between socialization and productivity. On the other hand, the factors such age, sex, organizational position, history and the kind of employment, had no role excluding Sadi hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the productivity of the employees affects the accessibility of the hospital to its effective goals, the effective factors that play a role in increasing or decreasing the accessibility cannot be ignored.
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.affiliation: Health Human Resource Research Center, School of Management and Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mohammadinia
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mofid
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Marziye
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Torabi
keywords: Hospital; hospital employees; organizational socialization; productivity