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Original Article Open Access

Localization of the Knowledge Workers’ Productivity Questionnaire and

Evaluation of the Productivity of Knowledge Workers of the Central Field

of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

1. Department of Health Service Management, Faculty of Management and Medical Information, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shi-

raz, Iran

2. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3. Manager of Support Service Office, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

4. Student Research Committee, School of Management and Medical Information, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Masoomeh Zarifi, Master of Health Services Management, Department of Health Service Management, Faculty of

Management and Medical Information, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Email: zarifim@sums.ac.ir

Abstract

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The present article was adapted from Ms. Zarifi’s M.Sc. the-

sis which was support by Shiraz University of Medical Sci-

ences, Shiraz, Iran.

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