Acknowledgements

In conducting these investigations, we have drawn upon the views of many researchers in Iran and some Arabic countries with expertise in such areas as political science, marketing, psychology, social sciences and management, in order to interpret results from various viewpoints. We are very grateful for their insightful comments, which have helped the author to improve the results presented here. We also extend our thanks to Mr. Abbas Imany, who helped us to translate of some sections of the book.