An investigation into the attitude of Andimeshk city’s Managers toward Urban Environment and its Related Factors

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of psycology, Islamic Azad University Andimeshk Branch

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran

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Managers' attitudes toward urban environment plays an important role in forming their environmental behaviors, with studying its effective factors being of importance in order to direct their attitude. In this regard, this study sought to investigate the attitude of Andimeshk city’s managers towards urban environment and its related factors. The research method was survey and the data collection method was a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the study consisted of all managers of Andimeshk city which according to the statistics were 90 people and using the total number sampling method, the same number was selected as sample size. Validity and reliability were obtained by Cronbach's alpha and face validity and SPSS software was used to analyze the results. Stepwise regression results showed that there is a significant relationship between the dependent variable managers' attitude towards urban environment and the independent variables using mass media, the amount of expertise and work experience and age. However, there was no significant relationship between the independent variables of socioeconomic status and the amount of social values with the dependent variable.

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