sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
Sociological Study around the Conceptualization of National Identity among Iranian Intellectuals
9
35
FA
tazad@ut.ac.ir
Y
N
Developmental projects in humanities and social sciences are based on fundamental concepts and their definitions. This paper tries to investigate and scrutinize the definition of “National Identity” among Iranian thinkers and intellectuals. The article studies the works and publishes of seven famous and contemporary thinkers around “national Identity” as the representatives of various majors of humanities and social sciences. The majors which are selected from are Sociology, Political Sciences, History, Persian Literature, Philosophy, and Geopolitics. In conclusion, the paper attains a collection of most accepted definitions of “National Identity”. There are ten more frequent and emphasized items in these definitions. The ten items are a: Homeland, b: Ethnicity and Nationality, c: Culture and rituals, d: Political and governmental system, e: History, f: Economic, g: Language, h: Art & Literature i: Religion and j: globalization.
National Identity, Iranian Intellectuals, Iranian Thinkers, Development of Humanities, Conceptual Definitions
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http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-60-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
Cultural Assessment and Pattern Prioritization among Kashan Peoples
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70
FA
niazim@kashanu.ac.ir
Y
N
Assessment
of cultural necessities as a major step toward cultural development planning,
equanimity realization and improvement of social relations is taken into
account. The method of the current study is surveying in which questionnaires
are used for collecting needed information. In this survey, 720 above 15 years
old peoples in Kashan are sampled according to the Cochran formula. Superficial
credit, detecting factor analysis method and Kronbakh alpha factor are used for
validating this survey. According to the measured detecting factor analysis,
studied necessities were divided into four groups: cultural-social,
scientific-instructional, religious and sportive-artificial. Maximum and
minimum values belong to cultural-social necessities with 37.11% average and
religious necessities with 15.01% respectively. The rest are in between.
Average of cultural-social, scientific-instructional and religious necessities
differ with the gender, as women necessities average is more than that of the
men. Cultural-social and sportive-artificial necessities averages are different
based on habitat, so those who live in villages have more necessities. There is
no difference in the other necessities. Although no relation is seen between
education and religious and sportive-artificial necessities, education has
reverse relation with cultural-social and scientific-instructional necessities.
Eventually, artificial-sportive necessities are only increased with increasing
the age of people and there is no relation between the age of the people and
the rest of the necessities.
Likewise,
in prioritization of the studied patterns, family is the first, friends,
teachers, instructors, clergy and Islamic characters are the second and the
other characters (artificial, sportive, political, actors and foreign
sportsman, classmates …) are the third priority according to the respondents’
opinions.
Needs, assessment, culture, assessment of cultural value patterns
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-61-en.html
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-61-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
Social Development, Indicators and Status of Iran in World
59
182
FA
fazeli114@yahoo.com
Y
N
N
In the first phase of the present article, through reviewing different definitions of the concept of social development, it is tried to identify the different aspects of this concept as well as achieve a comprehensive definition of the concept. In the next step, through identifying and examining multiple Indicators which are presented by various organizations for measuring this concept, we tried to recognize the most comprehensive index of social development which measures more dimensions of this complex concept. In the third phase, considering the selected index, in addition to reporting the current status of social development in Iran, we have compared the ranking status of this country with other countries. According to the obtained results, the present status of social development in Iran, in comparison with other countries of the world and also the 16 countries of the region, is not in so appropriate situation and needs a serious consideration around the reasons of this matter and the way of improving and changing it.
social development, social development indexes, Iran
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-65-en.html
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-65-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
Deliberating on the Role of Social Capital on the Knowledge Creation
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100
FA
somayehkeykawosi@ymail.com
Y
N
N
N
In recent years, various organizations and companies have begun joining to the process of knowledge. Therefore, the organizations are expected to more rapidly create new knowledge (Knowledge Creation) and try to solve the problems and needs of society with their knowledge in any respect and become much more useful. Takeuchi and Nonaka offered a dynamic model of Knowledge Creation. Accordingly, organizational knowledge creation has been determined with socialization, externalization, compositions and internalization dimensions. "Knowledge Creation" is dependent on various reasons and factors such as social capital.
Social capital includes the social participation which can accelerate the reproduction process of knowledge creation, because this is a society that lacks sufficient social capital and other assets are being wasted. Therefore, the issue of social capital as a guiding principle for achieving knowledge creation seems necessary. This study is a cross sectional survey using a stratified random sampling method. Statistical population of study includes the all employees in Power Management in East Azerbaijan from whom we choose 381 as samples of study. Results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between social capital and knowledge creation. Public participation, institutional trust and interpersonal trust variables have been able to explain 36% of variance in knowledge creation.
knowledge creation, social participation, Interpersonal trust, Institutional trust.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-62-en.html
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-62-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
The Quiddity and Role of Social Participation Sorts in the Proverbs of Bahmanyari’s Novel
101
127
FA
Mohseni@umz.ac.ir
Y
N
N
The
present paper, from a sociological perspective, aims to study the proverb in
novels taking Social Participation as one of the factors of social
capital in Bahmanyari's novels. Proverbs as the internal voice of each nation
are seen as the reflection of the most hidden agenda of the people's lives as
well as a reliable source for the studies on anthropology, sociology and
psychology. The research Social Participation in proverbs as a part in
the popular culture can make us aware of the amount of the reflection of the Social
Participation aspects in traditional societies and have an influential
effect on the facilitation of purposeful actions in the today's society.
The
investigation of 6016 Proverbs in Bahmanyari's novel book demonstrates that
among different factors of social capital, Social Participation is
considered as one of the most intensive social and ethical issues in
traditional societies. Participation after trust is the second factor that is
repeated in the novel and with bilateral indices it is divided into two-way
participation, the other side participation, obligatory participation,
participation based on the division of work, instrumental participation and
counseling participation. The study concludes that among the different types of
participation, the other side participation has the highest effect.
Social Capital, Participation, Proverb, Bahmanyari's Novel Books, Sorts of Participation, The Other Side Participation
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http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-63-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
The Investigation of Sustainability in the Distribution of Spatial Development in Cities of Khuzestan Province
129
157
FA
Malekiplanning@yahoo.com
Y
N
Whenever development in spatial
aspect could provide some certain guidelines for convenient and just
satisfaction of service needs of residents, it could be a sustainable one. In
this study, by recognizing the pattern of development spatial distribution in
Khusetan cities, we try to find out whether they are in a sustainable path or not.
The study is a practical one and based on a descriptive-analytical method. Our
data have been gathered from Statistical Annual of Khusetan in 2011. The
results suggest that development spatial distribution in Khusetan cities are
not according to the goals and principles of sustainable development. All
analyses show that development spatial distribution in the province is so
unequal and completely against the spatial justice rendered by sustainable
development. Inequality has been occurred in different levels Inequality
between Ahvaz (center of province) and surrounding cities, between populous and
thinly populated cities of the province, and inequality between northern and
southern cities in one side and eastern and western ones in the other side.
Besides, the current pattern of development in the province is against the
wholistic view and systematic conduct of sustainable development in a way that
sectional view of spatial development is so clear and evident.
Development, Sustainable Development, Spatial Justice, Khuzestan
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-64-en.html
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-64-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
Study in Social Determinants on Social Health among Older People in Babol Town
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208
FA
mfilib@yahoo.com
Y
N
The
main objective of this study is to
determine social factors on social health. This study has been conducted via survey and data collected by questionnaire.
Questionnaire including three Sections: Personal information, social support and social health that were evaluated by Keyes social health questionnaire and Phillips social support questionnaire. Among the older people in Babol town, 374 elderly were selected through stratified random sampling Overall, the findings indicate that
there is a significant relationship between
social support (friends, family and others)
and social health. Among the types of social support, family support
has the greatest impact on the health of elderly community. There is a significant relationship between age, marital
status, gender, and social health. There is a significant
difference between education and income.
: social development, social development indexes, Iran
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-66-en.html
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-66-en.pdf
sabz institute of higher education
Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
2322-3367
2
1
2013
8
1
Identifying the Components and Indicators of Corporate Social Responsibility in Iran
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FA
yahya_yeganeh@yahoo.com
Y
N
Nowadays, with development and
growth of various industries and business units, the consequences and effects
of their activities on the society and lack of social reporting, creates a gap
between economic entities and the society expectations. The current paper
explaines the literature related to co rporate social responsibility and its
position in business units, and then conceptualizes its social dimension in
corporations and identifies the components and indicators of corporate social
responsibility disclosures with sustainable development approach and using
questionnaire and analyzing the path model in a comprehensive framework (with
regarding popular international and local standards). Also, its status and
disclosure level of social dimension in corporations has been determined
through content analysis of board reports of Iran’s listed companies. The
findings indicate that the most important components of social dimensions in
the view of stakeholders are “business ethics, corruption and bribery, association
in community development”. Also, the most social disclosure about the current
status of companies’ reports is “components of work and staffs, customers and
consumers”. In sum, level of social dimension disclosure in Iranian companies
is low that demonstrate the large gap between the current status and the
society expectations. It requires the suitable regulations, obligations and
standards in the field of the companies reporting and disclosure to force those
to accountable for the stakeholders and the society’s expectations.
Corporate Social Responsibility, Components and Indicators of Social dimension, disclosure level, Iranian Companies.
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