Rural Development
gholamreza tajbakhsh
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The present study was conducted in order to develop rural tourism with the aim of investigating the satisfaction of tourists. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey research in terms of correlational type. The statistical population of this study is rural tourists ...
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The present study was conducted in order to develop rural tourism with the aim of investigating the satisfaction of tourists. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey research in terms of correlational type. The statistical population of this study is rural tourists in 1400 in Vanai village of Boroujerd. Available sampling method was used to select the samples. The method of collecting information and data, field and its tools have made a researcher questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by face validity and validity of structures and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The correlation test shows that there is a significant relationship between spatial infrastructure, safety needs, love and belonging needs, self-fulfillment needs, physical needs and satisfaction. According to regression coefficients, infrastructure, physical needs and self-fulfillment needs and safety needs have a direct and positive relationship with the dependent variable, ie satisfaction. The results of the present study generally indicate that the satisfaction of tourists due to the nature of travel and also the motivations of tourists is acceptable.Keywords: Rural tourism, Satisfaction, Boroujerd
Rural Development
fatemeh kazemiyeh; Asma Eidi
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction of villagers with the implementation of the Hadi project using the Kano model in Qara Aghajkooh village of Urmia city. The statistical population of the study consisted of all heads of households in Qara Aghajkooh village, 204 of whom were selected ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction of villagers with the implementation of the Hadi project using the Kano model in Qara Aghajkooh village of Urmia city. The statistical population of the study consisted of all heads of households in Qara Aghajkooh village, 204 of whom were selected and evaluated using the Krejcie-Morgan table as a sample. The research tool was a KANO couple questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts in the field. To evaluate the reliability, 30 out-of-sample questionnaires were completed and the Cronbach's alpha value was 0.883, which indicated the optimal reliability of the questionnaire. Factors Affecting Villagers' Satisfaction with the Implementation of the Master Plan According to the Kano model, they were classified into three sections: functional, basic and motivational requirements. Findings from Kano model showed that the highest level of satisfaction of villagers with the implementation of the master plan in the field of meeting the basic needs of the factor of standardization of structures with a coefficient of satisfaction of 0.55 and the lowest level of factor garbage collection and disposal with a satisfaction coefficient of 0.08. Also, among the factors of functional requirements, the highest level of satisfaction was allocated to the factor of increasing the tendency to work in the service sector of the village with a satisfaction coefficient of 0.88 and the lowest amount to the factor of attention to historical and cultural values of the village with a satisfaction coefficient of 0.62. In the group of motivational requirements, the highest and lowest levels of satisfaction are related to the factor of increasing land prices with a satisfaction coefficient of 0.92 and increasing the amount of investment in rural areas and new economic opportunities with a satisfaction coefficient of 0.75, respectively. In order to improve the factors related to the three groups, the priority is first with the basic requirements, then the functional requirements and finally the motivational requirements.
Agricultural Extension and Education
mohammad reza bakhshi; Majid Ranai; Asadollah Zamanipour; Mahmood Fal Soleyman
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Farming joint stock companies are currently growing and spread of this type of Farming Systems is already on the agenda of government. In this paper, the shareholders’ satisfaction from the performance of farming joint stock companies was evaluated. To this end, Correlation and Regression techniques ...
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Farming joint stock companies are currently growing and spread of this type of Farming Systems is already on the agenda of government. In this paper, the shareholders’ satisfaction from the performance of farming joint stock companies was evaluated. To this end, Correlation and Regression techniques were used. This research is an applied one with a descriptive-analytical approach. For collecting data, two techniques of documentary and surveying method have been used. The population of this study consisted of all 1899 shareholders of four old Farming Joint Stock companies, out of which 325 members determined as sample using Cochran Formula and stratified random sampling technique. The analysis of data was done by using SPSS software. Satisfaction was estimated at four levels: unsatisfied, relatively unsatisfied, satisfied and very satisfied. Research findings indicated 48/1 and 17/9 percent of shareholders were "satisfied" and "very satisfied", respectively, from the performance of farming joint stock companies. Members’ satisfaction from the performance of farming joint stock companies was evaluated at moderate to high level. There was a statistically significant relationship between "participation in decision making","Mode of the personnel behavior","appointment of competent persons","Diversity of products" and "shareholders’ satisfaction" level. Results of regression analysis revealed that education level, the amount of dividends, participation in decision-making and appointment of competent persons explains 83 percent of changes that occur at the level of shareholders satisfaction.