جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « استان کردستان » در نشریات گروه « علوم ترویج »

Drought, as one of the environmental hazards, has harmful effects on the environment. This study aimed at investigating the drought trends and their effects on the economic, social and environmental situations of the rural settlements of Kurdistan province in Iran. It was conducted in a descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population consisted of 384 household heads of the province. In order to determine the drought status, in the first place, the precipitation over a period of 27 years (1987-2014) was investigated on the basis of Standard Precipitation index (SPI); then, the effects and consequences of droughts were explained in a survey method through a questionnaire. Results of SPI showed that the counties of Ghorveh with 19, Bijar and Sanandaj each one with 17, Saqez and Baneh each one with 16, Zarrineh with 15 and Marivan with 14 years had experienced mild to severe droughts. Factor analysis results indicated that the economic, environmental and social factors could explain 55.03 percent of total variance (22.91 percent for the economic, 17.27 percent for the environmental and 14.85 percent for the social factors); in addition, three variables including decrease in income level with 0.782, decrease in spring water discharge with 0.705 and migration with 0.766 percent had the most drought effects. In order to improve the livelihood and sustainability of the rural settlements, the use of dam water storage, development of horticultural system, training the farmers to diversify the rural occupations and jobs are some of the recommended solutions.

In the last few decades, along with the wave of structural adjustment and privatization of neoliberal policies of the ninth government in Iran, one of the policies and strategies in the field of agricultural development and its related cooperatives was self-regulation. The purpose of these policies has been announced in the institutional texts, statutes and organizational rules and regulations, reducing the government's role, increasing the participation and decision-making power of the local community, and empowering the production cooperatives. The purpose of this research is to study the consequences of this policy in rural production cooperatives in Kurdistan province. On this issue, the present study deals with theoretical and conceptual support of neoliberalism in the field of economics and management and the methodology of the Institute of Ethnography of Dorothy Smith to discuss the present subject. In this research, a critique of the autonomy of the production cooperatives is discussed in order to identify the policy of self-regulation. Then, using the temporal analysis, the interviewed interviewer's experience (the components of production co-operatives: CEO, board and member farmers) is discussed. The number of interviewees in this study was based on the theoretical saturation technique of 34 people, with all of them having a deep and semi-structured interview. The results of this research indicate that rural production cooperatives in Kurdistan province, in addition to social, cultural and managerial problems and after the implementation of self-regulation policy, have been involved with other problems caused by self-regulation shock, self-governing autonomy and abolition of state support.

The purpose of this descriptive – correlation research was to study the relationship between job characteristics and Job burnout among Jihad-e Keshavarzi Organization Specialists in Kurdistan Province. The statistical population of the study consisted of all Jihad-e Keshavarzi organization specialists (N=449). Using Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table and proportional stratified random sampling technique، 220 specialists selected as research sample. Instruments used were Maslach’s Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Job Characteristics. The validity of the instrument was confirmed by a panel of experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was estimated by calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0. 81 to 0. 84). Data was analyzed using SPSS win20 software. Based on the results، among job characteristics، work over load and work under load had positive and significant correlation with Job burnout (P001) and Job control had negative and significant correlation with Job burnout (P001). However، there were no correlation between role ambiguity and role conflict with Job burnout

The main purpose of this study was to investigate strategies to development of strategies to development of entrepreneurship athandicrafts cooperativesin Kurdistan Province. The population for this study was comprised of all members of handicraftscooperativesin Kurdistan (N= 140). Completed survey instrument were received from 129 members. Data was organized in a database setup and analyzed by a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS-PC) statistics software. The instrument of the study was a questionnaire. A panel of experts was used to establish suitability and content validity of the instrument. A pilot test for reliability was conducted. The reliability score was r= 0.70. Results showed that members did not have enough information about the various functions of cooperatives. Respondents identifiedthe most influential factors in improving cooperative's performance wereeducation–communication, supportand innovation. Factorial analysis identified strategies to development of entrepreneurship athandicrafts cooperativesas principleof cooperation, entrepreneurshiptraining, following up succeededmodelsand research.

Social capital is a new, complex and important concept in social science and is today considered as one of the most important indicators of growth and development in every society. Prerequisites for community prosperity and holistic development are relationships, the spread of social solidarity, social participation, mutual trust (individual, society and the government), and social capital. The present research is an attempt to examine social capital of Kilim and Jajim weavers -both members and non-members in cooperatives of Kurdistan province. This research has been conducted by a census method including 140 members of the Kilim and Jajim cooperatives and 140 non-members. Data gathering has been through questionnaires whose questions designed using observation and interview. The results indicate that four factors i.e. information exchange with social system, trust in institutions, a network of formal relationships and the level of awareness as the most important determinants between the two groups of coops members and non-members respectively. The results of regression test (logistic) also showed that knowledge and awareness, social participation, a network of formal relationships and trust to institutions have caused to increase and facilitate cooperation among the cooperative members for encouraging in development plans.