Authors
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Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Management and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Master's student, Department of Rural Management and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Rural Management and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
Abstract
The present study aimed at the evaluation of the role of the rural managers (Dehyars) in the process of sustainable rural development from different aspects such as social, economic, environmental, health and physical dimensions. The study was an applied research, descriptive-analytical and practical in terms of the purpose. Data collection was performed using the field questionnaires as well as face-to-face completion of the research questionnaires. The statistical sample size was estimated as 356 using Morgan's table. In order to evaluate the performance of Dehyars in the sustainable rural development process, a number of 52 indicators in five main dimensions of staff, social, economic, environmental, health and physical were selected based on the governmental assigned tasks. The Likert scale was used in the questionnaire. For data analysis, after entering the information in SPSS software, one-sample t-test and hierarchical cluster analysis were used and the villages were classified into three categories. The results of the one sampeling T test, showed that the level of villagers' satisfaction Dehyars performance in all five dimensions of staff, social, economic, environmental-health and physical is positive and moderate. According to the findings, the villagers had the lowest level of satisfaction from rural managers' economic performance with an average of 3.17 and had the highest satisfaction from Dehyars staff performance with an average of 3.85. According to the cluster analysis method, 31.81% of the studied villages in Buin Miandasht city are in un-sustainable, 40.90% of the villages are in semi-sustainable and 27.27% of the villages are in sustainable conditions.
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