Factors influencing citizen participation in community management

The primary objective of this study is to assess the factors affecting citizen participation in community management in district 13 of Tehran Municipality. Measured variables are: social cohesion, profitable partnerships, social-economic agencies, trust among civilians, trust in municipality managem...

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Main Authors: Ali Shamai, Hamid Abya, Mohsen Ebrahimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2015-04-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol5/msl_2015_18.pdf
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description The primary objective of this study is to assess the factors affecting citizen participation in community management in district 13 of Tehran Municipality. Measured variables are: social cohesion, profitable partnerships, social-economic agencies, trust among civilians, trust in municipality management, feelings of powerlessness and social anomie. The results of the implementation of Pearson correlation test show that all of these variables had significant relationships with community participation in neighborhood management. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that three variables of social cohesion, profitable partnerships and socio-economic status had explained 37% of changes in citizen participation in community management while the changing social cohesion maintained the highest impact.
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spellingShingle Ali Shamai
Hamid Abya
Mohsen Ebrahimi
Factors influencing citizen participation in community management
Management Science Letters
Tehran municipality
Citizen participation
Community management
title Factors influencing citizen participation in community management
title_full Factors influencing citizen participation in community management
title_fullStr Factors influencing citizen participation in community management
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing citizen participation in community management
title_short Factors influencing citizen participation in community management
title_sort factors influencing citizen participation in community management
topic Tehran municipality
Citizen participation
Community management
url http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol5/msl_2015_18.pdf
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