Estimating of Environmental Knowledge and Attitude and Its Relationship with Socio-Political Factors (Case Study: Agricultural Knowledge-Based Companies Staffs of Hamedan and Kermanshah)

Movahedi, R.; Izadi, N.; Aliabadi, V.

Estimating of Environmental Knowledge and Attitude and Its Relationship with Socio-Political Factors (Case Study: Agricultural Knowledge-Based Companies Staffs of Hamedan and Kermanshah)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Bu-Ali Sina University

² Bu-Ali Sina University

Abstract

Population growth and pollution resulting from their activities and climate changes of the last century, has increased concerns about preserving the environment for future generation so that nowadays environmental knowledge and attitude improvement is one of the major intellectual trends and political strategies in most countries of the world. Development of this critical thinking has the first rank in NGOs such as the knowledge-based companies. The main objective of this study was to assess the environmental knowledge and attitude of staffs in agricultural knowledge-based companies and its relation with socio- political factors.This research is a descriptive- correlational one and it’s a quantitative research in terms of its nature. The statistical population were Kermanshah and Hamadan knowledge-based companies staffs and managers. According to latest statistics of growth centers the number of people was 175 in Kermanshah and Hamadan. The census method was used for determining the sample size in this study, 175 people participated in the study. In a survey, instrument of the research was a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained three parts: the first part were staffs demographic questions, Part II was an scale formed for measuring the knowledge of staffs and managers and Part III was related to their environmental attitude.The related indicators and categories for assessing the environmental attitude from NEP scale were selected as the basis of the project. After the process of data processing, statistical analysis (descriptive and inferential) using the SPSS15, Amos22 softwares was done. The results show that government policy makings, family commitment to protecting the environment, media, being a member of the NGO, education and training lead to changes in people's attitude to the environment.

Keywords

20.1001.1.23223057.1395.5.2.8.5

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