Knowledge of Women with Agricultural Household Jobs toward Innovation Management in Masjed Soliman Township, Khouzestan Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Shahrzad Faraji ¹ , Azadeh Noorollah Noorivandi ²

1 - MSc Student Agricultural Management Department, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor Agricultural Management Department, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran

Received: 2015-01-11 Accepted : 2015-04-28 Published : 2015-04-30

Keywords: Innovation management, rural women, knowledge, agricultural household jobs,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was analyzing knowledge of women with household jobs agriculture toward innovation management in Masjed Soliman Township, Khouzestan Province, Iran. The population of this study included women with household jobs agriculture in Masjed Soliman Township. The total number of members was 100 people. Due to the low number of population, census methods were used to collect data. Questionnaire reliability was estimated by calculating Cronbach’s alpha and it was appropriate for this study. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). To reach the research objectives, appropriate statistical procedures for description were used. Data analysis was carried out through data description and data inferential analysis. The results of research showed the correlation between level of education, creativity, social participation, attitude toward innovation management, income and knowledge toward innovation management was significant. Therefore, we can conclude that woman with high level of education, creativity, social participation, attitude toward innovation management, income had high knowledge toward innovation management. The result of regression analysis by stepwise method indicated level of education, creativity, social participation, attitude toward innovation management and income may well explain for 64.6% changes (R2 = 0.646) in knowledge of women with household jobs agriculture about innovation management.

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