Social, cultural Capital and cultural globalization of student and Their Value Orientation toward Development: The Case Study of Islamic Azad University
Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies
1 - هیات علمی
Keywords: Social values, Universalistic, Trust, Desire to obtain science, Social Capital,
Abstract :
Object: Social values have been central concept in social sciences. Individuals and groups differ in their values. Values are applied to characterize societies and individuals, trace changes over time and explain motivational, attitudes and behavior. The main research question is that, do student’s modern values differ across diverse social capital. Therefore, this research has striven to explain the effect of student’s social and cultural capital on their values orientation this study is based on sociological and social psychology theories. The present investigation has been funded value types that included: life satisfies, Universalistic, trust and desire to obtain science. Method: The research method is a survey on 323 students in Islamic Azad University. The questioner has face construct validity and reliability. Cranach’s Alpha is applied to measure reliability and Alpha was above 0/70 for all of scales .Factor analysis is applied to measure construct validity. Findings: Social and cultural capital has a positive affected on Value Orientation toward Development, but cultural globalization has a negative affected on Value Orientation toward DevelopmentConclusion: The result showed relationship between social capital and value orientation toward development. Therefore if we want to reach cultural development, we should promote student’s social and cultural capital.
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