The Relationship between Environmental Education and E-Readiness of Owners and Managers of Agricultural Enterprises

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Abdolhamid Papzan ¹ ()
Hossein Mahdizadeh ² ()
Zohre Motamedinia ³ ()

Received: 2011-11-06 Accepted : 2011-12-10 Published : 2011-10-01

Keywords: E-readiness, Information and Communication Technologies, Environmental Education, small and medium-sized enterprises,

Abstract :

The aim of this paper was to examine the relationship between environmental education and e-readiness of owners and managers of agricultural enterprises in Kermanshah and Ilam provinces. This paper was an applied one in terms of its goal, and a descriptive-correlative in terms of its method. Participants of this study were 202 owners and managers of agricultural SMEs of Kermanshah and Ilam provinces who have been selected based on stratified sampling method. For gathering data, the researcher-made questionnaire and a modified version of digital Literacy of Washington University was used. The validity was obtained by the ideas of professors of extension and rural development of Razi University. Reliability was assessed by calculating the cronbach alpha. It can also be observed that acceptable values were obtained in all cases. In order to analyze the data, one sample t test, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions was used. Results indicated that digital knowledge and skill and cost-effective of ICT application explained around 22% of the variance of ICT application in environmental education.