Investigating the Effect of Accountability on Public Trust and in Political Trust (case study: Iranian Public Organizations)

Subject Areas : Public Policy In Administration

Hormat Asghari ¹ , Esmail Assadi ²

1 - مسئول مکاتبات
2 - استادیار و عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه هوایی شهید ستاری

Received: 2016-01-04 Accepted : 2016-01-04 Published : 2013-06-22

Keywords: Accountability, public trust and political tru,

Abstract :

Trust is the foundation of many daily interactions in the field of human societies, interpersonal communication and social interactions between groups. There is no doubt that improving political trust within the community have important role in the formulation and implementation of public policy and effective association of citizens with government and public organizations. By using research model rose from theoretical foundations, the effect of accountability on public trust and in political trust were investigated. The study was based on survey strategy; a questionnaire was used to data collecting. SPSS and LISREL software’s were used for analyzing the research hypothesis. The sample consists of teachers, and staffs of Department of Education in Tehran in Tehran that were selected by random sampling. Research findings showed that there is meaningful relationship between Public perception of accountability in public organizations, public trust in public organizations and political trust to government. The continuation of such investigations could set the context for more attention of government to accountability, public trust and provide political trust.