Investigating the impact of women's meritocracy on urban development in line with regional planning

Saba bakhshayeshardestani ¹ ( استاد مدعو گروه مدیریت بازرگانی، واحد تهران غرب ، دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی، تهران ، ایران )

Submited date : 2023-12-09 Accepted date : 2024-08-05

Keywords: Education, women&#039, s meritocracy, regional planning, urban development,

Abstract :

The issue of women and development in countries has become one of the most important planning issues for development. The aim of the present research is to investigate the effect of women's meritocracy on urban development with a case study in Isfahan Municipality. The present research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of execution method. The statistical population of this research was the heads and female employees of the mentioned organization. The data collection tool was a questionnaire that was initially planned based on the standards set in the Moghimi and Ramadan management research paper (2014). In order to validate the questionnaire, it was given to professors and some women of the organization, and after confirmation, the reliability of the questionnaire was measured with Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The total alpha coefficient with a value of 0.99, which was higher than 0.7, showed that the questionnaire has good reliability. To analyze the information at the level of descriptive statistics for the questions raised about mean, standard deviation and frequency, and at the level of inferential statistics, Kolmogorov Smirnov tests, Spearman correlation test, Kruskal-Wallis test, multiple linear regression and Friedman test were used. Also, in a part of the research, the comparison of the number of female personnel and managers of Isfahan municipality between 2010 and 2019 was done. In this time frame, the change in the per capita level of urban programs was also investigated. Its impact on urban development was investigated. The research findings showed that women's high level of education (r=0.59) and their high work position (r=0.72) had a greater impact on urban development, women's participation, training and their employment in significant organizational positions. Zero (Pvalue=0.00) has a direct, positive and significant effect on the urban development of Ronshan Dado. Finally, women's meritocracy with an intensity of influence above 3 (F=3.50) had a positive and significant effect on urban development. Also, there was a strong relationship between women's participation and urban development (r=0.95) more than other variables. Comparing the number of municipal personnel and managers, it was found that the numberof female personnel..