The development of the Watershed Project Outcomes Scale: beneficiaries' and administrators' perspectives in an Iranian sample |
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| Authors: | Siamak Khodarahimi Sohrab Nazari Mohammadhadi Nikpourian |
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| Institution: | 1. Psychology Department , Eghlid Branch, Islamic Azad University , Eghlid , Iran khodarahimi@yahoo.com;3. Hydrology Department , Eghlid Branch, Islamic Azad University , Eghlid , Iran;4. Business Administration Department , Corvinus University of Budapest , Budapest , Hungary |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this research study was to invent a measure for watershed projects' outcomes from beneficiaries' and administrators' perspectives in an Iranian sample. A demographic questionnaire and the Watershed Project Outcomes Scale (WPOS) were used in this study. Findings indicate the WPOS consists of four factors: cultural development, economic development, social welfare and positive psychosocial transformation. Female and non inhabitant beneficiaries were significantly higher on the WPOS than males and inhabitants. The level of education and local language were effective from beneficiaries' viewpoints toward the watersheds. The governmental administrators had significantly higher positive attitudes on the WPOS than the watershed beneficiaries. |
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| Keywords: | watershed Watershed Project Outcomes Scale beneficiaries administrators demographics |
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