Investigating the Effect of Industrial Tourism on the Sustainable Development of the Pars Special Energy Economic Zone Organization with the Mediating Role of Non-Governmental Organizational Performance

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Hossein Izadpanah 1 ΒΆ
Alireza mansori 2
1 M.A. Business Administration, Lamard Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lamard, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Lamard Branch, Islamic Azad University,Lamard,Iran.
10.22034/jgdsm.2024.208218
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to investigate the impact of industrial tourism on the sustainable development of the Pars Energy Special Economic Zone Organization with the role of mediating the performance of non-governmental organizations. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the research was made up of 301 experts of Pars Energy Special Economic Zone Organization. A total of 169 people were selected as a statistical sample based on the table of Karjesi and Morgan and by stratified random sampling method. To collect data, standard questionnaires were used for the performance of non-governmental organizations (Alaei, 2016), industrial tourism (Mousavi, 2015). and sustainable development (Alaei, 2016) was used. The validity of the research instrument was confirmed by face and content validity and the reliability of the research instrument was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. In order to analyze the data, the structural equation technique was used using LISREL and Spss statistical software. The research findings showed that industrial tourism has a positive and significant effect on the performance of non-governmental organizations and also the sustainable development of Pars Energy Special Economic Zone Organization. The performance of non-governmental organizations has a positive and significant effect on the sustainable development of Pars Energy Special Economic Zone Organization. It showed that industrial tourism has a significant impact on the sustainable development of the Pars Energy Special Economic Zone Organization with the mediating role of non-governmental organizations.
Keywords
industrial tourism
sustainable development of Pars Energy Special Economic Zone Organization
performance of non-governmental organizations
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  • Receive Date 18 June 2024
  • Revise Date 18 July 2024
  • Accept Date 16 August 2024
  • First Publish Date 21 September 2024
  • Publish Date 21 September 2024