An empirical investigation to analysis the dimensions of cultural security: A case study of educational system


Elyas Nouraei, Mohammad Safari Kahreh and Zahra Safari Kahreh


The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of cultural security and its practical implications in a case study of educational system. There are several definitions of culture, which describe different aspects of cultural security. In fact, cultural security tends to show various behaviors, thinking, beliefs and other people’s perspectives in a society, which represents the overall circumstances. Cultural security and its issues make it possible to have a clear image of a society or community. This paper aims to identify the important dimensions of cultural security in terms of basic components of cultural security identified in a framework. Therefore, after identifying the components, using a questionnaire, required data are gathered from the universities of the city of Ilam, Iran and they are analyzed by SPSS18.0 software and its appropriate statistical tests.


DOI: j.msl.2013.01.003

Keywords: Culture ,Cultural security ,Empirical study ,Exploratory research ,University

How to cite this paper:

Nouraei, E., Kahreh, M & Kahreh, Z. (2013). An empirical investigation to analysis the dimensions of cultural security: A case study of educational system.Management Science Letters, 3(2), 443-450.


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