Cultural Settings of Economic Development and Related Social Factors

In the process of economic development, consideration of cultural and social foundations is the most important factor. Accordingly, attention should be paid to the approaches that lead to economic development. The purpose of this research was recognizing effective social factors in cultural settings of economic development in Northwest of Iran. The variables of the research include social trust, social empathy, governmental protection, social justice and literacy; the dependent variable was economic development. Various theories have been used such as Lerner, Coleman, Mirdall and Giddenz. The method of data collection was surveying and the results obtained through questionnaire via Cronbach's alpha and factor analysis which represent high validity and reliability of the questions. Target population included industrial agents of Tabriz and Urmia that were chosen in 10-50 workshops 462 persons selected through Proportional StratifiedSampling and random sampling method. Pearson was applied for analyzing bivariate and Regression for multivariate. The results showed the correlation between dependent and independent variables. In multivariate analysis, the literacy variable removed for its weak effect on dependent variable and trust variable selected as the most effective on dependent variable. In other words mutual social trust among industrial agents was the most effective social factor in cultural setting of economic development.