Journal of Accounting and Management Vision

Journal of Accounting and Management Vision

Investigating the impact of financial literacy on the social responsibility of municipal managers and financial experts (Case study: Municipalities of Bushehr Province)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Master of Science in Financial Management, Kharad Institute of Higher Education, Bushehr, Iran.
2 Accounting Department, Higher Education Institute of Microbiology, Bushehr, Iran.
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of financial literacy on the social responsibility of municipal managers and financial experts in the municipalities of Bushehr province. The research method is a descriptive survey and field research type that is conducted in a qualitative manner. The data collection tool of the study included a questionnaire. Content validity was used for the validity of the questionnaires and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for their reliability. Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, correlation tests, etc. were used to analyze the information. This study is an applied research in terms of its purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of its data collection method. The data collection tool is a questionnaire. Municipal managers in Bushehr province were selected as the statistical population by simple probability and the questionnaire was distributed among 155 people as a sample. The validity of the questionnaire was determined through convergent validity and the reliability of the questionnaire was determined through Cronbach's alpha. The research hypotheses were tested with the help of PLS3 and SPSS25 software. To collect information simultaneously, library and field methods were used, and questionnaires were used. Data analysis was performed through descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, etc. Inferential statistics such as correlation coefficient test, regression analysis, etc. were performed in a software environment. Data analysis shows that there is a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of financial literacy of managers and the dimensions of social responsibility in the municipalities of Bushehr province.
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