Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Shamsosaadaat Zahedi ¹
• Mohammad Khanbashi ²

¹ Professor of Management in Allameh Tabataba’i University

² دکتری مدیریت دولتی و مدرس دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی

Abstract

Many researches name accountability and efficiency of the government as the main reasons for public trust. There are many evidences show that increase in resources and responsibilities of public sector is not match to the degree of accountability in this section.
But environmental variables such as political participation, economical situations and social trust in society may be effective on political trust. In this article, we study political trust literature and design Systematic Framework to Explain political trust firstly. Then we evaluate the effect of public accountability and environmental strategic factors in increase or decrease of public trust to the government and public organizations. Thus the purpose of this article is the study and explaining the role of accountability and strategic environmental factors in public trust to governments. We use descriptive method (survey research). Data are gathered with questionnaires and analyzed with LISREL and SPSS software's. Our statistical sample has selected from the research community that formed from Public and private organizations in Tehran. The results of such studies can be considered as the basis for more attention to the public and political trust and solutions for their improvements

Keywords

• Public Trust
• political trust
• Accountability
• Strategic Environmental factors