Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Study of university students' attitudes toward office space at universities

Document Type : Scientific Research Manuscript

Author
S.M. Eteadifard
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
10.22631/jicr.2017.1463.2174
Abstract
Office space is the space where students first experience the university. In this paper, the attitude of students toward office space in the public sphere of university is discussed. This article is the result of the research conducted for the “Institute for Social and Cultural Studies” by the author. The main issues in this paper are: university students' attitudes towards quality office space at the universities and mental basis of common issues among students at the universities. Data were collected through individual and group interviews. More than eighty interviews with activists and students of University of Tehran, Shahid Beheshti University, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Sharif University of Technology and Kharazmi University were done. The main indicators of office space in this study include: students’ satisfaction of office space, students’ welfare affairs and students’ feedback about this space. Problems and obstacles relating to the office space and their solutions were also studied in this paper.
Keywords
life-world at the universities
office space
public sphere
student activities
welfare affairs

Subjects

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Journal of Iranian Cultural Research
Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38
Serial No. 38
Spring 2017
Pages 65-88

  • Receive Date 01 May 2017
  • Revise Date 22 July 2017
  • Accept Date 19 May 2017