Assessing the role of Creativity on the Participation rate in women's political activities

the objective of this research is to assess the relationship between women's political activities participation rate and their creativity level in order to nurture creativity as a means for encouraging active presence in political society and to oppose negative conceptions. The statistical population used consisted of Iran's politically active women and the sample population consisted of a hundred individuals from this population. The questions presented in this research considered the level of women's political activity participation and their level of creativity. The research method used was scientific-comparative and the statistical population consisted of a 1000 individuals where 100 individuals were chosen by random sampling. The data was collected using researchers questionnaire titled 'Participation rate in political activities' which consisted of 30 questions related to 6 political participation steps along with the standard 'creativity' questionnaire consisting of 40 questions. By utilizing the Cronbach Alpha method the resulting coefficients obtained were 0.79 and 0.53 respectively. In addition to describing the level of political activities, the role of creativity in women's political activity participation is assessed to nurture this attribute so that innovative and active women are introduced in social and political fields so that they are not culturally alienated and can effectively use their creativity in these fields. In terms of personal characteristics, creativity is of vital importance for society in that it creates sustainable competitive advantage in today's complex and variable environments. The results of this research indicate that the level of participation in political activities were higher for women with excellent creativity levels compared to those of moderate or weak creativity levels. This research proves that individuals with higher creativity gained higher marks in all 6 political activity process steps.

political participation, women, creativity