Providing a Model of Informal Education to Improve Lifestyle

The current research was conducted with the aim of providing a model of informal education to improve lifestyle. The method of the current research was based on the objective, practical and based on the nature of the data, it was a mixed type (qualitative-quantitative) of sequential discovery type. The participants in the qualitative part of the research included academic experts and organizational experts. To determine the samples, a targeted non-random theoretical snowball sampling method was used, and ۲۰ people were considered as the sample size using the principle of saturation. In the quantitative part, the statistical population of the research included all the employees of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center who are working in the number of about ۳۱۰ people. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size, and ۲۰۳ people were selected as a sample by stratified random sampling. The measurement tool of the current research consisted of two qualitative parts (semi-structured interview) and quantitative part (researcher-made questionnaire). In order to ensure the validity of the tool in the qualitative part of the research, the opinions of professors familiar with this field and academic experts who were experts and informed in this field were used. To measure the reliability of the interviews conducted in the qualitative section, retesting and intrasubject agreement methods were used. In order to determine the validity of the questionnaire, face validity and content validity were used, and reliability was calculated through Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which were confirmed. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part of theoretical coding was based on Nizamand's data theorizing method. Data analysis in the qualitative part of the research was done using Max QDA ۲۰۲۰ software. Data analysis was performed in the quantitative section using Spss-V۲۲ and Lisrel-V۸.۸ software. The results showed that the indicators, components and dimensions of informal training to improve the lifestyle of employees in the road, housing and urban research center included the nature and method. Also, the causal conditions included organizational culture and individual factors, the consequences included the promotion of competence and empowerment, the strategies included organizational support strategies and organizational knowledge, the fields included the field of educational facilities and the field of managers' support, and the barriers included legal barriers and infrastructural barriers. Finally, the conceptual model of the research was presented, which had a good validity.The current research was conducted with the aim of providing a model of informal education to improve lifestyle. The method of the current research was based on the objective, practical and based on the nature of the data, it was a mixed type (qualitative-quantitative) of sequential discovery type. The participants in the qualitative part of the research included academic experts and organizational experts. To determine the samples, a targeted non-random theoretical snowball sampling method was used, and ۲۰ people were considered as the sample size using the principle of saturation. In the quantitative part, the statistical population of the research included all the employees of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center who are working in the number of about ۳۱۰ people. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size, and ۲۰۳ people were selected as a sample by stratified random sampling. The measurement tool of the current research consisted of two qualitative parts (semi-structured interview) and quantitative part (researcher-made questionnaire). In order to ensure the validity of the tool in the qualitative part of the research, the opinions of professors familiar with this field and academic experts who were experts and informed in this field were used. To measure the reliability of the interviews conducted in the qualitative section, retesting and intrasubject agreement methods were used. In order to determine the validity of the questionnaire, face validity and content validity were used, and reliability was calculated through Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which were confirmed. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part of theoretical coding was based on Nizamand's data theorizing method. Data analysis in the qualitative part of the research was done using Max QDA ۲۰۲۰ software. Data analysis was performed in the quantitative section using Spss-V۲۲ and Lisrel-V۸.۸ software. The results showed that the indicators, components and dimensions of informal training to improve the lifestyle of employees in the road, housing and urban research center included the nature and method. Also, the causal conditions included organizational culture and individual factors, the consequences included the promotion of competence and empowerment, the strategies included organizational support strategies and organizational knowledge, the fields included the field of educational facilities and the field of managers' support, and the barriers included legal barriers and infrastructural barriers. Finally, the conceptual model of the research was presented, which had a good validity.