Barriers and Challenges to Implementation and Development of Private Management for Providing Security in Tehran Recreation Centers

The present research intended to investigate barriers and challenges to implementation and development of private management for providing security in Tehran recreation centers. This research was a survey descriptive research and its statistical population included all administrators and experts of the recreation and tourist centers in Tehran in the second half of 2012. The sampling technique of cluster sampling was used for the research and 84 administrators and experts of Tehran recreation and tourist centers were selected as research samples. For collecting data the researcher-made questionnaire was employed. Outcome of the research suggested that economic and legal barriers were of the most adverse effect on the implementation and development of private management for providing security in Tehran recreation and tourist centers. Also, based on findings of the research, lack of peoples social participation and social trust (from the social dimension) and non-supportive subcultures (from the cultural dimension) were identified as major factors adversely affecting implementation and development of private management for providing security in Tehran recreation and tourist centers as well.