by B. R. M. El-Sayed*, A. M. I. Ali, A. M. A. Abdelall
ABSTRACT
Dialogue is considered one of the most important foundations of social life and one of its necessities. It is a means for a person to express his needs, desires, feelings, situations and problems. It is also a means to develop his ideas and experiences and prepare them for giving, creativity and participation in achieving a civilized life. It encourages minds to meet, discuss, think, criticize, be creative, influence and persuade, thus achieving human development in all fields, which gives great importance to community dialogue in the development field. Accordingly, the problem of the current study is defined in a main issue, which is determining the skill level of practicing community dialogue among workers in civil social development associations affiliated with the Social Development Center in Diriyah and its relationship to some of their personal variables such as (gender, experience, nature of work, scientific specialization, nature of work, academic qualification, and training) and formulating a conceptual framework to enhance the practice of community dialogue among workers in civil social development associations in a manner that is appropriate to the conditions and culture of Saudi society.” The study was applied to a regular random sample of (68) individuals from officials of civil social development associations affiliated with the Social Development Center in Diriyah, to whom a questionnaire was applied that included preliminary data and a community dialogue scale. The study reached a number of results related to its objectives and assumptions, the most important of which was the existence of statistically significant differences between the respondents in the skill level of practicing community dialogue, attributed to the variables of gender, marital status, age, years of experience, scientific specialization, academic qualification, and the number of training courses obtained by workers in civil social development associations. The study also reached a conceptual framework to enhance the practice of community dialogue among workers in civil social development associations in a manner consistent with the conditions and culture of Saudi society.
