Relationship between Psychological Entrepreneurial Characteristic and Entrepreneurial Spirit of Ramin Agriculture Students, Khuzestan

To develop entrepreneurship in agricultural sector, it is essential to improve entrepreneurship spirit among its students. This study is aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological entrepreneurial features and entrepreneurial spirit of agriculture students. This study was a descriptive- correlation research. The statistical population consisted of 182 agricultural graduate students in 2014 at Ramin Agricultural and Natural resource university. Randomly stratified sample consists of 123 students.Standard questionnaire of Shahid Chamran University along with a researcher-made questionnaire with numerical range of zero to ten were used to collect data. Data processing soft wares were SPSS20 and LISREL8/5. The correlation and confirmatory factor analysis test were used. Results showed that the mean of all psychological features except the need to autonomy were above the average. Also, there was statistically significant relationship between entrepreneurial features and entrepreneurial spirit. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the highest loadings were the need to achievement, responsibility, internal locus of control and endurance features. These features were the most important features to form the entrepreneurial spirit of students. The above average level of entrepreneurship spirit implies that graduate students at Khuzestan Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University are psychologically potential to become entrepreneurs