A Study of the Factors Affecting the University of Tehran Agricultural College's Faculty Member's Professional Development

This explanatory research was done with the aim of studying the factors affecting the University of Tehran Agricultural Colleges’ faculty members’ professional development as based on a survey research. The population of the research consisted of agricultural faculty members engaged at Tehran University (n=103), using random samplings methods. A questionnaire was developed by researchers as the tool for gathering data. Calculated coefficient of Cronbach’s Alpha (0.83) was considered as indicating the reliability of the questionnaire. Using SPSS/Win analysis, factor analysis, factor-score analysis as well as correlation methods, four principal components were extracted. In total, the extracted factors explained 55.64 percent of variance, including: 1- Institutional factor (17.57%), 2- Management factor (14.69%), 3- Individual factor (12.46%), and 4- Social factor (10.91%). Also the results of factor- score analysis, indicated the correlation and interaction influence among of those factors.