Organizational variables affecting improvement of interaction status of Iranian agricultural colleges within the organizational health concept (Case study: Tehran, Zanjan and Ardebil Universities)

The results of studies conducted show that one of the main challenges of Iranian agricultural higher education system is limited interaction with the environment. The primary purpose of this study was to identifying organizational variables affecting improvement of interaction status of Iranian agricultural colleges within the organizational health concept. Target population included all of faculties’ members in agricultural colleges in Tehran, Zanjan and Ardebil universities. Statistical sample selected through proportional stratified random sampling. Sample size was designed by calculating Cochran formula. The research instrument was questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by the judgment of experts. In order to measure the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach Alpha coefficients were calculated (α= 0.83). The data were analyzed by SPSS-win16 softwares, with proper statistical methods. Findings showed that there is a positive and significant relation between interaction status and five variables such as nature of work, supervision situation, reward situation, payment situation and regulation. The relations between educational background variable as well as amount of scientific activities with interaction status as depended variable were significant. Likewise, about 64 percent of respondents evaluated their colleges’ interaction status in a low and relatively low level.