Relationship between problem solving styles and entrepreneurship willingness (case study: Agricultural and Natural Resource students of the university of Zabol, Iran)

Entrepreneurship willingness that is one of the main preconditions of entrepreneurship behavior is influenced by Psychological factors. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between problem solving styles and entrepreneurship willingness among Agricultural and Natural Resource students, in University of Zabol. The statistical population consisted of 3000 Agricultural and Natural Resources students in 2013-2014 academic year from that, 210 students were randomly selected. Data were gathered through questionnaire. The research instrument was given to the academic staff of the department of agricultural extension and education, University of Zabol to test its content validity. Cronbach alpha was calculated to measure reliability of items of instrument (α = 0.74 - 0.83). The results showed that entrepreneurship willingness level of the most respondents was relatively favorable. Results showed that there were a significant relationship between problem solving styles and entrepreneurship willingness among Agricultural and Natural Resource students. The regression analysis showed that problem solving styles explain 33% of variance in predicting entrepreneurship willingness.