Psychological Characteristics Affecting the Entrepreneurship of Agricultural Students of Tabriz University
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Today, the entrepreneurs are known as the engine of development and economic growth. They are essential elements for development of new businesses and jobs. Due to the high percentage of unemployed graduates in agriculture, strengthening the entrepreneurial spirit of agricultural students could play a major role in creating jobs by them. This descriptive – correlation study was conducted for identifying entrepreneurship status of the agricultural students of Tabriz University in order to set up an entrepreneurship-based educational system. The population of the study was 550 students of the agricultural college and sample size was determined as 190 by using the Cochran formula, who were randomly selected. Dependent variable was entrepreneurship status of the students. Order logit model used to estimate the determinants of entrepreneurship for agricultural students. Results showed that 65.3 percent of the students have not shown any sign of entrepreneurs, 21.1 percent and 13.6 percent were weak entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs, respectively. Results indicates the necessity for changing the educational system for strengthening and developing the student's entrepreneurship. Logit model showed that three psychological characteristics:"risk-taking propensity", "achievement needs" and "creativity" had significant effects on the entrepreneurship of agricultural students. In addition, entrepreneurship status of the undergraduate students was more than the post-graduate students, and the students who passed course of entrepreneurship more than the others.
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Persian
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Iranian Agricultural Extension and Education Journal, Volume:11 Issue: 1, 2015
Page:
19
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