Identification of Factors Affecting the intention of Academic Entrepreneurship from the viewpoint of the professional entrepreneurs (Case Study of Schools of Sport Sciences)

The change and transformation in the conditions and needs of the society has led to changes in the mission of the universities. The purpose of the present study was to identify the factors affecting Affecting the intention of Academic Entrepreneurship from the viewpoint of the professional entrepreneurs in the facultys of sport science. This qualitative research was conducted using the interview method. The research population consisted of Academic Entrepreneur experts, of which 12 were selected through targeted sampling to achieve theoretical saturation and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Then the text of the interviews was analyzed by qualitative content analysis method. The findings indicated that the factors affecting the intention of the university's entrepreneurship from the viewpoint of the professional entrepreneurs require attention to three main categories and eleven sub categories; including the categories of academic entrepreneurship ecosystems (5 sub categories), cultural and social categories (4 sub categories ) And legal-political-economic categories of the country (2 sub categories). These findings can create new perspectives for researchers and professionals such as policymakers, entrepreneurship educators and educational leaders.