Identify the factors affecting the creation of innovative behavior in students(Case Study: Islamic Azad Universities of Mazandaran Province)

The context of students' innovative behaviors can play an effective role in the movement and dynamism of the university. As a result, identifying the factors affecting it can solve the problems facing the higher education system.

The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the development of innovative behaviors in students.

This research In terms of purpose, it is an application that was done with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative) with the exploratory design. In the qualitative section, the qualitative content analysis method was used with inductive approach and in the quantitative section, the descriptive-survey method was used.Participants in the qualitative section were faculty members of Islamic Azad universities of Mazandaran province and the statistical population in the quantitative section included students of Islamic Azad universities of Mazandaran province.Sampling method in qualitative section targeted In terms of type theoretical used with 12 people and in a quantitative section was a stratified random sampling in which 382 people were selected as a statistical sample for the study. The research data collection tool In qualitative section semi-structured interview and in quantitative section questionnaire made Was. The validity and reliability of the research data collection tools were confirmed, the data analysis was performed in the qualitative part through open coding and in the quantitative part through exploratory factor analysis in SPSS21 software.

The results showed that the factors affecting the creation of innovative behavior are three organizational factors (organizational structure, organizational culture, financial and human resources, university policy and core group), educational (teaching method, Educational content and university professors) and individual (effort and perseverance, motivation and personality traits).Organizational dimension with a factor load of 0.941 has the largest share and individual dimension with a factor load of 0.752 has is the lowest share.

The results showed that students' innovative behaviors are influenced by various factors. These factors are spread in three major areas: organizational, educational and individual.