Developing Model of Entrepreneurship Culture Development in Farhangian University

Purpose of the present study is Developing Model of Entrepreneurship Culture Development in Farhangian University. The research method was qualitative the type of grounded theory method. Participants included experts in the field of entrepreneurship, educational management, educational planning and higher education management in the country and officials of Farhangian University which through purposeful sampling out of whom 16 experts selected as key informants. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Reliability and validity of the data were obtained from the two methods of reviewing participants and re-coding by experts. Data were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding, 136 open codes, 26 concepts and 17 categories were counted. Major and core categories in the form of 6 dimensions of causal conditions including (commercialization of research activities, investment development, development of financial mechanisms, development of job skills), central phenomenon (development of educational entrepreneurship, development of social networks, participatory learning) context conditions (teamwork, development of educational identity, development of norms), interfering conditions (focus on change, external support), strategies (development of protectionist rules, external support) and consequences (individual development and university development) were classified and Finally, paradigm model of the research was presented.