Investigating the Effect of Social Responsibility and Emotional Intelligence on Entrepreneurial Spirit Students of Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University

Nowadays, the importance of entrepreneurship and its key role are not hidden from anyone. The objective of this research was to investigate the impact of social responsibility and emotional intelligence on the entrepreneurial spirit of students.

This research is descriptive, analytical, implementation model, field and practical in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this research consisted of the students of Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources in the first semester of 1399-1400, which according to the size of the population, the number of statistical sample using Chrissy Morgan's table is 86 people. The research tools were three questionnaires: Carroll's social responsibility (1991), the entrepreneurial spirit of Houshmandan-Moghadam (2013) and the emotional intelligence of Siberia Shirring (1996), and simple and simultaneous regression was used to analyze the findings.

The results of the research indicated that the four components of social responsibility, Economic responsibility, legal responsibility and moral responsibility explain the variance of responsibility. Which accounted for the highest variance of social responsibility according to the components of social and economic responsibility, and also these 4 components were able to predict the entrepreneurial spirit of students (P≤.01). Emotional intelligence is a suitable predictor for students' entrepreneurial spirit at the level of P≤.01, and among the sub-components of emotional intelligence, empathy, self-efficacy, self-awareness and social skills, had the ability to predict entrepreneurial spirit (P≤.01).

The results show that paying attention to the variables of social responsibility and emotional intelligence can lead to more entrepreneurial tendencies and the efforts of planners to promote social responsibility and strengthen emotional intelligence seem to be essential. At the present time, the importance of entrepreneurship in the growth of societies is obvious and the role of universities and students is influential. Therefore, it is suggested that related institutions and organizations should plan and formulate goals for the growth and development of the entrepreneur-oriented educational system.