Title of article :
Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
Author/Authors :
Naderi, Nader Department of Entrepreneurship - Razi University , Shiri, Nematollah Department of Agricultural Extension and Education - Razi University , Khoshmaram, Mojgan Department of Agricultural Extension and Education - Razi University , Ramezani, Masoud Islamic Azad University , Khorasgan Branch
Abstract :
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the role of
Knowledge Management (KM) in Organizational Entrepreneurship
(OE) among agriculture extension workers at Kermanshah
Township, Iran. The statistical population in this study
consisted of all agriculture extension workers of Jihad-e-Agriculture
management and centers of agricultural services at Kermanshah
Township (N=143), of whom 129 were available and
provided data for this study. The main instrument in this study
was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by the
panel of experts and its reliability was established by Cronbach's
Alpha coefficient (α>0.70). Data was analyzed by SPSSwin21
software in two parts of descriptive (frequency, percentage,
mean and standard deviation) and inferential (correlation and
regression analysis) statistics. Based on the results of enter
multiple regression, KM components were the main predictors
of OE among agriculture extension workers. The findings of
this study have applications for Jihad-e-Agriculture management
and centers of agricultural services in order to promoting OE
among agriculture extension workers in Iran.
Keywords :
Entrepreneurship , Organizational Entrepreneurship , Knowledge Management , Agriculture Extension Workers
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
