عوامل تاثيرگذار بر كارآفريني دانشجويان دانشكده هاي كشاورزي استان تهران

Factors Affecting Students Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Colleges of Tehran Province

This research project was conducted to study the factors affecting entrepreneurship of agricultural students of Tehran province. The population of the study consisted all 1425 graduate students studying in three agricultural colleges of Tehran province in 2008-9 academic year. Using a stratified random method, 260 students were selected as subjects of the study. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by jury of experts and its reliability was established through calculating Cronbach Alpha coefficient, as estimated to be 0.84. The findings regarding the effectiveness of 15 studied variables on studentsʹ entrepreneurship, indicated that extra-curricular activities related to occupational skills, creative teaching methods in college, and appropriate curriculum content were the most important factors. Based on the results of regression analysis, the most effective variable in studentsʹ entrepreneurship in higher agricultural education system is creative teaching methods. In sum, six variables, namely extra-curricular activities related to occupational skills, creative teaching methods in college, and appropriate curriculum content, practical ability and skills about lessonsʹ issues, planning according to students" interests, competitive and suitable climate in college, could specify 57.7% of changes of dependent variable. Finally, some recommendations have been suggested to improve current situation toward increasing entrepreneurship traits in agricultural students.