جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « entrepreneurial activities » در نشریات گروه « علوم اجتماعی »

Over the past three decades, there has been a phenomenal increase in Iranian students in different levels of higher education. And according to the Iranian Statistical Center as reflected by the media, women have overtaken men in entering universities despite the fact that many of them do not get the opportunity to obtain official jobs. Thus, some of the female university graduates opt for entrepreneurship in order to participate in the socio-economic domain of the country. This study aims to understand the narratives of women entrepreneurs regarding the impact of higher education on their entrepreneurial activities. This is a qualitative research based on phenomenological studies. To this aim, in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 women entrepreneurs. Four main categories extracted include: passion/boredom contradiction, university as a platform for transformation, university as a medium for networking, and the academic field of creativity potentials. Additionally, ten sub-categories were: getting rid of official formalities and system subjugation as staff, nurturing or flourishing creativity and capability, learning fundamentals of entrepreneurship, changes in vision, personality growth and excellence, entrepreneurship and networking, entrepreneurial benefit from diligence to networking, ability and interest convergence in education, and educational guidance. The results indicate that universities are considered gateways to entrepreneurship for female students. Therefore, providing the grounds for establishing or connecting with various networks, promoting self-confidence and morale, and helping students flourish in their abilities will lead to the advancement of entrepreneurship among women and their social, family and individual status.

Tourism is a part of economy of the country that is mostly related to the entrepreneurial activities. The present study aims at investigating the role of entrepreneurial activities in tourism development in Ilam City. The method of the current study is a descriptive-correlation design. The statistical population of the current study includes the managers and experts working in labor and social welfare organization, cultural heritage organization, handicrafts and tourism, governorate office, technical and vocational education center of province and the Association of Entrepreneurs of Ilam Province, of which 195 people were selected by stratified random method. The data collection measure is a questionnaire whose validity has been confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability is calculated to be 0.91 using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. The data analysis was performed using confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regression in SPSS software. The results from testing the hypotheses of the study show that there is a relationship between the variables of innovativeness, risk-taking, autonomy, aggressive competition and tourism development in Ilam City. There is a multiple correlation coefficient of (MR=0/68) between predicting variables and tourism development in Ilam City. Therefore, there is a positive and significant relationship between entrepreneurial activities and the tourism development in Ilam City.