جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « entrepreneurial spirit » در نشریات گروه « اقتصاد کشاورزی »

The main purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of members and non-member rural women in the Omid Entrepreneurship Fund of Larestan county as well as comparing the entrepreneurial activities development of these rural women before and after their membership. The research population included all rural women members of Omid Entrepreneurship Fund of Larestan county (440 individual) from the southern Fars province. According to the formula, the sample size was estimated 108 members. According to the stratified random sampling method, the respondents were selected from two groups of members (111) and non-members (105) and, finally 216 rural women were studied. This descriptive study was accomplished using survey in order to collect the required data through a questionnaire. The face validity and reliability of the questionnaire were conformed by the three professors of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Education of Shiraz University, and a pilot study was conducted outside the main sample (rural of Marvdasht county), respectively. Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the research variables were computed between 0.74 to 0.93. According to the results of members and non-members` comparison, these two groups showed significant differences in terms of personal-psychological variables (age, educational level, entrepreneurial spirit, self-efficacy and awareness of Omid Entrepreneurship Fund` plans) and some other variables such as entrepreneurship training, entrepreneurial orientation, social and organizational networking, development of entrepreneurial activities and sustainability of their activities; But there was not any differences among two groups due to government supportive policies and business environment.

In the evolving world, an organization can develop that equips its human resources with entrepreneurial knowledge and skills. Paying attention to the quality of work life of employees is one of the necessary conditions to develop the entrepreneurial spirit. Therefore, this study using the descriptive method investigated the relationship between entrepreneurial spirit and quality of work life. The statistical population of this research was agricultural extension experts in Kermanshah province. Data were collected with a questionnaire and a stratified random sampling method was used. The reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha test for entrepreneurial spirit was calculated 0.89 and for each of the factors of quality of work life including social- communication, managerial, psychological, economic- occupational, and environmental were calculated respectively (α = 0.91, 0.88, 0.89, 0.90 and 0.84). Data analysis was performed by SPSS. Findings showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between entrepreneurship spirit and quality of work life. The results also showed a correlation between psychological, managerial, social- communication, and economic- occupational factors with the entrepreneurial spirit. Another result of this study was the significant difference between the entrepreneurial spirit of experts with the field of agricultural extension and education and experts with other fields of study. Finally, the suggestions were presented to develop the entrepreneurial spirit with an emphasis on effective variables of quality of work life.

The purpose of research was to identify the role of agricultural cooperatives for promotion of entrepreneurial spirit farmers of Mahabad township. This study was descriptive-correlation research and used survey method. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the 230 farmers participating in agricultural cooperatives in the Mahabad township. Using Krejcie and Morgan’s table and proportional stratified random sampling technique, 111 farmers were selected as research sample. Interview and questionnaire was the main tool for data gathering. Finally, 111 questionnaires were completed and used for data analyzing. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts. The reliability of the questionnaire in the pre-test phase was confirmed (α= 0.85 to 90). The data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results of one-sample t-test showed that the components of entrepreneurial spirit including risk taking, life control, creativity, independence and self-confidence were significant at 99% level. This reflects the impact of the agricultural cooperatives under study in fostering entrepreneurial spirit. Also, the results of the correlations showed that highly educated farmers consider the role and status of cooperatives in entrepreneurial activities. Correlation t-test showed that there was a significant difference between the mean score of the two components of the present and desirable status. The correlation showed that higher educated farmers find cooperatives more effective in entrepreneurship. Also, the results of data processing showed that there was no significant relationship between the role and position of cooperative in entrepreneurial activities and membership history. The results of paired T test showed that there is a significant difference between the two situation.

Unemployment among rural youth and agriculture graduates has increased in recent years and has caused a variety of challenges in social and economic fields and having the entrepreneurial spirit could facilitate the solving problem process. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting the development the farmer's entrepreneurial spirit. Statistical population of this research was consisted of farmers under the cover of the center of extension and services of agricultural Jihad of Kermanshah city (N=163397). To collect data, the random systematic sampling method was used. Sample number was calculated 185 person by Using Cochran's formula. The main tool for collecting data was questionnaire made by researcher. Content validity of measurement tools, by experts, and its reliability, by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient was confirmed. Results showed that, there is a significant positive relationship between the development of entrepreneurial spirit and the economical, institutional, environmental factors, also personality, age, number of children and education level. Coefficient of determination (R2) showed that four variables (personality, age, economic and environmental) entered the stepwise regression equation and they explained the total of 54/8% of the creation of the entrepreneurial spirit variable variance.