Identification of Barriers to Establishment of Entrepreneur University of Agriculture and Natural Resources by Using Grounded Theory Method

Entrepreneur University of Agriculture and rural (EUAR) is an important institution for economic development and effective social change. Poor conditions in employment of agricultural graduates indicate a distant in the current situation of country's universities and entrepreneurial university. The purpose of this research was to identifying barriers to establishment of EUAR in Iran. Grounded theory methodology was used in this study. Information in this study collected by using semi-structured interviews with a sample of 37 members of academic staff in faculties and Universities of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Content analysis of interviews showed; 149 phrases in connection with the barriers to establishment of EUAR were extracted. List of these phrases regard to concept affinity and hierarchy coding in grounded theory grouped in 17 concepts and three categories as follows: Human, inhuman and strategic and infrastructure barriers. The results also showed that the most important obstacles in establishment of EUAR are "strategic infrastructure" and "communication" barriers