Structural Modeling of the Factors Affecting Elite Students’ Immigration Tendency (Case Study: Semnan University)

The purpose of this study was to provide a structural model of factors affecting the elite students’ immigration tendency in Semnan University. The research method was based on a descriptive-correlational design focused on structural equations. The statistical population and sample of the research included top (male and female) students in Semnan University in the second semester of the Academic Year 2016-2017. The measurement tools included two questionnaires of Researcher-Made Questionnaire (2017) and Questionnaire on Immigration Tendency (Janalizadeh et al., 2014). The findings of this study revealed seven main factors as factors affecting the tendency to immigrate among elite students in Semnan University, among whom scientific-academic and psychological factors accounted for the highest average. The results of goodness of fit tests indicated that the final model on the factors influencing the tendency to immigrate among elite students in Semnan University was desirable. The results showed that, according to research findings, the phenomenon of immigration of elite students was not based on a single variable, rather various variables such as social, political, cultural, economic, organizational, psychological and scientific-academic factors should be simultaneously considered in connection with each other.