From the Entrepreneurial Passion and Technological Creativity of Students to the Commercialization of Iranian Sport Sciences Researches

The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationship between entrepreneurial passion, technological creativity and the commercialization of sports science research.

The present study is descriptive-survey and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population consisted of postgraduate students of sports science who were studying in Tehran universities during the years 1398-1397; based on Morgan’s Table, 385 students were selected randomly. The validity of the questionnaires was assessed by the opinions of Sport Management professors and experts, and their reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability.   

The results obtained from SMART PLS 3 showed that entrepreneurial passion (along with its five dimensions) and technological creativity each had a direct and significant relationship with the commercialization perception of students' research achievements. At the same time, entrepreneurial passion was recognized as the driving force behind technological creativity.

Sport science students need to establish a balance between scientific and business goals and for moving on the path to commercialization, use their strong positive emotions and Identity Makers to transform their ideas (knowledge) into innovative phenomena.