Analysis of effective mechanisms on the development of entrepreneurship among rural women in Kurdistan province
Subject Areas : Agriculture Marketing and Commercializationsolieman rasouliazar 1 , Arman Kaykhosravi 2 , Loghman Rashiedpour 3
1 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Department, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran
2 - Graduated Student of Agricultural Management, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran
3 - عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مهاباد گروه مدیریت کشاروزی
Keywords: analysis, mechanism, entrepreneurship development, rural women, Kurdistan province.,
Abstract :
The present research was conducted in order to analyze and identify effective mechanisms on the development of entrepreneurship among rural women in Kurdistan province. The nature of this applied research was done by survey method. The research tool was a questionnaire made by the researcher, whose reliability was obtained by using the pilot test and calculating Cronbach's alpha. The statistical population of the research was 27,560 rural women of Kurdistan province, and using the Cochran formula, the sample size was determined to be 204. The sample people were selected by stratified random method. The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between the individual-psychological, economic, socio-cultural, educational, infrastructural and marketing structure with the advantages of entrepreneurship development among the rural women of Kurdistan province. Multiple regression analysis was used to predict changes in the dependent variable, i.e., the advantages of entrepreneurship development among rural women in Kurdistan province, by independent variables, i.e., managerial, social, cultural, educational, economic, infrastructural, individual, psychological, and marketing structures. The multiple correlation coefficients in this research is equal to 0.781. According to the calculated coefficient of determination, the aforementioned constructs were able to determine 61% of changes in the dependent variable, i.e., the advantages of entrepreneurship development among rural women in Kurdistan province.
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