Providing a Model for the Development and Implementation of Entrepreneurship in Islamic Azad University

Subject Areas : Education Management

Said  Mozafari ¹ (Ph.D. Candidate of Educational Management Department, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.)
Mahmod  Abolghasemi ² (Associate Professor, Leadership and Educational Development Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)
Gholamreza  Sharifirad ³ (Professor, Department of Educational Management, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.)

Received: 2022-06-02 Accepted : 2022-09-28 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: Islamic Azad University, entrepreneurial mentality, self-productive university, frustration of relying on absolute knowledge, economic and social missions,

Abstract :

The role of universities in economic and social development in recent years has been the subject of debate among researchers and policymakers in higher education to such an extent that, in their view, entrepreneurial universities are recognized as a key player in competition, economic growth and wealth. In this study, using a mixed method (qualitative-quantitative), a model for the development and implementation of entrepreneurship in the Islamic Azad University has been provided. The statistical sample of the study in the qualitative section included 20 university officials, entrepreneurial managers, professors, science and technology park managers, entrepreneurship specialists, managers of knowledge-based companies, private companies, business education officials, science and technology park director, robotics company CEO, and the students who were purposefully selected and interviewed.The sample of the quantitative section included 365 people who answered the questionnaire. The coding process (open, axial and selective) was used to analyze the qualitative data and Amos software was used for analyzing the quantitative data. The research findings in the qualitative part indicated that the model includes infrastructure, management, environmental human resources and operational dimensions. In the quantitive data analysis, the model indicators showed a good fit.The coverage value of p was equal to 0.313, which indicates the suitability of the model. On the other hand, the root mean square of the estimation error as an important index had a value of 0.07 which is less than 0.1. Other pattern fit indicators such as TLI 0.92, NFI 951/0, CFI 94/0, IFI 94/0, RFI 0.911 and normalized Chi-square index to 1.45 degrees of freedom indicate optimal fit and pattern confirmation.

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