A Study of Entrepreneurial Characteristics among the Students of Technical and Engineering Faculties of Uremia Universities
Subject Areas : Business ManagementHoushang Taghizadeh 1 , Zolfagar Valipour 2
1 - Member of faculty (associate professor) Industrial Management Department of Tabriz Industrial Management Department, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz
Keywords: Creativity, risk taking, entrepreneurship, Innovation, responsibility, Confidence, accountability, success-seeking,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research is to determine the rate and characteristics of entrepreneurship among the university students of Uremia. Three questions have been raised in this article. The statistical population includes all the students of Technical and Engineering Faculties of Uremia Universities, totaling 15000. A sample of 375 was selected by using Morgan Table. The data collection instrument in this research is a questionnaire, which was distributed among the subjects after determining its validity and reliability. For data analysis, the researchers have used Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Estimation Theory, Kruskal-Wallis Test and Friedman Test. The results of the survey show that entrepreneurship scores for each of the faculties are average. Uremia University has been ranked first regarding entrepreneurship. Friedman test has also shown that among all features, the success-seeking characteristic has the highest rate.
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Krejcie, R., & Morgan, D. (1970), Determining Sample Size for Research Activities. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30, 607-610.
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Vahedi, M., Moradnejadi, H., Sharifzadeh, A., & Sharifi, M. (2009). Studying Entrepreneurship Characteristics of Islamic Azad University, Ilam. Agricultural Economics and Development Researches (Iran Agricultural Sciences), 2, 93-101, (In Persian).
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Zali, M. R., Medhushi, M., & Nastaige, A. (2009). Evaluation of Student Entrepreneurship Characteristics. Quarterly Journal of Humanities, 55, 81-113, (In Persian).
