Effect of Spiritual Health and Self-efficacy on Creative and Innovative Entrepreneurship of Faculty Members of Islamic Azad University in Mazandaran

Subject Areas : curriculum

samira  karimi ¹ (PhD Student in Entrepreneurship, Islamic Azad University, Chalus Branch, Chalus, Iran)
Mehran  mokhtari baye kalaye ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Chalus Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran)

Received: 2023-06-13 Accepted : 2023-06-13 Published : 2023-04-21

Keywords: Self-efficacy, Faculty Members, spiritual health, creative and innovative entrepreneurship,

Abstract :

The aim of the current study is to examine the effect of spiritual health and self-efficacy on the creative and innovative entrepreneurship of academic staff members of Islamic Azad University in Mazandaran province. The statistical population of this research included all the faculty members of Islamic Azad University in Mazandaran. The sampling was done using cluster sampling method and the sample size was estimated to be 317 individuals using Cochran's formula. Finally, 310 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The instruments in this study included three questionnaires of creative and innovative entrepreneurship, self-efficacy, and spiritual health. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson correlation, independent t-test and multiple regression. The results of the correlation coefficient showed that there is a direct and meaningful relationship between creative and innovative entrepreneurship, spiritual health and self-efficacy of academic staff members of Islamic Azad University in Mazandaran. It means that the higher the level of self-efficacy and spiritual health, the more creative and innovative entrepreneurship is. In addition, considering the significance level of all research variables was less than 0.05 and the t-statistic of all research variables was greater than 2.33, the results of the multiple regression analysis confirmed all research hypotheses