Identify factors affecting the organizational structure dimension in entrepreneurial university and its role in creating a knowledge-based economy

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

Hadiseh Mortezaei ¹ , Mohammad Salehi ² , Kioumars Niazazari ³

1 - Ph.D. in Management, Sari unit, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
2 - Associate professor and faculty member, Sari unit, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
3 - Professor at the Department of educational management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad university, Sari, Iran

Received: 2018-04-04 Accepted : 2018-06-18 Published : 2018-08-23

Keywords: Organizational Structure, Entrepreneurial University, Knowledge Based Economics, Effective Components,

Abstract :

This research aims at identifying the effective components of the organizational structure of the University of Entrepreneurship that contribute to the creation of knowledge-based economics. The research method was a cross-sectional method and the statistical population included experts and experts in the field of growth centers in Azad-e-Azad universities in Fars. Sampling was targeted in qualitative study and in a stratified random sampling. In the qualitative section of 11 people in the interview process and in the quantitative section with a population of 976 people, 277 people participated as an example in this study. The data gathering tool was an interview and a researcher-made questionnaire. After confirming the validity, its reliability was 83%. For analyzing the data, descriptive statistics and inferential part of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The results of the research in the qualitative section indicated that in the framework of the knowledge economy, 8 components were identified in the organizational structure dimension. In the quantitative part, the findings showed that the component of all-round attention to innovation in the university with the highest factor load (79.0) and the decision-making component of the informal and council with the lowest factor load (68.0), of the total variance And other components are important in the next order respectively. The final pattern of the research was confirmed by fitting indices, standard coefficients. The coefficient of influence of the components in the organizational structure of the entrepreneurial university in creating a knowledge-based economy alone is the highest impact factor in the component of universal attention to innovation in the university with 79/7 and the least in the decision making component, informally and councilly. Was .