Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences From Agricultural Extension Workers

Subject Areas : Environmental policy and management

Nader Naderi ¹ , Nematollah Shiri ² , Mojgan Khoshmaram ³ , Masoud Ramezani ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
3 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
4 - Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Esfehan, Iran

Received: 2014-09-21 Accepted : 2014-12-13 Published : 2016-03-01

Keywords: entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, Organizational Entrepreneurship, Agriculture Extension Workers,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Knowledge Management (KM) in Organizational Entrepreneurship (OE) among agriculture extension workers at Kermanshah Township, Iran. The statistical population in this study consisted of all agriculture extension workers of Jihad-e-Agriculture management and centers of agricultural services at Kermanshah Township (N=143), of whom 129 were available and provided data for this study. The main instrument in this study was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by the panel of experts and its reliability was established by Cronbach's Alpha coefficient (α>0.70). Data was analyzed by SPSSwin21 software in two parts of descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential (correlation and regression analysis) statistics. Based on the results of enter multiple regression, KM components were the main predictors of OE among agriculture extension workers. The findings of this study have applications for Jihad-e-Agriculture management and centers of agricultural services in order to promoting OE among agriculture extension workers in Iran.

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