بررسی الزامات تشخیص فرصت‌های کارآفرینی در بین دانشجویان کشاورزی دانشگاه ایلام

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

• حسین مهدی زاده ¹
• نعمت اله شیری ¹
• مژگان خوش مرام ²

¹ استادیار گروه کارآفرینی و توسعه روستایی، دانشگاه ایلام، ایلام، ایران.

² مدرس گروه کارآفرینی و توسعه روستایی، دانشگاه ایلام، ایلام، ایران.

10.30495/jae.2022.24605.2155

چکیده

مقدمه و هدف: نظر به این­که تشخیص فرصت اصلی­ترین و اولین گام در فرآیند کارآفرینی بشمار می­رود؛ بنابراین، قابلیت تشخیص فرصت­های کارآفرینی از جایگاه ویژه­ای در فرآیند ترویج کارآفرینی در بین دانشجویان نظام آموزش عالی برخوردار است. در این راستا، این پژوهش با هدف بررسی تأثیر حمایت محیطی بر قابلیت تشخیص فرصت­های کارآفرینی با نقش میانجی هوشیاری کارآفرینانه انجام شد.
مواد و روش­ها: جامعه آماری پژوهش شامل تمام دانشجویان سال چهارم کارشناسی در رشته­های کشاورزی دانشگاه ایلام بودند که تعداد 100 نفر از آن­ها به روش نمونه­گیری تصادفی طبقه­ای با انتساب متناسب برای مطالعه انتخاب شدند. تجزیه و تحلیل داده­ها با استفاده از نرم­افزارهای SPSS نسخه 25 و SmartPLS نسخه 3 انجام شد.
یافته­ ها: نتایج پژوهش نشان داد که پاسخگویان از قابلیت تشخیص فرصت­های کارآفرینی متوسطی برخوردار بودند. بر اساس نتایج مدل­سازی معادلات ساختاری متغیرهای نهفته هوشیاری کارآفرینانه و حمایت محیطی تأثیر مثبت و معناداری به صورت مستقیم بر قابلیت تشخیص فرصت کارآفرینی داشتند. هم‌چنین، تأثیر غیرمستقیم و معنادار حمایت محیطی از راه هوشیاری کارآفرینانه بر قابلیت تشخیص فرصت­های کارآفرینانه تأیید شد.
بحث و نتیجه ­گیری: با توجه به نتایج پژوهش پیشنهاد می‌شود که مدرسان آموزش عالی کشاورزی از روش­های فعال آموزش و یادگیری، نظیر ایده­پردازی، یادگیری تجربی و خدمت­محور، کار تیمی و عملی، تفکر انتقادی و حل مسئله در آموزش کشاورزی استفاده کنند.

کلیدواژه‌ها

• کارآفرینی کشاورزی
• هوشیاری کارآفرینانه
• حمایت محیطی
• دانشجویان کشاورزی

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Requirements of Agricultural Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition among Agricultural Students at Ilam University

نویسندگان [English]

• hossein Mehdizadeh ¹
• Nematollah Shiri ¹
• Mojgan Khoshmaram ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

² Lecturer, Department of Entrepreneurship, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

چکیده [English]

Abstract
Introduction: Since the perceived entrepreneurial opportunities are the first and most important step in the entrepreneurship process, therefore, the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition capacity has a unique role in the process of promoting entrepreneurship among students in the higher education system. This study investigates the effect of environmental support on entrepreneurial opportunity recognition capacity with mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness.
Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 100 senior undergraduate students in agricultural majors at Ilam University, selected through a stratified random sampling technique. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 25 and SmartPLS.
Findings: The results showed that the perceived entrepreneurial opportunity capacities among students were moderately low. According to structural equation modeling, the entrepreneurial alertness and environmental support had a positive and significant effect on the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition capacity. Also, the indirect and significant effect of environmental support through entrepreneurial alertness on the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition capacity was confirmed.
Conclusion: According to the research results, it is suggested that agricultural higher education instructor use active teaching and learning methods, such as idea generation, experimental and service learning, team and practical work, critical thinking and problem solving in agricultural education.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

• Agri-Business
• Entrepreneurial Alertness
• Environmental Support
• Agricultural Students

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