The effect of Business Attitude on Agricultural Students’ Entrepreneurial Behavior Disposition(Case Study: Incoming Students of Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University)

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Abstract: The present research aimed at investigating the effect of business attitude on agricultural students’ entrepreneurial behavior willingness. Population present research included all incoming students of Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University in 1395 (337 students), who were selected by Census method. After distributing the questionnaires, 271 of those questionnaires were returned. The instrument used, was a questionnaire. The questionnaire validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and also its reliability was reported 0/844 (the Cronbach's alpha). In order to analyze the data, SPSS20 software was used. The results showed that there was a relationship between business attitude and entrepreneurial behavior willingness. The entrepreneurial behavior willingness in 38% of students was at good level and the entrepreneurial behavior willingness in 16.98% of them was at weak level. The multiple regressions showed that entrepreneurial intentions, environmental protection, attitude to change and competitiveness can estimate 24.2% of variation of entrepreneurial behavior willingness.
 

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Higher Education Letter
Volume 10, Issue 37
June 2017
Pages 159-182

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