Journal of Entrepreneurship Development

Journal of Entrepreneurship Development

Cross validation of Students' Entrepreneurial Passion: A Psychological Inquiry to the Evolution of Entrepreneurship Education in Agricultural Higher Education

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Amir Alambeigi 1
Shahla Aghapour 2
Mohammad Reza Akbari 3
1 Assistant Prof., Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran., Tehran, Iran
2 M.Sc. in Agricultural Education, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran., Tehran, Iran
3 Ph.D. Student in Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran., Tehran, Iran
10.22059/jed.2015.55981
Abstract
Entrepreneurial passion has been considered as a heart of innovative idea conduction. The present empirical research aimed to investigate factors of students' entrepreneurial passion. In this regard analysis of covariance matrix causal relationship was undertaken. The statistical population comprised of senior and junior undergraduate students as well as graduate students of the University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tehran University. 205 students were selected using the Daniel formula through quota sampling method. Research instrument was a questionnaire whose validity and reliability were reviewed and approved. A dominant statistical method was structural equation modeling to study the second-order factor analysis. The empirical results showed that in measurement of EP, EP founding, EP inventing and EP developing respectively have significant effect.
Keywords
Entrepreneurial passion
self-identity
Agricultural Students and Structural Equation Modeling
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Journal of Entrepreneurship Development
Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 28
Summer 2015
Pages 293-311