Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students

Three major causes of the importance of entrepreneurship are making wealth, developing technology and creating productive employment. It is generally believed that a revolution is needed for entrepreneurship to take place in societies nowadays. Thus, the present study aims at investigation of the bi...

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Main Authors: Hassanali Aghajani, Mohsen Abbasgholipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2012-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Management Studies
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Online Access:http://ijms.ir/pg/06/IJMS05104.pdf
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description Three major causes of the importance of entrepreneurship are making wealth, developing technology and creating productive employment. It is generally believed that a revolution is needed for entrepreneurship to take place in societies nowadays. Thus, the present study aims at investigation of the biographical characteristics and explanation of its relation to entrepreneurial spirit at Mazandaran university students. The data collection instrument was a related questionnaire with the reliability level of 0.90, and the collected data related to the examined variables were analyzed by using T-Student and ANOVA Tests. The results explained and determined that, except age, other biographical characteristics including gender, marital status, employment, birth arrangement, parents‟ education level, did not have any meaningful relationship with the entrepreneurial spirit. Finally, it is the presented summary of implications for managers such as suggestions on how the managers and authorities can improve the entrepreneurial spirit among students, as well as directions for further researches.
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Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
Iranian Journal of Management Studies
Biographical characteristics
entrepreneurial spirit
students
title Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
title_full Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
title_fullStr Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
title_full_unstemmed Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
title_short Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
title_sort explanation of relationships between biographical characteristics and entrepreneurship spirit of students
topic Biographical characteristics
entrepreneurial spirit
students
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