Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers

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-Agr...

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Main Authors: Nader Naderi, Nematollah Shiri, Mojgan Khoshmaram, Masoud Ramezani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University 2016-03-01
Series:International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
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Online Access:http://ijamad.iaurasht.ac.ir/article_521116_19cba4aab63631414c650a7dd77620b0.pdf
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description 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 thisstudy have applicationsforJihad-e-Agriculture management and centers of agricultural services in order to promoting OE among agriculture extension workers in Iran.
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spelling doaj.art-657193aef24a4ad79408a78685fe71602022-12-21T20:47:53ZengIslamic Azad UniversityInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development2159-58522159-58522016-03-01617179Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension WorkersNader Naderi0Nematollah Shiri1Mojgan Khoshmaram2Masoud Ramezani3Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Razi University, Kermanshah, IranPh.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Esfehan, Iran.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 thisstudy have applicationsforJihad-e-Agriculture management and centers of agricultural services in order to promoting OE among agriculture extension workers in Iran.http://ijamad.iaurasht.ac.ir/article_521116_19cba4aab63631414c650a7dd77620b0.pdfEntrepreneurshipOrganizational EntrepreneurshipKnowledge Management
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Nematollah Shiri
Mojgan Khoshmaram
Masoud Ramezani
Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
Entrepreneurship
Organizational Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Management
title Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
title_full Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
title_fullStr Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
title_short Promoting Organizational Entrepreneurship in Iran: Evidences from Agricultural Extension Workers
title_sort promoting organizational entrepreneurship in iran evidences from agricultural extension workers
topic Entrepreneurship
Organizational Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Management
url http://ijamad.iaurasht.ac.ir/article_521116_19cba4aab63631414c650a7dd77620b0.pdf
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