University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 46 2 2015 06 22 Identifying entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students: application of multidimensional scaling (Case study: Campus of agriculture and natural resources, Razi University) Identifying entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students: application of multidimensional scaling (Case study: Campus of agriculture and natural resources, Razi University) 347 362 54901 10.22059/ijaedr.2015.54901 FA Nematollah Shiri Ph.D. Candidate , Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Iran 0000-0002-7797-3076 Amirhossein Alibaygi Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Iran 0000-0001-5776-1116 Journal Article 2013 11 22 The main purpose of this mixed method research was to identify and prioritize the entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students in Razi University. This research was carried out in tow phase. In qualitative phase the research population consisted of agricultural students experienced in startup an entrepreneurial business.Statistical population for second phase consisted of all agricultural fourth-year undergraduate students (N=186), that 164 of them were selected using random simple sampling method. The main instrument of this study in qualitative phase was interview and in quantitative phase was questionnaire. Findings revealed that agricultural students have the positive entrepreneurial motivations. The results of mean comparison showed that students’ entrepreneurial motivations were different based on gender, entrepreneurship training courses, entrepreneurship model, study field, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and attitude towards entrepreneurship. Based on multidimensional scaling, students’ entrepreneurial motivation was classified in two dimensions including "economic entrepreneurial motivations" and "psychological entrepreneurial motivations". Results have applications for planners of higher agricultural education system in order to improving the agricultural student's entrepreneurial motivations. The main purpose of this mixed method research was to identify and prioritize the entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students in Razi University. This research was carried out in tow phase. In qualitative phase the research population consisted of agricultural students experienced in startup an entrepreneurial business.Statistical population for second phase consisted of all agricultural fourth-year undergraduate students (N=186), that 164 of them were selected using random simple sampling method. The main instrument of this study in qualitative phase was interview and in quantitative phase was questionnaire. Findings revealed that agricultural students have the positive entrepreneurial motivations. The results of mean comparison showed that students’ entrepreneurial motivations were different based on gender, entrepreneurship training courses, entrepreneurship model, study field, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and attitude towards entrepreneurship. Based on multidimensional scaling, students’ entrepreneurial motivation was classified in two dimensions including "economic entrepreneurial motivations" and "psychological entrepreneurial motivations". Results have applications for planners of higher agricultural education system in order to improving the agricultural student's entrepreneurial motivations. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_54901_a0ed2a3b7dcda7601f6263d120c40b11.pdf