University of Tehran Press Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 48 1 2017 05 22 The Effect of Structural-Organizational Dimensions on Entrepreneurship at Colleges of Agriculture in Region 5 Branches of Islamic Azad University, Iran The Effect of Structural-Organizational Dimensions on Entrepreneurship at Colleges of Agriculture in Region 5 Branches of Islamic Azad University, Iran 93 107 62012 10.22059/ijaedr.2017.62012 FA Negin Fallah Haghighi Assistant Professor, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) Masoud Bijani Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University Gholam Hosein Karami PhD student of Agricultural Extension and Education Masoomeh Zand Faculty member of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd Branch Journal Article 2015 01 27 At present, unemployed agricultural graduates and their mismatch course content to the needs of the labor market is much more serious than other academic disciplines. The best alternative to resolve this problem is training of skilled, efficient and creative people and preparing students of higher agricultural education system or employment in the labor market through entrepreneurship education and strategic changes in patterns of academic education and research and establish entrepreneur colleges of agriculture. In this regard, one of the priorities is improving “structural-organizational” components at colleges of agriculture toward being entrepreneur. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of structural-organizational dimensions on entrepreneurship at colleges of agriculture which was done in quantitative approach by using a descriptive-correlation method and a survey technique. Statistical population of this research consisted of agricultural students at branches in region 5 of Islamic Azad University, Iran (N=2896). As a sample, by using Bartlett Table, 341 students whom were chosen via stratified random sampling method. The research tool included a questionnaire that which its validity was confirmed by a group of professionals and its reliability through Cronbach's alpha test for different parts of the questionnaire was confirmed from 0.76 to 0.91. Findings revealed that there are a significant and direct relationship between entrepreneurship in colleges of agriculture and all dimensions of structural-organizational components including type of organizational structure, system of organizational communication, being entrepreneur of the salaries and bonuses system and innovation in educational and research affairs. Also, based on the results of structural equation modeling by using LISREL software, structural organizational component as an efficient factor can prognosticate entrepreneurship at colleges of agriculture. At the end, according to the results some recommendations have been presented. At present, unemployed agricultural graduates and their mismatch course content to the needs of the labor market is much more serious than other academic disciplines. The best alternative to resolve this problem is training of skilled, efficient and creative people and preparing students of higher agricultural education system or employment in the labor market through entrepreneurship education and strategic changes in patterns of academic education and research and establish entrepreneur colleges of agriculture. In this regard, one of the priorities is improving “structural-organizational” components at colleges of agriculture toward being entrepreneur. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of structural-organizational dimensions on entrepreneurship at colleges of agriculture which was done in quantitative approach by using a descriptive-correlation method and a survey technique. Statistical population of this research consisted of agricultural students at branches in region 5 of Islamic Azad University, Iran (N=2896). As a sample, by using Bartlett Table, 341 students whom were chosen via stratified random sampling method. The research tool included a questionnaire that which its validity was confirmed by a group of professionals and its reliability through Cronbach's alpha test for different parts of the questionnaire was confirmed from 0.76 to 0.91. Findings revealed that there are a significant and direct relationship between entrepreneurship in colleges of agriculture and all dimensions of structural-organizational components including type of organizational structure, system of organizational communication, being entrepreneur of the salaries and bonuses system and innovation in educational and research affairs. Also, based on the results of structural equation modeling by using LISREL software, structural organizational component as an efficient factor can prognosticate entrepreneurship at colleges of agriculture. At the end, according to the results some recommendations have been presented. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_62012_3856b263239d808adb179ae2dc4a2a0c.pdf