Recognition of Factors Contributing to Make a University Entrepreneurial

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor and Member of Faculty of Alzahra University

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The present study aims to identify factors contributing universities to become entrepreneurial. In this regard, we first studied the existing literature and theoretical foundations and after extracting the involved factors, they were categorized and designed in the form of a researcher-made questionnaire. Subsequently, using semi-structured interviews with experts in the field of entrepreneurship, the extracted factors were examined and a few of them was rejected and others were verified. In the next step, based on the identified factors, the present situation of Alzahra University was studied. This research is applied in terms of purpose, quantitative in terms of approach, and is considered a descriptive survey in terms of collecting data. The statistical population of the study was consisted of 344 members of faculty members of Alzahra University. Using Morgan table, 182 of them were selected through stratified sampling. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. In the first part of the study, the findings indicated 8 factors and 50 indicators including entrepreneurial leadership (8 indicators), entrepreneurial organizational structure (4 indicators), entrepreneurship training factor (9 indicators), entrepreneurial culture factor (9 indicators) , faculty members and creative and innovative staff  factor (7 indicators), entrepreneurial marketing factor (4 indicators), entrepreneurial supporting measures (4 indicators), commercialization of research (5 indicators), that all of which were approved. In the second part of the study, based on the identified factors, the status of Alzahra University was studied. Findings show that Alzahra University, except for the "organizational entrepreneurial structure" factor, is not in a satisfactory situation in terms of other identified factors.

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