Agricultural Entrepreneurship Orientation: Is Academic Training a Missing Link?

Autor/inn/en	Mohammadinezhad, Soodeh; Sharifzadeh, Maryam
Titel	Agricultural Entrepreneurship Orientation: Is Academic Training a Missing Link?
Quelle	In: Education & Training, 59 (2017) 7-8, S.856-870 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0912
DOI	10.1108/ET-10-2016-0156
Schlagwörter	Entrepreneurship; Higher Education; College Graduates; Elective Courses; Agricultural Occupations; Agricultural Colleges; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Profiles; Decision Making; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unternehmungsgeist; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Elective course; Wahlkurs; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät; Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Statistische Analyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of academic courses on agricultural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: Modified global entrepreneurship and development index (GEDI) was used to determine entrepreneurial dimensions among 19 graduated students of agricultural colleges resided in Iran. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process was applied to understand agricultural graduates' preferences on effectiveness of university courses (core, free elective and restricted elective). Findings: Results suggested the importance of professional restricted elective courses to provide students with necessary skills. These courses were successful in providing a context for entrepreneurial profile. Research limitations/implications: Innate talent or acquired skills were always the place of debate on entrepreneurial development. The paper builds on the premise that entrepreneurs are made through education and continuing reconstruction of experience, further research is required as the field develops in experience and complexity. Practical implications: The paper provides strategies to effectively modify practical route in higher education to enhance entrepreneurial orientation among students. Originality/value: The paper is innovative at a conceptual level in modifying GEDI elements in individual-level variables based on GEDI configuration theory. This approach is particularly useful in addressing the bottleneck problems of entrepreneurship profile and focusses on the information interpreted at weights of the individual-level data. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01