Industrial Innovations

Industrial Innovations

Analysis and Investigation of Effective Mechanisms in the Development of Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Cooperative Companies in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Soma Azadeh 1
Solieman Rasouliazar 2
Loghman Rashidpour 3
1 Graduate student of agricultural Management, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad university, Mahabad, Iran
2 Department of Agricultural Management, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran
3 Faculty Member of Department of agricultural Management, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad university, Mahabad, Iran
10.61186/jii.1.2.122
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing and investigating effective mechanisms in the development of entrepreneurship in agricultural cooperatives in Iran. The current research was a descriptive survey that was conducted in the field. The statistical population of this research included the experts of agricultural cooperative companies in Iran in the first half of 1401, whose volume was 100,000 people, and based on Cochran's formula, the maximum sample size was estimated to be 384 people. Also, the sampling method in this research was purposive sampling and the questionnaires were distributed virtually. The sampling method in this research was the purposeful sampling method, so after receiving a letter from the university and referring to the Central Organization of Cooperatives of Iran and placing the link of the questionnaire at their disposal, the link of the questionnaire was sent from the center to the employees of the cooperatives. In this research, the methods of multiple regression analysis and Pearson's correlation coefficient test were used. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the professors and the reliability of the questionnaire was above 0.7. The results of the research showed that economic, psychological and social, infrastructural, administrative-organizational and educational structures could predict 54% of the variable changes of entrepreneurship development in agricultural cooperative companies in Iran. Among the mentioned structures, according to the calculated beta of the economic and socio-cultural structure, they determine the extent of the impact on the development of entrepreneurship in agricultural cooperative companies in Iran.
Keywords
Entrepreneurship
Cooperative
Cooperatives"
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Industrial Innovations
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Spring 2023
Pages 122-131

  • Receive Date 26 March 2023
  • Revise Date 28 May 2023
  • Accept Date 13 July 2023