Evaluating the characteristic elements of entrepreneurship in students of Iranian University of Science and Technology (IUST)

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1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Malek Ashtar University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

3 Master of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Malek Ashtar University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Studies conducted by researchers show that entrepreneurship, . The main purpose of this study was to compare and compare entrepreneurship traits of students of Iran University of Science and Technology and different faculties of this university. In this research, two research tools have been investigated, the research tool is a questionnaire. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method it is a descriptive survey. The results show that although the students of this university do not have high entrepreneurship score on average, 7% of the students have these characteristics and more than 49% of the students are in relatively good condition.
The results also indicate that the achievement and risk taking characteristics of Iranian university of science and technology students are more privileged and the attributes of determination, creativity and independence are in the next category. The average student entrepreneurship is not significantly different at other colleges except at the Railway School, which is more favorable than other colleges. It should be noted that entrepreneurship tools have the same results regarding entrepreneurship of students of Iran University of Science and Technology and their overlap rate is about 90%.

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Karafan Quarterly Scientific Journal
Volume 17, Issue 3 - Serial Number 49
Management and Entrepreneurship
December 2020
Pages 143-159

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  • Receive Date: 26 January 2020
  • Revise Date: 25 November 2020
  • Accept Date: 08 December 2020

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