The Relationship between Social Competences and Entrepreneurial Intention of Female Agricultural Students at University of Tehran

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Faculty Member, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies

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Social competence is one of the important capabilities for entrepreneurship that enables communication with others. The aim of this research was to analyze the relationship between social competences and female agricultural students' entrepreneurial intention at University of Tehran. The target population of the study contained of all M.Sc. female students in agriculture faculty of Tehran University, from which 63 students were selected by using SPSS Sample Power software. Simple random sampling was employed in selection of the respondents. A questionnaire was developed to gather data. Validity and reliability of the research instrument were confirmed based on the evaluation of a panel of experts and Cronbach alpha coefficient, respectively. The results indicated that the social competence and entrepreneurial intention of students in most cases were either low or intermediate. The finding of correlation analysis revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between collaborative competence, empathy competence, persuasion and impression management and students' entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, the results of structural equation modeling revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between social competence and students' entrepreneurial intention. The agricultural education system, in addition to teaching hard competencies or skills, should also pay special attention to cultivating students' soft competencies, including social competence.

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Journal of Studies in Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Agricultural Development
Volume 9, Issue 1
June 2022
Pages 105-124

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