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Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors
affecting entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students
at Razi University. Statistical population of this study consisted of
all agricultural undergraduate students (senior) (N=186), that 164
of them were selected as research sample using proportionate
stratified sampling method. The main instrument in this study was
questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by the panel of
experts and its reliability was established by Cronbach's alpha coefficient.
Data was analyzed by SPSSWin20 software. Findings
revealed that agricultural students at Razi University have the entrepreneurial
motivations at moderate to high level. In addition,
multiple regression analysis showed that three variables including
the attitude toward entrepreneurship, the role model, and the
courses of entrepreneurship education can be explaining 35.5
percent of variances of the student's entrepreneurial motivations.
Results of this study have applications for planners of higher agricultural
education system in order to improving the agricultural
student's entrepreneurial motivations.