@article{Nooripoor:292497,
      recid = {292497},
      author = {Nooripoor, Mehdi and Eskandari, Azar and Sharifi, Zeinab},
      title = {The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Rural Women: An Example from  Iran},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Management and  Development (IJAMAD)},
      address = {2017-01},
      number = {1047-2019-3395},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This study aimed to investigate the personality  characteristics related to entrepreneurial spirit of rural  women. The statistical population of the study included  rural women in the central district of Nimrooz County in  Sistan and Baluchistan Province (N=406). Krejcie and Morgan  Table was used to determine the sample size. To this end,  186 participants were selected through stratified random  sampling with proportional allocation. Data were collected  by a questionnaire that validity was confirmed via face  validity procedure and its reliability was measured by  calculating a Cronbach's alpha coefficient. SPSS software  was used to analyze data. The results showed that more than  50 % of rural women were strong in terms of balanced risk  taking, internal locus of control, need for achievement,  mental fluency, tolerance for ambiguity, daydreaming, and  innovation. Yet, around 30 % of rural women were weak in  terms of balanced risk taking, mental fluency,  independence, and innovation. Furthermore, 17 % were weak  in terms of daydreaming and challenging. The results of one  sample t-test also indicated that 10 dimensions of rural  women's entrepreneurial spirit were significantly higher  than the average. Therefore, in order to increase rural  women’s entrepreneurial spirit, it seems necessary to  strengthen such characteristics as balanced risk taking,  innovation, independence, mental fluency, challenging, and  daydreaming.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292497},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.292497},
}