Psychological reasons of employment among female agricultural graduates in Hamedan

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1 PhD student in Agricultural Extension and Education, Basu University.

2 Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, Basu University.

3 Associate Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran

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Abstract

Increasing the recruitment of girls in universities compared to boys and the individual, social and cultural constraints available to them in finding employment in agricultural majors have made this difficult for graduates, and the unemployment problem for this group of graduates has become more complicated than men. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify individual and social psychological components affecting the employability of female’s agricultural graduates in Hamadan province, which has been done by a qualitative method. Selecting the samples was based on the snowball sampling method among the group of graduates, agricultural specialists and employers including 25 samples. The data collection tools were semi-structured interviews, and the data analysis method was proceeded using MAXQDA Version 12. in order to identify themes and in order to establish relationships between themes a process of causal, interventional, contextual, strategy, and outcome conditions was used. The results showed that the most important individual psychology themes affecting the employment of female graduates include, job motivation with a percent of 17.99, entrepreneurial skills with a percent of 16.97 and individual limitation with a percent of 15.44. As well as the most important social psychology themes including cultural norms and beliefs with a percent of 19.11, trust and social security with a percent of 13.99 and social participation with a percent of 13.31.The results showed that the main factors affecting for improving the employment conditions of female agricultural graduates include revising government policies, reforming ideas and beliefs, modifying behavioral patterns and practical training.

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Journal of Agricultural Education Administration Research
Volume 12, Issue 53 - Serial Number 53
September 2020
Pages 111-138

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