Agricultural education
abdolrahim gheyassi; Amir Alambeigi
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Although researches show that the formation of entrepreneurial intention is based on social and psychological capital; but linear relationships, as well as ignoring gender, may not clearly explain the formation of the mechanism of entrepreneurial intention. Based on this, the main purpose of the present ...
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Although researches show that the formation of entrepreneurial intention is based on social and psychological capital; but linear relationships, as well as ignoring gender, may not clearly explain the formation of the mechanism of entrepreneurial intention. Based on this, the main purpose of the present study was to compare the linear and non-linear effect of social capital on the entrepreneurial intention of agricultural students with the mediation of psychological capital, which was done separately by gender for a deeper understanding. The statistical population of the research consisted of final-year undergraduate agricultural students in the public universities in the academic year 2021-2022. In this regard, 384 questionnaires, designed in a five-option Likert scale and collected by multi-stage sampling method, were analyzed using the PLS-SEM algorithm in Smart Pls4 software. The reliability and face validity of the instrument were confirmed through ordinal coefficient theta and an expert panel. The results showed that in female students, the nonlinear model of the effect of social capital on the entrepreneurial intention with the mediation of psychological capital is superior to the linear model. But in male students, the model is only linear. In addition, the results of the research revealed that the mechanism of the effect of the studied structures in male and female students is different in some ways. The results of the present research can help education officials and planners to adopt policies and practices for male and female students that will promote their entrepreneurial intentions.
Agricultural education
Moslem Savari; Fatmeh Naghibayranvand
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This research was carried out with the general purpose of the role social capital in the use of good agricultural practice. The statistical population of the research included all the farmers of Khorram Abad county. Sample size using Cochran's sampling formula, 380 farmers were selected for the study ...
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This research was carried out with the general purpose of the role social capital in the use of good agricultural practice. The statistical population of the research included all the farmers of Khorram Abad county. Sample size using Cochran's sampling formula, 380 farmers were selected for the study by stratified sampling method with proportional assignment. The main research tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was done in two sections of descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS software. The results showed that the studied farmers do not use good agricultural practice well, and the behaviors of "not burning crop residues" and "using biological and biological fertilizers" are used more than other good agricultural practice. In addition, the results of the regression coefficient showed that the dimensions of social capital (social participation, social norm, social awareness, collective action, social trust) can explain 63.9% of the variance of good agricultural practice. In general, it can be said that the results of this research can provide new insights for policymakers in this field in order to expand sustainable agricultural operations.
mohammad ghorbani; hosein Rohani; mohammad reza kohansal
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Researchers consider social capital as an important component of economic development and a key factor in sustainable rural development, and consider education as a factor in creating and strengthening it too. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of extension education on farmers' social capital ...
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Researchers consider social capital as an important component of economic development and a key factor in sustainable rural development, and consider education as a factor in creating and strengthening it too. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of extension education on farmers' social capital in Khorasan Razavi using seemingly unrelated regression equations. The research tool was a questionnaire that the calculated coefficients indicate its high reliability. The statistical population of this study includes all farmers in the province. Due to the size and dispersion of villages, we used two-stage cluster sampling and the required sample size estimated at 384 people. The results showed that the four components of social capital have different conditions and also the general variable of social capital with an average of 0.61 is slightly higher than the average and therefore does not have favorable conditions. Quchan has the first rank and Khoshab has the second rank. Statistical analysis of the data showed that among the 11 independent variables, education variables, cooperative member and ownership status did not have a significant effect on social capital, but other independent variables showed a significant positive or negative effect on social capital. The variable of participation in the training course (except for the component of social cohesion) had a positive and significant effect on other components and also on the variable of social capital, which indicates the importance and key role of extension training in improving the social capital of farmers.
gholam reza ahmadi; Taraneh Enayati; Maryam Taghvaei
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The purpose of this study was to present a model of the effect of social capital and intellectual capital of educators and teachers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Training Center in their educational performance The research method was applied in terms of the purpose of the mixed data type of ...
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The purpose of this study was to present a model of the effect of social capital and intellectual capital of educators and teachers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Training Center in their educational performance The research method was applied in terms of the purpose of the mixed data type of exploratory type. The statistical population also includes all educators and trainers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Training Center, 122 people, of which, using Cochran's formula, 95 people were selected as a statistical sample using simple random sampling method. In order to collect data, the method of documentary and library study, search through electronic resources, interviews and standard social capital questionnaires based on Nahapit and Goshal model (1998) and intellectual capital based on Bontis-Holland model (2002) and a researcher-made questionnaire of teachers and teachers have been used. SPSS16 and Smart PLS statistical software were used for data analysis. The significance of the questions and the relationships between the variables were shown by examining the fit of measurement models, structural and fit of the general model. Also, using t-test, the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable was determined.. The results showed that social capital and intellectual capital were significantly related to and influenced by the educational performance of educators and teachers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Education Center. The results also showed that the intellectual capital of educators and teachers plays a mediating role in the effect of social capital on their educational performance.
saeed mazbohi; Alireza Assareh; Mahdieh Shirasb Shirasb
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The aim of this study is the effectiveness of social capital on sharing knowledge amongst the Agricultural Engineering students of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. The current study is applicable in the case of purpose and correlational descriptive survey in the case of the ...
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The aim of this study is the effectiveness of social capital on sharing knowledge amongst the Agricultural Engineering students of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. The current study is applicable in the case of purpose and correlational descriptive survey in the case of the method of data collection. The statistical population was the aforementioned students from which 200 people were randomly chosen based on Cochran’s formula. The data collection tools included two questionnaires of social capital and knowledge sharing. Validity was confirmed through pilot implementation, and content through the judgement of experts and the comprehensive review of the literature. Reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s Alpha including 0.790 for the social capital questionnaire and 0.89 for the knowledge sharing questionnaire which indicate the high reliability. The data was analyzed by SPSS Software and also through Pearson’s Correlation Test and Regression Test. In the study, there was a positive and significant relationship between social capital as a whole and its dimensions including structural, communicative and cognitive social capital, and knowledge sharing amongst the students (P < 0.05). The dimensions of structural, communicative and cognitive social capital indicated a 77% of the changes of knowledge sharing. The conclusion includes the effectiveness of social capital on knowledge sharing. It is thus recommended that the policy-makers and planners of the education sector should take this matter into account for better planning and improving the outcome of education system.
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Nourish creativity among students as an essential pillar of knowledge-based development, is fundamental to enhance their competences. On the other hand, experts of creativity domain emphases on action between people and combination of knowledge, idea and information to nourish creativity among students. ...
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Nourish creativity among students as an essential pillar of knowledge-based development, is fundamental to enhance their competences. On the other hand, experts of creativity domain emphases on action between people and combination of knowledge, idea and information to nourish creativity among students. Thus, this study aims to investigate the social capital role on students’ creativity. Statistical population of this research was consisted of 1400 students in Khouzestan Ramin agricultural and natural recourses university; from those 112 students were selected as sample using stratified random sampling. The main tool to collect data was mad questionnaire. Structural Equation Model (SEM) via LISREL8.8 software was used to evaluate validity and reliability of the research questionnaire, and also to examine goodness of the latent variables. Findings of ESM analysis indicated that structural social capital, cognitive social capital and knowledge sharing among students have a direct and significant effect on student’s creativity. While, analysis showed that Communicational social capital don’t have a direct effect on student’s creativity and it effected on student’s creativity within mediation of knowledge sharing variable.
