Designing Entrepreneurship Measurement Tool (Case Study: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Candidate, Department of Educational Sciences, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

2 Department of Educational Sciences, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

3 Department of Management, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

4 Department of Statistics, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

Abstract

Background: Entrepreneurship has had a dispensable role in economic and social sectors, especially in the health system. One of the problems is the lack of standardized tools for measuring the entrepreneurship status in medical universities. The purpose of this study was to design an entrepreneurship measurement tool in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This is a mixed qualitative -quantitative study in two phases of reviewing the literature and expert opinion survey using Delphi method. In the first step, the variables affecting organizational entrepreneurship were extracted by examining the related literature. Afterwards, the extracted variables were finalized by Delphi method after reaching the consensus of experts. Then, in the quantitative section, the final dimension questionnaire was prepared and structural equation method was used for data analysis.
Results: Six dimensions were identified for Entrepreneurship Questionnaire and 39 components of Entrepreneurship dimension were reported. The results showed that many factors affect entrepreneurship, including human factors, entrepreneurship culture, motivational factors, accelerating variables, information technologies, and rehabilitation variables.
Conclusions: The designed tool can help to identify the current status of entrepreneurship in medical science universities. Given the need for current organizations to benefit from the advantages of moving to entrepreneurial management, managers can go a long way toward continually improving the organization through special attention to the dimension affecting this management style identified in the present study, as well as providing resources and facilities needed to achieve these dimensions.

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