Research Article (Quantitative)
Social Sciences
Fatemeh Radpour; Behzad Farrokh Seresht; Davoud Kiakojori; Hossein Ali Taghipour
Abstract
Purpose: The managers' communication skills are one of the most important factors of continued success in any organization, and for this purpose it is important and necessary to know the managers' personality characteristics to improve their communication skills. Therefore, the aim of this study was ...
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Purpose: The managers' communication skills are one of the most important factors of continued success in any organization, and for this purpose it is important and necessary to know the managers' personality characteristics to improve their communication skills. Therefore, the aim of this study was to designing a model of effective personality dimensions on the level of managers' communication skills.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive from type of survey. The research population was managers and assistants of Iran's National Oil Products Distribution Company, which the sample size was determine based on the Krejcie and Morgan table 191 people, but 210 questionnaires were distributed among managers and assistants. The research tools were included the researcher-made questionnaire of managers' personality dimensions (35 questions) and the questionnaire of managers' communication skills (18 questions). Data were analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS and Amos software.Findings: The findings showed that 10 questionnaires were excluded from the analysis due to incompleteness and the analysis was done for 200 people. The findings of the exploratory factor analysis showed that 9 questions were removed from the questionnaire of managers' personality dimensions due to low factor loading, and the final form had 26 questions in 6 components of honesty, extroversion, conscientiousness, flexibility, adaptability and responsibility and these six components could explain 80.37% of the total variance. Also, the factor loading of all six components was higher than 0.70, the average variance extracted of all was higher than 0.50, and the reliability of Cronbach's alpha and combination of all was higher than 0.70. In addition, the model of effective personality dimensions on the level of managers' communication skills had a good fit, and in the mentioned model, all six components of honesty, extroversion, conscientiousness, flexibility, adaptability and responsibility had a direct and significant effect on the managers' communication skills (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study indicated the impact of all six components of honesty, extroversion, conscientiousness, flexibility, adaptability and responsibility on the managers' communication skills. Therefore, in order to improve the managers' communication skills it is possible to provide the basis for increasing and promoting the managers' personality dimensions through the improvement of working conditions and training workshops.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Psychology
Mahnaz Por Jafari shir Joposht; Zohreh Shakibaei; Hajar Zarei
Abstract
Purpose: In the present research, the educational assistance model of parents was discussed to empower schools online. Methodology: In terms of research orientation, the current research was among fundamental research. In terms of the method of data collection, with a qualitative approach, in this ...
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Purpose: In the present research, the educational assistance model of parents was discussed to empower schools online. Methodology: In terms of research orientation, the current research was among fundamental research. In terms of the method of data collection, with a qualitative approach, in this research, various dimensions of parental educational assistance were categorized using a qualitative approach, general scales. In the following, the semi-structured interview tool and the opinions of 22 experts in the field of education in Mazandaran province were used to collect data. In the 19th interview, it was found that the principle of saturation had taken place. Thematic analysis approach and Maxqda software were used for data analysis. Findings: Comprehensive themes extracted, educational assistance for parents to empower online education in times of crisis in 5 categories (individual empowerment, social interaction empowerment, teaching empowerment, virtual space support, support, and evaluation and supervision) and in 16 organizing themes (skills, Competencies, psychological factors, building trust, building coordination, building communication, technical ability, scientific ability, managerial ability, hardware infrastructure, software infrastructure, assessment and monitoring of students, assessment, and monitoring of parents, education of parents, Cultivation of parental educational assistance, identification of obstacles and challenges) and 88 basic themes have been determined and introduced. Conclusion: The importance of the teaching and learning process of students has become more important than before. Because empowering schools is considered one of the most necessary measures and a saving factor in the current situation, it can guarantee the success of the educational system.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Psychology
Nahideh Yousefpour; Noushin Derakhshan; Roghayeh Poursaberi
Abstract
Purpose: Considering the importance of school anxiety and its role in the decline of other academic performance, the present study was conducted with the aim of prediction of school anxiety based on the academic self-efficacy, academic support and academic engagement of first secondary students.Methodology: ...
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Purpose: Considering the importance of school anxiety and its role in the decline of other academic performance, the present study was conducted with the aim of prediction of school anxiety based on the academic self-efficacy, academic support and academic engagement of first secondary students.Methodology: The current research was a descriptive from type of correlation. The research population was all first secondary students of Tabriz city in the academic years of 2022-2023. The sample size based on the Krejcie and Morgan table was calculated 269 people, which this number were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The research tools were the questionnaires of school anxiety (Philips, 1987), academic self-efficacy (Jinks and Morgan, 1999), academic support (Sands and Plunkett, 2005) and academic engagement (Reeve, 2013). The data obtained from the implementation of the questionnaires were analyzed with the methods of Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with enter model in SPSS software.Findings: The findings showed that all three variables of academic self-efficacy, academic support and academic engagement had a significant negative relationship with school anxiety in first secondary students (P<0.01). Also, the three mentioned variables significantly were able to predict 56.5 percent of school anxiety changes in first secondary students (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study have practical implications for people who deal with students, and they to reduce school anxiety in students can increase their academic self-efficacy, academic support and academic engagement through educational workshops.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Psychology
Manouchehr Lerni; Mohammad Reza Beliad; Parisa Iran Nejad; Alireza Mohammadi Nejad Ganji
Abstract
Purpose: Organizational resilience in the crisis conditions is one of the important and effective concepts in crisis management for facing natural hazards. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing an organizational resilience education model of crisis management of universal ...
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Purpose: Organizational resilience in the crisis conditions is one of the important and effective concepts in crisis management for facing natural hazards. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing an organizational resilience education model of crisis management of universal centers to facing with natural hazards and prevention from psychological and social interventions.Methodology: The current research was descriptive from type of correlation. The statistical population of this study was all employees of the universities of Karaj city in the 2022-23 academic years with number of 850 people, which according to Cochran's formula the sample size was determined to be 264 people. The samples of this study were selected with the random cluster sampling method and responded the researcher-made questionnaire of organizational resilience of crisis management (125 items) and the data obtained from its implementation were analyzed with the methods of exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling in SPSS-27 and Smart PLS-3 software.Fidnings: The findings of the present research showed that the organizational resilience education of crisis management of universal centers to facing with natural hazards and prevention from psychological and social interventions had 125 items, 12 components and 3 dimensions. The dimensions were include individual (with two components of psychological factors of resilience and creativity and innovation), structural (with six components of resilience planning, adaptive factors, commitment and management, crisis culture, learning culture and leadership and decision-making) and operational (with four components of knowledge use, communications, effective public participation and operational knowledge of resources and equipment). The factor load and average variance extracted of all components were higher than 0.50 and the combined reliability of all of them was higher than 0.80. Also, the organizational resilience education model of crisis management of universal centers to facing with natural hazards and prevention from psychological and social interventions had a good fit and this model on all three individual, structural and operational dimensions and each dimension on its components had a direct and significant effect (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study about the designed organizational resilience education model of crisis management of universal centers to facing with natural hazards and prevention from psychological and social interventions can help to crisis management specialists and planners to face hazards in order to increase organizational resilience.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Social Sciences
Mohammed Hamzah Mansoor Altalebi; Mehrdad Sadeghi; Riyaz Hossein Abais AlMurshidi; Saeed Sharifi
Abstract
Purpose: Organizational citizenship behavior plays an important role in improving the service quality of organizations, including education organization. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the categories of organizational citizenship model in the education.Methodology: ...
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Purpose: Organizational citizenship behavior plays an important role in improving the service quality of organizations, including education organization. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the categories of organizational citizenship model in the education.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive from type of correlation. The research population was the education managers and workers of Babol province in Iraq country, and according to Cochran's formula the sample size was determined to be 385 people which this number was selected by available sampling method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire of organizational citizenship in the education with 61 items, which its data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and partial least squares in SPSS-22 and Smart-PLS-4 software.Findings: The findings showed that the central phenomenon of organizational citizenship in education had 10 components in 5 categories of causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences (each one two components), which all of components had a factor loading of higher than 0.50 and all of them had Cronbach and combined reliability of higher than 0.70. Also, the correlation coefficients of the categories of causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, central phenomenon, strategies and consequences were less than 0.45 and were indicated their non-overlapping. In addition, according to the indicators of commonality and redundancy, the organizational citizenship model in the education had a good fit and the effect of causal conditions, contextual conditions and intervening conditions on the central phenomenon, the effect of central phenomenon on the strategies and the effect of strategies on the consequences were significant (P<0.05).Conclusion: The designed organizational citizenship model in the education can help to education managers, officials and planners in designing programs to improve the organizational citizenship in this organization.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Social Sciences
Fatemeh Sharifi Golzardi; Ali Mohebi; Ruhollah Karimi Khoigani
Abstract
Purpose: Economic education is one of the needs of the day for all people, including students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identifying the components of the economic education concept in the junior secondary education period.Methodology: The current research had a qualitative approach and ...
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Purpose: Economic education is one of the needs of the day for all people, including students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identifying the components of the economic education concept in the junior secondary education period.Methodology: The current research had a qualitative approach and in terms of purpose was an applied research. The statistical population of this study were included all the documents of the last 15 years related to the scope of the current research, including articles, master's dissertations, Ph.D.'s theses and books. The population of this study were included 179 article, 22 master's dissertation, 5 Ph.D.'s thesis and 11 book, which 23 case of them were selected as a sample by purposive sampling method. The data of this study were collected by note taking and were analyzed by coding method according to synthesis research approach.Findings: The results of the findings showed that the economic education concept in the junior secondary education period had 30 sub components and 13 main components. The main components of the economic education concept in the junior secondary education period were included financial literacy (with 3 sub components), economic insight (with 1 sub component), preservation and development of economic and financial resources (with 2 sub components), consumption correct pattern (with 2 sub components), savings and investment relationship (with 3 sub components), budget management (with 3 sub components), social responsibility and commitment (with 1 sub component), specialization-orientation and innovation (with 2 sub components), respecting the rights of others (with 2 sub component), ethics-oriented (with 3 sub components), valuing work (with 5 sub components), opportunism (with 2 sub components) and tolerance (with 1 sub-component).Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, it is possible to teach the identified main and sub components for the economic education concept in the junior secondary education period
Research Article (Quantitative)
Psychology
Kamalaldin Yarali; Tayebeh Tajari; Maryam Safari
Abstract
Purpose: Higher education through entrepreneurial teaching can create a competitive advantage for itself. Therefore, the aim of this study was designing an entrepreneurial teaching pattern in Iran's higher education.Methodology: The current research in terms of its purpose was applied and in terms of ...
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Purpose: Higher education through entrepreneurial teaching can create a competitive advantage for itself. Therefore, the aim of this study was designing an entrepreneurial teaching pattern in Iran's higher education.Methodology: The current research in terms of its purpose was applied and in terms of its purpose implementation method was descriptive from type of survey. The current research population includes six groups of business startups and establishment of knowledge-based companies, cooperation with entrepreneurial intermediary institutions, entrepreneurship education and teaching, authoring articles, books and guidance or counseling of dissertations and thesis in the field of entrepreneurship, specialist of curriculum and managers of planning higher education in Iranian universities in the academic years of 2020-21. The sample size based on the table of Krejcie and Morgan table was determined 322 people, who this number were selected by simple random sampling method. The instrument of the current research was the researcher-made questionnaire of entrepreneurship teaching in Iran's higher education with 214 items, that whose face and content validity was confirmed by the opinion of experts and its reliability with using combined and Cronbach's alpha methods was obtained above 0.70. The data of this study were analyzed with the methods of exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling in SPSS and Lisrel software.Findings: The findings of the present study indicated that entrepreneurial teaching in Iran's higher education had 214 concepts in 13 components and 6 categories. The category of causal conditions includes the components of the need to face transformations and necessity of creating capabilities (33 concepts), the category of background conditions includes the component of the internal environment or variables (36 concepts), the category of intervening conditions includes the components of the effective professors, universal support and protection and environmental barriers (28 concepts) ), the core category includes the component of entrepreneurial teaching (39 concepts), category of strategies includes the components of the improving the ability of professors, the use of new methods, interaction and rich learning environment (53 concepts), and the category of consequences includes the components of the changing values in higher education and economic dynamics of society (25 concepts); So that the factor load of all components was higher than 0.50, the average variance extracted was higher than 0.60, and the Cronbach and combined reliability of all of them was higher than 0.70. Also, the entrepreneurial teaching pattern in Iran's higher education had a good fit and in this pattern, the category of causal conditions had a direct and significant effect on the core category, the categories of contextual conditions, intervening conditions and core conditions d a direct and significant effect on the category of strategies, and the category of strategies had a direct and significant effect on the category of consequences (P<0.001).Conclusion: The designed pattern in the present research about entrepreneurial teaching in Iran's higher education can be used by curriculum experts and planners, and they based on the results of this study can conduct to entrepreneurial teaching in higher education.
Research Article (Qualitative)
Psychology
Fatemeh Sadat Najmolhoda; Yahya Ghaedi; Sadegh Rezaie
Abstract
Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to identify the mechanisms of using the place of imagination in the philosophy education program for children.Methodology: This research is one of the qualitative researches, which is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive research in terms of data collection ...
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Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to identify the mechanisms of using the place of imagination in the philosophy education program for children.Methodology: This research is one of the qualitative researches, which is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive research in terms of data collection and summarizing, grounded theory method. To identify the components of imagination in the philosophy education program for children in this research: in the first step, by referring to specialized texts on imagination in the philosophy education program for children, including domestic and foreign articles, books and authoritative publications, indicators of imagination in the philosophy education program for children, it was identified, reviewed and summarized using the Cornell study method. In this stage, after 22 people, up to the theoretical saturation of the components were identified. In the second step, semi-structured interviews between experts were used to ensure the effectiveness of the indicators identified as imagination in the philosophy education program for children. The selected experts were a group of experts in educational management and education who had years of experience in educational jobs and were experienced and knowledgeable in relation to the selected indicators and components and had numerous articles in this field.Findings: In the second step of the research, according to the results of interviews with experts, the results of the research showed that the dimensions of imagination in the philosophy education program for children include knowledge-centered with coding components of imagination in philosophy education for children with 5 indicators, goals (individual, social and educational) (26 questions), basics (general and specialized) (12 questions), method (reasoning, skill training and knowledge acquisition) (15 questions) and content (educational, motivational and challenging) (13 questions) and mechanisms ( managerial, technological, educational and environmental) (22 questions).Conclusion: The results showed that imagination in the goals of philosophy for children includes individual, social and educational positions.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Psychology
Zahra Hossein mardi; Ali Asghar Asgharnejad Farid; Afsaneh Taheri
Abstract
Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of developing a structural model of students' happiness based on resilience, self-esteem and school satisfaction with the mediation of self-efficacy.
Methodology: The method of the current research was descriptive-correlation type, which ...
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Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of developing a structural model of students' happiness based on resilience, self-esteem and school satisfaction with the mediation of self-efficacy.
Methodology: The method of the current research was descriptive-correlation type, which was carried out in the form of path analysis model. The statistical population of this research was made up of female students of the second level of high school in areas 2 and 5 of Tehran, who were studying in different fields of study in the academic year of 2022-2023. To determine the sample size, the principles of determining the sample size in structural equation modeling were used and 400 people were selected as a sample, which was selected using a multi-stage cluster random method. Data collection was based on Oxford happiness questionnaires, Connor and Davidson resilience scale, Cooper Smith self-esteem questionnaire, Morris adolescent self-efficacy questionnaire, and school satisfaction subscale related to the multidimensional scale of students' life satisfaction, which was Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The scores of the questionnaires were 0.93, 0.91, 0.89, 0.88, and 0.88, respectively, and their face and content validity was confirmed using experts' opinions. Data analysis was done with SPSS and AMOS software.
Findings: The results of the path analysis showed that the main research model fits the collected data and all the goodness of fit indices were excellent (CFI=1, RMSEA=0.000, X2=0).
Conclusion: Based on the results obtained, there is a direct and indirect relationship between all three exogenous variables in the model (resilience, self-esteem and school satisfaction) with the main endogenous variable (happiness). And self-efficacy variable mediates the relationship between these variables.
Research Article (Mixed)
Psychology
Zeinab Mahmoodiasl; Yaser Rezapour Mirsaleh; Ali Nazari
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the educational package based on the lived experience of mothers with multi-disabled children with emotional dyslexia on the improvement of depression. The method of this research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the educational package based on the lived experience of mothers with multi-disabled children with emotional dyslexia on the improvement of depression. The method of this research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research includes all mothers with multi-disabled children whose children were studying in Golhai Shiraz exceptional school in 1400-1401. Among the mothers, 30 mothers were selected as available and were randomly assigned to an experimental group (15 people) and a control group (15 people). Then, the pre-test of the research variables was carried out and the mothers of the experimental group were trained for 12 sessions on alexithymia. After the completion of the training, a post-test of the experimental and control groups was conducted. Research data were collected through alexithymia (Toronto, 1994) and depression (Beck, 1961) questionnaires. The data were analyzed by intragroup-intergroup multiple covariance analysis. The results showed that the alexithymia training program improved depression in mothers of children with multiple disabilities. Therefore, since the program developed in this research was based on the real experiences of mothers of children with multiple disabilities and it was developed specifically for these mothers, and the psychometric features of the program were confirmed by experts in this field, and in a way, it was related to the psychological issues and problems of mothers and It has also addressed children's behavioral problems, and has been more effective.
Research Article (Qualitative)
Social Sciences
Ramazan Jannati; Maryam Afzalkhani; Hadi Rezghi Shirsvar
Abstract
Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors affecting the development of teachers' and students' participation in research activities (student research centers).Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of execution ...
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Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors affecting the development of teachers' and students' participation in research activities (student research centers).Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of execution method. The research community was experts in the field of student research institutes of Semnan province in 2021-2022, among them, according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 16 people were selected using targeted and snowball sampling methods. were chosen. The tool of data collection was a semi-structured interview, the validity of which was confirmed by the triangulation method and the reliability of 62% was obtained by the Cohen's kappa coefficient method. Data were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method in MAXQDA 2020 software.Findings: The findings showed that the factors affecting the development of teachers' and students' participation in research activities included 18 concepts, 6 sub-categories and 3 main categories. The main categories include the structure of the research center (with two sub-categories of the system of rewarding and appreciating the efforts of teachers and students and the conditions of application and ethical principles in its process), the clear mission and vision of the research center (with the two sub-categories of developing a strategic plan and developing Specific goals, missions, values and perspectives) and laws, regulations and policies (with the subcategory of flexibility in the process of employing teachers, student teachers and gifted students and adding points in the annual evaluation and ranking).Discussion and conclusion: Considering the effective factors identified on the development of teachers' and students' participation in research activities (student research centers), it is necessary to plan for the development of their participation, which is realized through the identified factors.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Social Sciences
Shokouh Jamali Zavareh; Gholamreza Manshaee; Mohammad Ali Nadi
Abstract
Objective: the aim of this study was to compilation, normalization and validation of ineffective behaviors of universities professors.Method: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation that its population was all the faculty members of five big universities in the 2019-2020 academic years. ...
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Objective: the aim of this study was to compilation, normalization and validation of ineffective behaviors of universities professors.Method: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation that its population was all the faculty members of five big universities in the 2019-2020 academic years. The sample of the research was 123 professors of the mentioned universities who were selected by available sampling method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire of ineffective behaviors of universities professors with 64 items in three factors of educational, research and communication. The data were analyzed with the methods of content validity ratio, content validity index and exploratory factor analysis in SPSS and Smart-PLS software.Results: The results of content validity ratio and content validity index showed that these statistics were obtained for all three educational, research and communication factors and the components of each of them were higher than 0.80. the results of exploratory factor analysis showed that there were three factors for the ineffective behavior of universities professors; So that the first factor i.e. the educational factor had 3 components, the second factor i.e. the research factor had 4 components and the third factor i.e. the communication factor had 5 components, which the factor loading of all of them was higher than 0.60 and the Cronbach and combined reliability of all of them was higher than 0.70. In addition, the values of R2 for all factors and components were higher than 0.50 and the GOF index was equal to 0.43, which indicated the appropriate fit of the model and the model of ineffective behaviors of universities professors was drawn in the factor loading and t-test modes, which based on, the inefficient behaviors of universities professors had a significant effect on educational, research and communication factors and each factor on its components due to a t-statistic higher than 1.96.Conclusion: The questionnaire of the current research is a valid and reliable tool for measuring the ineffective behaviors of universities professors. University administrators and officials can use it to measure the ineffective behaviors of their university professors and design programs to reduce these behaviors.
Research Article (Quantitative)
Psychology
Asiyeh Iri; maryam Taghvaee Yazdi; Saeed Saffarian Hamedani
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyze the elements of the ambivalence of entrepreneurship in technical and professional organizations.Method: The present research is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research includes all the employees of the technical ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyze the elements of the ambivalence of entrepreneurship in technical and professional organizations.Method: The present research is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research includes all the employees of the technical and professional department of Golestan province, whose number was 500, and using Cochran's equation, the number of samples was evaluated as 217, and these people were selected completely randomly. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire for the ambivalence effect model of entrepreneurship on knowledge-based businesses in the technical and professional department of Golestan province. To analyze the data collected using research questionnaires, descriptive and inferential statistical methods (normality of data distribution from the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, single-sample and independent t correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation analysis) using SPSS and Smart PLS software in the form of structural equation modeling method by Cronbach's alpha three criteria; Composite reliability and factor loadings were measured.Findings: The findings of this study indicated that the two-way elements of entrepreneurship in technical and professional organizations include 14 elements of market orientation, market analysis, use of creativity, continuous problem solving, knowledge sharing, knowledge absorption capacity, strategic planning, continuous sourcing, flexible organization, continuous learning, Management expertise, financial support, capable human resources, environment dynamics, ambivalence and results.Conclusion: the analysis model of two-column elements of entrepreneurship in the country's technical and professional organization had a good fit and the coefficient of all paths was significant (P<0.05).
