%0 Journal Article
%T Explanation of Relationships between Biographical Characteristics and Entrepreneurship Spirit of Students
%A Hassanali Aghajani
%A Mohsen Abbasgholipour
%J Iranian Journal of Management Studies
%D 2012
%I University of Tehran
%X Three major causes of the importance of entrepreneurship are making wealth, developing technology and creating productive employment. It is generally believed that a revolution is needed for entrepreneurship to take place in societies nowadays. Thus, the present study aims at investigation of the biographical characteristics and explanation of its relation to entrepreneurial spirit at Mazandaran university students. The data collection instrument was a related questionnaire with the reliability level of 0.90, and the collected data related to the examined variables were analyzed by using T-Student and ANOVA Tests. The results explained and determined that, except age, other biographical characteristics including gender, marital status, employment, birth arrangement, parents  education level, did not have any meaningful relationship with the entrepreneurial spirit. Finally, it is the presented summary of implications for managers such as suggestions on how the managers and authorities can improve the entrepreneurial spirit among students, as well as directions for further researches.
%K Biographical characteristics
%K entrepreneurial spirit
%K students
%U http://ijms.ir/pg/06/IJMS05104.pdf