Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Educational Administration Dept., Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The entrepreneurial university has an important role in country's economic development. The purpose of this research is to present the entrepreneurial university development model for public universities of Afghanistan. This applied research was conducted based on the systematic grounded theory (SY-GTM). Research participants are professors of Afghan universities. The sampling method in this research is purposeful and theoretical snowball sampling. The data collection continued until reaching theoretical saturation, and theoretical saturation was achieved with the number of 16 people in this research. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview and the data was analyzed using MAXQDA 22 software. The reliability and validity of the data were opened by observing the participants and reviewing the experts. The results obtained from the research data of open, axial and selective coding processes were analyzed and 847 conceptual reports were classified into 25 associative categories from 16 interviews and finally six models were drawn. Research studies have shown that for the entrepreneurship of Afghanistan's public universities, a set of causal conditions are necessary, the conditions including: relationship between university and industry, commercialization research, and market-based curriculum research. the intervening environmental conditions include: awarding system and entrepreneurial leadership. The implementation of the entrepreneurial university involves these strategies: teaching entrepreneurial skills and promoting the culture of entrepreneurship inside and outside the university. This research is the first step in entrepreneurship of public universities and has helped Al-Beroni University in the field of entrepreneurship.
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