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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENT’S PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL WHO HAVE ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND HAVE NOT ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION CASE (TEHRAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MECHANICS)

Journal: BEST : International Journal of Management, Information Technology and Engineering ( BEST : IJMITE ) (Vol.1, No. 1)

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Page : 43-50

Keywords : Entrepreneurship Education; Psychological Capital; Self-Efficacy; Hope; Resiliency; Optimism;

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Abstract

The psychological capital is an important and popular research subject in the psychology and the management study. The main aim of this study was to a comparative study of students' psychological capital who have entrepreneurial education and have not entrepreneurial education. Statistical sample of this study included 186 students of Tehran University, which were selected by applying random and proportional stratified sampling method. (103 students of Faculty of Entrepreneurship and 83 students of Faculty of mechanics). One limitations were identified only two universities participated, which indicates the results are and have not entrepreneurial education generalized. The obtained data were analyzed with the use of independent t- test. The results of the research indicated that there is a significant difference between the students' psychological capital and dimensions of it(self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience) in between who have entrepreneurial education are and have not entrepreneurial education also we found that entrepreneurial education was positively related with students' psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience).

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