Abstract
Summary
The purpose of this research work was to design a paradigm model of operationalizing entrepreneurship among sports sciences students. The research method was carried out using the framework of the qualitative approach and using the foundation's data analysis method with the Strauss and Corbin method. The findings show that in the paradigm model, 28 concepts were identified in factors such as causal, contextual, intervening, strategy, and consequence. It can be said that the university has the necessary platforms such as having an entrepreneurship consultant from among the executive faculty members, holding entrepreneurship festivals, holding startup courses, and financial support for students' entrepreneurial ideas, and it can be effective in facilitating the operationalization of their entrepreneurial thoughts.
Introduction
Today, the importance of human resources in various processes is recognized as an important factor. Human resources are as a capital that is recognized as a valuable driving force in all different organizations. Human capital has skill, ability, experience, motivation, and knowledge acquisition (1). Basically, entrepreneurship is the basis of economic development, which is expressed as a source of employment and income (2). Entrepreneurship is considered as the third mission of universities because it aims to reflect its contributions to the society (3). The university can create a rich environment that can provide information and reliable role models, emotional support, and psychological and material resources more important for honoring an entrepreneurial behavior. A university's entrepreneurial educational support such as entrepreneurship courses, tutorials, and lectures can help the students acquire information and gather additional entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and capacities. It also allows the students to connect with influential people including entrepreneurial investors, suppliers, distributors, and potential customers (4). Despite the alarming unemployment situation of university graduates in the country, sports has a suitable and diverse place to create employment and create new opportunities for economic activities, which by knowing the work fields in which new opportunities can be introduced to the youth and the society. Therefore, the purpose of this research work was to design a paradigm model of operationalizing entrepreneurship among the sports sciences students.
Methodology and Approach
The research method is exploratory in terms of its nature, and inductive in terms of data collection method, and it is of the qualitative research type, which is collected by the foundation data method based on the guidelines suggested by Strauss and Corbin. The participants of this research work included academic and entrepreneurial experts, who could provide valuable information to the researcher. In this regard, the samples of the qualitative part of this research work included 20 people from science and technology park officials, scientific professors of the physical education faculty, sports entrepreneur students, CEO of the industrial estates company, and an entrepreneurship instructor and consultant. At the end, a paradigm model was designed.
Results and Conclusion
The sports science students use opportunities, take risks, solve problems, and create careers for themselves. They need to take risks in creating and commercializing innovative technologies in a way that a big businesses cannot. Sometimes these technologies open entirely new markets, and revolutionize industries. Therefore, universities target the field of entrepreneurship and pay more attention to the sports and economic industry; sports science students can have smooth ways to create a job. By applying the mentioned solutions, the university managers and professors can help the progress of sports science students in the direction of developing entrepreneurship and making it operational.
Keywords
- Business opportunities
- social competence
- need assessment
- employment generation
- sports science students
Main Subjects
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