The Factors that Affect Intention to Knowledge Commercialization in Shiraz University

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Iran.

2 M.A. Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University, Iran.

10.22034/jstp.2019.11.1.2038

Abstract

The present research aims to propose a causal model for effective factors in commercialization of academic research. This research is an applied one in its purpose and a descriptive-correlational one in terms of the method. The research community includes 499 master students studying at engineering schools of Shiraz University. The data collection tool is a questionnaire for which Cronbach’s alpha has been utilized to measure its reliability. The effects of the variables such as psychological empowerment, self-efficacy, university policy, social capital, perceived behavioral control and attitude about commercialization have been analyzed on the intention of knowledge commercialization. Based on the values of correlational coefficient, the results indicate that intention of commercialization maintains a significant relationship separately with the psychological empowerment, perceived behavioral control and attitude about commercialization at 0.01 level and with the social capital at 0.05 level. On the other hand, the intention of commercialization lacks a significant relationship with the self-efficacy and university policy.
 

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Volume 12, Issue 1
April 2019
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