Journal of Entrepreneurial Strategies in Agriculture

    Self-employment is one of the best options to prepare higher education system learners for employment in the labor market and resolving the unemployment problem but there are barriers against it. The purpose of this study is to assess the self-employment barriers from the perspective of graduate students of Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Razi University in Kermanshah. The general approach of research is quantitative and in terms of target is practical. Statistical population consisted of 470 students. Based on random stratified sampling method 52 Ph.D. students and 160 M.Sc. students were selected in order to do this study. Was used data collection, the researcher made questionnaire. The validity of questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts (scientific board members of department of extension and rural development of Razi University and some of entrepreneurship experts in province) and its reliability was calculated using alpha Cronbach coefficient (α= 0.86). The exploratory factor analysis and SPSS software was used to analyze the results. Based on the results of exploratory factor analysis, 4 factors include of training, structural- political, personality and social- economical are the barriers to self-employment from the perspective of students who explained55.76 percent of the total variance. Holding of joint meetings of students with the private sector, become familiar students with the rules of agricultural businesses and setting up educational content based on labor market needs to improve the self-employed status in the future is recommended.