Reza Movahedi, Jalileh Soleymanian Broujeni,
Volume 3, Issue 6 (12-2016)
Abstract
According to rural women's contribution and importance also their entrepreneurial spirit, there is no doubt these two issues are very important to better achieve rural development programs if they will consider together. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to review the education role in improving rural women's entrepreneurship. The study population included all 110 rural women entrepreneurs in Borujen city, of those a sample of 86 people was selected by a simple randomized method. The content validity of questions was verified by a group of experts and specialists and reliability of the questions was done during a pre-test using a Cronbach's alpha coefficient and it was 0.899. Data were analyzed using SPSS software 19 version. The results showed that the women's awareness about entrepreneurship is at average level, but majority of them agreed to the role of education in improving entrepreneurship with a positive attitude. The results of factor analysis test revealed that the factors affecting the development of rural women entrepreneurship can be divided into three main factors that respectively were: specialized training about entrepreneurship, use from pioneer women's entrepreneurs' information and experiences, and use from mass media and internet. In order to develop entrepreneurship among rural women to use practical training courses, experienced women's entrepreneurs and modern media are strongly recommended.
