Identifying Components of Women's Entrepreneurship Training Based on International Labor Organization Standards in Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• fateme abdari ¹
• fereydoon azma ²
• Mahmoud Reza Cheraghali ³
• Mohammad Bagher Gorgi ⁴

¹ PhD student of Entrepreneurship, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

10.30495/jedu.2021.25033.4987

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the specific components and characteristics of women entrepreneurship education based on the ILO standards in Iran. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative-content analysis in terms of method. The statistical population of the study consisted of University professors, administrators and educational experts with sufficient and successful experience of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, 20 people from this statistical community were selected for the research sample. Sampling in this study was done by snowball method and continued until theoretical saturation. Therefore, interviews with experts ceased after 20 interviews. In the qualitative part, to determine validity, based on eight strategies of Creswell (2007) and to examine the reliability, the method of intra-subject agreement of two coders (Wall, 2007) was used. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using open and axial approach coding and for this purpose MAXQDA 2018 software was used. The results showed that women entrepreneurship education according to the standards of the International Labor Organization including the components of "Prerequisites for Women Entrepreneurship Education", "Patterns of Women Entrepreneurship Education", "Characteristics of Women Entrepreneurship Education", "Individual Characteristics of Women for Entrepreneurship Education", "Cultural Components" And "legal components".

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship education
• individual characteristics
• cultural and legal
• international labor organization

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