Entrepreneurial Properties and Tendency of Agricultural Advisory Personnel

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the influenceof entrepreneurial characteristics of members of technicaland engineering companies and agricultural advisory serviceson their willingness toward entrepreneurial activities. Entrepreneurshipdevelopment plays an important role in job creationprocess which can eventually lead to the achievement of sustainabledevelopment goals in agriculture. In Iran, a kind ofrural advisory services named technical engineering companiesand agricultural advisory services are legally accountable foragricultural extension and rural development issues. A surveymethodology was utilized to collect data by using a questionnaireinterview. The Target population of the study were all agriculturaladvisory personnel (N=50) currently working in Hamedan andMalayer townships. Results showed that there was no significantrelationship between age, gender, educational level, and workexperience of participants with their entrepreneurial tendency.However, self-confidence, work courage, teamwork spirit, motivationand creativity, competitiveness, self-help, law abidingcharacter, risk-taking and job interest significantly affected theentrepreneurial tendency of participants.