Analyzing Improvement Mechanisms of Human Resource Development (Case Study: Faculty Members of Agriculture colleges)

Akbari, Morteza; Hosseini, Seyed Mahmud; Hejazi, Seyed Yousef; Rezvanfar, Ahmad

doi:10.22059/jipa.2014.51705

Analyzing Improvement Mechanisms of Human Resource Development (Case Study: Faculty Members of Agriculture colleges)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Morteza Akbari ¹

Seyed Mahmud Hosseini ²

Seyed Yousef Hejazi ³

Ahmad Rezvanfar ³

¹ Assistant Prof., Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Iran

² Prof., College of Agricultural Economic and Development, University of Tehran, Iran

³ Prof. College of Agricultural Economic and Development, University of Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jipa.2014.51705

Abstract

This research was conducted with the purpose of analyzing improvement mechanisms of Human Resource Development (HRD) in agriculture faculties. This survey research was descriptive-explanatory. The population of this research consisted of all agricultural faculty members of Iran universities (N=1178). Data was collected using multi-stage random sampling method. Finally, 248 questionnaires were collected. The questionnaire’s validity was confirmed by a group of agriculture faculty members and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (above 0.7). Data was analyzed using SPSSwin₁₈ software. The results showed that 48 improvement mechanisms are effective in developing faculty members. They were classified into four principal components of individual, social-participation, professional and educational factors, using explanatory factor analysis technique, which explained 61 percent of variance.

Keywords

Agriculture Higher Education

Faculty Members

Individual Development

professional development