The effect of mental vitality and spiritual intelligence on entrepreneurial competence through the mediation role of social capital in female students of Shiraz Payam Noor University

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Akram Makekzadeh ¹
• Nazanin Sahami ²
• HamidReza Imani Far ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Payam Nour University, Tehran, Iran

² M.A in educational phsychology, Payam-E-Nour university, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Payam Nour University, Tehran, Iran.

10.30495/jpmm.2023.31564.3795

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is considered an important factor in economic growth. In fact, entrepreneurial activities lead to high effectiveness in economic development, including job creation, innovation in businesses and competitiveness, etc. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of mental vitality and spiritual intelligence on entrepreneurial competence through the mediation of social capital in female students of Payam Noor University, Shiraz. The research method is descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the research was 13,000 female students of Payam Noor Shiraz Center, out of which 250 were selected by cluster sampling. The tools used in this research included Mental Vitality Questionnaire (Deci and Ryan, 1977), King's Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (SISRI) (2008), Entrepreneurial Competence (Zandi, 2012), Delaviz Social Capital Questionnaire (2014). The results showed that mental vitality (β=0.21, P<0.05), spiritual intelligence (β=0.162) and social capital (β=0.285) have a positive and significant effect on students' entrepreneurship competence. . Also, the results showed that the relationship between mental vitality and spiritual intelligence on entrepreneurial competence is positive and significant, considering the mediating role of social capital. Therefore, it can be said that by developing educational and practical programs to increase spiritual intelligence and social capital, an effective step can be taken in the direction of the development of entrepreneurial competence in people.

Keywords

• mental vitality
• spiritual intelligence
• entrepreneurial competence
• social capital

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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