Examine the Effects of Students’ Social Capital Components on Entrepreneurship Intention (Evidences from: University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran)

The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationshipof students' social capital components and entrepreneurshipintention. the statistical population of this study consisted ofall students of university college of agriculture and naturalresources, university of tehran (n= 2600) among which155 students where accessed based on cochran formula andthrough convenient sampling. data were collected through aquestionnaire face and content validity of which was approvedby faculty members of agricultural management and developmentdepartment of university of tehran. social capitalwas measured by four components (i.e. social participation,social coherence, social confidence and social communication).reliability of the research instrument was measured by computingcronbach’s alpha coefficient which ranged from 0.72to 0.88. path analysis technique employed to investigate therelationship of social capital components and entrepreneurialintention. results revealed that social participation and socialcoherence had a direct effect on entrepreneurial intentionwhile social confidence and social communication had an indirecteffect on it.