The main purpose of this study was to identify and analyze
factors affecting development of entrepreneurship in
complementary and processing industries of citrus products
at Khouzestan province, Iran. The Statistical population of
this study consisted of all managers in processing and complementary
industries of citrus products in Khouzestan
province (N=89). By census method all managers were
selected for participation in the study. Return rate was 84%
(N=75). The main instrument in this study was questionnaire
which its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its
reliability was established by calculating Cronbach Alpha
Coefficient (α=0.87). Findings reveal that there were positive
and significant relationship between willingness to creativity,
risk oriented, responsibility, competitiveness, participation
on education programs, attitude to entrepreneurship, income
level, educational level and level of entrepreneurship. According
to factor analysis, factors affecting development of entrepreneurship
in complementary and processing industries were
categorized into four groups consisting: development of cognitive
and psychomotor domains, development of infrastructure
equipments, improving economic policies and development
of psychological characteristics that those factors explained
68.82% of the total variance of the research variables
