The Effects of Structural, Educational, and Socio-Cultural Factors on University-Industry Interaction in Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad Province, Iran

Effective relationship between the university and industry takes place when the universities attempt to transfer technology by conducting applied researches. Industry, without having a meaningful relationship with the university, will not be developed. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of structural, educational, and socio – cultural factors on university- industry interaction in Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad province of Iran. This study was carried out by using a combined method (survey-Library).data collected by taking notes and using questionnaire. Of 300 questionnaires distributed in factories and State universities, 225 usable questionnaires were diagnosed. Validity of the questionnaire was measured by face validity and its reliability by Cronbachs alpha. Spss software was used for data analysis. According to the calculated value for T (1.923) with 224 degrees of freedom and obtained significance level (0.056) which is higher than an acceptable level (0.05), It can be concluded that the opinion of study sample was based on this that structural factors do not affect the interaction between universities and industry as well as commercialization of university researches. About socio – cultural factors, according to the results, it can be concluded that the viewpoint of study sample was that these factors have an impact on university- industry interaction. Finally, it was concluded that educational factors also, had an effect on this interaction.