Payame Noor University Research in School and Virtual Learning 3060-6497 5 3 1970 01 01 Examining the relationship between hidden curriculum, motivational beliefs, and entrepreneurship of students in Payame Noor University Examining the relationship between hidden curriculum, motivational beliefs, and entrepreneurship of students in Payame Noor University 101 109 4502 FA Taher Mahbobi Assistant Professor, Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran Sayyed Karimi Ph.D Student, Curriculum, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran Kamal Mahbobi M.A., Educational Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2018 03 10 This study examined the relationshipbetweenhidden curriculum, motivational beliefs, and entrepreneurship among students of Payam Noor University (PNU) of Western Azerbaijan Province. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The population included all undergraduate students of PNU centers in Azerbaijan Province in the academic year of 2016-2017. Out of this population, 1,000 undergraduate students at the PNU centers of West Azerbaijan Province Were selected based on multi stage cluster as the sample of the study. In so doing, among all PNU centers of Western Azerbaijan Province some centers were selected randomly. Then among the selected centers the participants of the study were selected through stratified random sampling method. <br />Research instruments included a standard hidden curriculum questionnaire( Taghipoor and Ghafari, 2010), entrepreneurship test (Robinson et al., 1991) and motivational strategies questionnaire (Pintrich and Degroot ,1990). For data analysis, initially descriptive statistics including mean, variance, and standard deviation were calculated. Then multiple regression was run for inferential statistics. The results showed that there was significant relationship between hidden curriculum components including interaction, organizational structure, social environment and physical structure and the motivational beliefs and entrepreneurship of the PNU students at 0.01 level. This study examined the relationshipbetweenhidden curriculum, motivational beliefs, and entrepreneurship among students of Payam Noor University (PNU) of Western Azerbaijan Province. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The population included all undergraduate students of PNU centers in Azerbaijan Province in the academic year of 2016-2017. Out of this population, 1,000 undergraduate students at the PNU centers of West Azerbaijan Province Were selected based on multi stage cluster as the sample of the study. In so doing, among all PNU centers of Western Azerbaijan Province some centers were selected randomly. Then among the selected centers the participants of the study were selected through stratified random sampling method. <br />Research instruments included a standard hidden curriculum questionnaire( Taghipoor and Ghafari, 2010), entrepreneurship test (Robinson et al., 1991) and motivational strategies questionnaire (Pintrich and Degroot ,1990). For data analysis, initially descriptive statistics including mean, variance, and standard deviation were calculated. Then multiple regression was run for inferential statistics. The results showed that there was significant relationship between hidden curriculum components including interaction, organizational structure, social environment and physical structure and the motivational beliefs and entrepreneurship of the PNU students at 0.01 level. https://etl.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_4502_4440eef73395890d0f5a6457dbedd001.pdf