Aghajani, Hassanali, Shariati, Zeinab, & Hosseini, Abolhassan. (2020). Explaining the evolutionary trend and key components of electronic business models in Iranian startups. Improvement Management, 14(1), 127-147.
Ahmadi Dagestani, Alireza. (2023). Examining the Importance and Role of Self-Management Concept in Improving the Performance of Managers in Educational Organizations. Fifth National Conference on Professional Research in Psychology and Counseling with a Teacher's Perspective. https://civilica.com/doc/1760609/
Almeida, F., & Morais, J. (2023). Strategies for developing soft skills among higher engineering courses. Journal of Education, 203(1), 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574211016417
Alvani, Seyed Mehdi, Hamidizadeh, Ali, & Boostanirad, Mina. (2020). What are the Components of Human Resource Soft Skills? (A Systematic Review). Skills Development, 9(33), 25–50. https://sid.ir/paper/953762/fa
André Lucas Novaes, (2024), Development of Soft Skills in Entrepreneurship Education: an Approach Based on Experiential Learning Theory, Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, DOI:10.24857/rgsa.v18n10-207
Antonovica, A., de Esteban Curiel, J., & Herráez, B. R. (2023). Factors that determine the degree of fulfilment of expectations for entrepreneurs from the business incubator programmes. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 19(1), 261-291. DOI:10.1007/s11365-022-00818-1.
Arráiz, I., Beuermann, D., Frese, M., Maffioli, A., Verch, D., & Ubfal, D. (2020). The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica. Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper, 10399. DOI:10.2139/ssrn.3374406.
Asgari, T., Daneshvar, A., Chobar, A. P., Ebrahimi, M., & Abrahamyan, S. (2022). Identifying key success factors for startups With sentiment analysis using text data mining. International Journal of Engineering Business Management, 14. DOI:10.1177/18479790221131612.
Avença, I., Domingues, L., & Carvalho, H. (2023). Project Managers soft skills influence in knowledge sharing. Procedia Computer Science, 219, 1705-1712. DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2023.01.464.
Bak, O., Jordan, C., & Midgley, J. (2019). The adoption of soft skills in supply chain and understanding their current role in supply chain management skills agenda: A UK perspective. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 26(3), 1063-1079. DOI:10.1108/BIJ-05-2018-0118.
Balcar, J., Šimek, M., & Filipová, L. (2018). Soft skills of Czech graduates. Review of Economic Perspectives, 18(1), 45-60. DOI:10.2478/revecp-2018-0003.
Bartel, J. (2018). Teaching soft skills for employability. TESL Canada Journal, 35(1), 78-92. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v35i1.1285.
Bashir, M., Naqshbandi, M. M., & Yousaf, A. (2023). Impact of managerial skills and ties on business model innovation: the role of exploitative and explorative learning. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 44(2), 240-259. DOI:10.1108/LODJ-10-2021-0441.
Basir, N. M., Zubairi, Y. Z., Jani, R., & Wahab, D. A. (2022). Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 30(4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.30.4.26.
Batista, M. P., & Romani-Dias, M. (2022). AACSB international accreditation as a catalyst for soft skills in business schools. Journal of Education for Business, 97(4), 213-219. DOI:10.1080/08832323.2021.1924105.
Calanca, F., Sayfullina, L., Minkus, L., Wagner, C., & Malmi, E. (2019). Responsible team players wanted: an analysis of soft skill requirements in job advertisements. EPJ Data Science, 8(1), 1-20. DOI:10.1140/epjds/s13688-019-0190-z.
Chioda, L., Contreras-Loya, D., Gertler, P., & Carney, D. (2021). Making entrepreneurs: Returns to training youth in hard versus soft business skills (No. w28845). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://www.nber.org/papers/w28845.
Choudary, D. V., & Ponnuru, M. (2015). The importance of soft-skills training for MBA students and managers. Abhinav International Monthly Refereed Journal of Research in, 4(11), 6-14.
Cockayne, D. (2019). What is a startup firm? A methodological and epistemological investigation into research objects in economic geography. Geoforum, 107, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.009.
Darvishi, Maryam, & Alasvand Bakhtiarpour, Parvaneh. (2023). Investigating key factors influencing startup success using a meta-synthesis approach. Technology Growth Quarterly, 20(77).
Embroker Team. (2023, January 2). 106 Must-Know Startup Statistics for 2023. Embroker. https://www.embroker.com/blog/startup-statistics/.
Espina-Romero, L. C., Franco, S. L. A., Conde, H. O. D., Guerrero-Alcedo, J. M., Parra, D. E. R., & Ramírez, J. C. R. (2023). Soft skills in personnel training: Report of publications in scopus, topics explored and future research agenda. Heliyon, 9(4). DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15468.
Fernando Almeida, Vladan Devedzic.(2011), The Relevance of Soft Skills for Entrepreneurs. J. East Eur. Manag. Stud., 27(1), 157. https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2022-1-157
Gejdoš, P., Simanová, Ľ., Čierna, H., Sujová, E., & Schmidtová, J. (2021). Integration of Soft Skills of Graduates of the Technical University in Zvolen and Their Applicability in Slovak Business Environment. The Case Study. Central European Business Review, 10(5), 21. DOI:10.18267/j.cebr.268.
Ghorbani, A. (2023). A review of successful construction project managers’ competencies and leadership profile. Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering, 11(1), 76-95. DOI: 10.22075/JRCE.2022.24638.1560
Ginting, H., Mahiranissa, A., Bekti, R., & Febriansyah, H. (2020). The effect of outing Team Building training on soft skills among MBA students. The International Journal of Management Education, 18(3), 100423. DOI:10.1016/j.ijme.2020.100423.
Gruzdev, M. V., Kuznetsova, I. V., Tarkhanova, I. Y., & Kazakova, E. I. (2018). University Graduates' Soft Skills: The Employers' Opinion. European journal of contemporary education, 7(4), 690-698. DOI:10.13187/ejced.2018.4.690.
Habiburrahman, Prasetyo, A., Raharjo, T. W., Rinawati, H. S., Trisnani, Eko, B. R., ... & Heidler, P. (2022). Determination of critical factors for success in business incubators and startups in East Java. Sustainability, 14(21), 14243. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Integrating-Soft-Skills-Assessment-Through-Soft-for-Rashidi-Adabi/2ba60b7f18a1465f571128b46f7ce560c8cbc593 .
Hatthakijphong, P., & Ting, H. I. (2019). Prioritizing successful entrepreneurial skills: An emphasis on the perspectives of entrepreneurs versus aspiring entrepreneurs. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 34, 100603. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2019.100603.
Holmberg-Wright, K., & Hribar, T. (2016). Soft Skills – The Missing Piece for Entrepreneurs to Grow a Business. American Journal of Management, Vol. 16(1). https://articlegateway.com/index.php/AJM/article/view/1885 .
Holmberg-Wright, K., & Hribar, T. (2016). Soft Skills – The Missing Piece for Entrepreneurs to Grow a Business. American Journal of Management, 16(1). Retrieved from https://articlegateway.com/index.php/AJM/article/view/1885
https://karboom.io/mag/articles/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%DB%8C-%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Hurrell, S. A. (2016). Rethinking the soft skills deficit blame game: Employers, skills withdrawal and the reporting of soft skills gaps. Human relations, 69(3), 605-628. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726715591636.
Jabbari, Mohammadreza, Derani, Kamal, & Rahiminejad, Abbas. (2019). Explaining Leadership Styles and Communication Skills of Managers. Journal of Improvement and Transformation Management Studies, 28(94), 109–136. https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2020.43814.3356
Joseph, G., Aboobaker, N., & KA, Z. (2023). Entrepreneurial cognition and premature scaling of startups: a qualitative analysis of determinants of start-up failures. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 15(1), 96-112. DOI:10.1108/JEEE-11-2020-0412.
Kačamakovic, M. K., & Lokaj, A. S. (2021). Requirements of organization for soft skills as an influencing factor of their success. leadership. DOI:10.36941/ajis-2021-0025.
Kamenova, D., & Arkhypova, S. (2017). “SOFT” SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL-TRAINING ENTERPRISES. Series "Pedagogical Sciences”. https://ped-ejournal.cdu.edu.ua/article/view/1198 .
Karami Nejad, Neda, Ghasemi Nejad, Alireza, & Motamed, Hamidreza. (2020). Providing a Professional Development Model for Faculty Members Based on Soft Skills Components. Teacher Professional Development, 5(2), 1–23. https://sid.ir/paper/385329/fa
Kersuliene, V., Zavadskas, E. K., & Turskis, Z. (2010).
Selection of rational dispute resolution method by applying new step‐wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA).Journal of Business Economics and Management, 11(2), 243–258.
https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2010.12
Khaleghkhah, Ali, & Najafi, Habibeh. (2018). Identifying the Components of Soft Skills of Educational Managers Using a Mixed Exploratory Method (Designing a Measurement Tool). A New Approach in Educational Management, 9(1), 25–43. https://sid.ir/paper/168712/fa
Khanifer, Hossein, & Javan Bakht, Alireza. (2018). Soft Skills for Vocational and Technical Graduates. Skills Development, 6(24), 1–7. https://sid.ir/paper/409861/fa
Kovács, I., & Zarándné, K. V. (2022). Digital marketing employability skills in job advertisements-must-have soft skills for entry-level workers: a content analysis. Economics & Sociology, 15(1), 178-192. DOI:10.14254/2071-789X.2022/15-1/11.
Lamri, J., & Lubart, T. (2023). Reconciling hard skills and soft skills in a common framework: the generic skills component approach. Journal of Intelligence, 11(6), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11060107.
Lok, Bee-Lan; Cheng, Ming-Yu; Choong, Chee-Keong.(2021), The Relationship between Soft Skills Training and Development, Human Resource Outcome and Firm Performance International Journal of Business and Society; Sarawak Vol. 22, Iss. 1: 382-402. DOI:10.33736/ijbs.3184.2021
Magano, J., Silva, C., Figueiredo, C., Vitória, A., Nogueira, T., & Pimenta Dinis, M. A. (2020). Generation Z: Fitting project management soft skills competencies—A mixed-method approach. Education sciences, 10(7), 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10070187.
Mangiza, P., & Brown, I. (2020, September). Requisite skills profile of software development professionals for startups. In Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists 2020 (pp. 102-109). DOI:10.1145/3410886.3410904.
Marhraoui, M. A. (2023). Digital skills for project managers: A systematic literature Review. Procedia Computer Science, 219, 1591-1598. DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2023.01.451.
Masoumeh Ayeneh, & Bijan Rezaei. (2024). Identifying success factors of technology-based startups in addressing challenges of Iran’s fintech industry. Economic and Business Research Journal, 15(34), 35-56. magiran.com/p2829272
Matturro, G., Solari, M., Buffa, A., & Febbles, D. (2020). Technical knowledge and soft skills in the founding teams of software startups. In CIbSE (pp. 476-489). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344524012_Technical_knowledge_and_soft_skills_in_the_founding_teams_of_software_startups
Minaev, Artem. ( 2022, December 26). Startup Statistics (2023): 35 Facts and Trends You Must Know. Firstsiteguide. https://firstsiteguide.com/startup-stats.
Mohammadzadeh Roshti, Ziba, Ghiyasi, Mitra, & Tahmasbi Limouni, Safieh. (2020). Explaining the Knowledge Management Components of Startups in the Field of Information Science. Library and Information Science, 23(3), 91–118. https://doi.org/10.30481/LIS.2020.219212.1678
Mohtashami, Mitra. (2022). Intellectual Property System and Legal Risk Management for Startups. Second National Conference of the Iranian Innovation and Technology Parks Association, Rasht. https://civilica.com/doc/1757608/
Nielsen, M. S., & Klyver, K. (2020). Meeting entrepreneurs’ expectations: the importance of social skills in strong relationships. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 32(9-10), 737-756. DOI:10.1080/08985626.2020.1757159.
Nur Atikah Aliah Md Akhir, Sabrinah Adam, & Nursyazwani Mohd Fuzi. (2023). Challenges Towards Performance Of Start-Up Companies During Covid-19: The Case Of Johor Start-Ups. Advanced International Journal of Business,Entrepreneurship and SMEs, 5 (15),01-06. DOI: 10.35631/AIJBES.515001.
Parlamis, J., & Monnot, M. J. (2019). Getting to the CORE: Putting an end to the term “soft skills”. Journal of Management Inquiry, 28(2), 225-227. DOI:10.1177/1056492618818023.
Rahnamaei Roodposhti, Fereidoon, & Khojasteh, Alireza. (2019). Risk Management in Entrepreneurship and Startups: A Necessity for Economic Growth in Iran. Fifth Islamic Finance Conference, Tehran. https://civilica.com/doc/1294479
Rashidi Abbas, F. A. A. K., & Azmie, I. A. G. (2013). Integrating soft skills assessment through soft skills workshop program for engineering students at University of Pahang: an analysis. International Journal of Research In Social Sciences, 2(1), 2307-227X.
Riyanti, B. P. D., Sandroto, C. W., & DW, M. T. W. (2017). Soft skill competencies, hard skill competencies, and intention to become enterpreneur of vocational graduates. International research journal of business studies, 9(2). DOI:10.21632/irjbs.9.2.119-132.
Sadq, Z. M. (2019). The role of leadership soft skills in promoting the learning entrepreneurship. Journal of process management and new technologies, 7(1). DOI:10.5937/jouproman7-20122
Santisteban, J.,Mauricio, D. and Cachay, O. (2021) ‘Critical success factors for technology-based startups’, Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp.397–421
Sarafraz, Amirhossein, Hosseini Shakib, Mehrdad, & Montazerlotf, Mitra. (2025). Identification and ranking of key factors affecting the sustainability of ICT startups. Innovation Management and Operational Strategies, (), -. doi: 10.22105/imos.2025.498078.1425.
Sarom Tem, Ariyabhorn Kuroda, Keow Ngang Tang,.(2020), The Importance of Soft Skills Development to Enhance Entrepreneurial Capacity, International Educational Research, Vol 3 No 3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.30560/ier.v3n3p1
Schislyaeva, E. R., & Saychenko, O. A. (2022). Labor market soft skills in the context of digitalization of the economy. Social Sciences, 11(3), 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030091.
Schultz, C. M. (2022). Soft employability skills obtained from a nongovernmental organisation's labour market intervention. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 48(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v48i0.1912.
Shahraki Moghaddam, Shayan, & Farsijani, Hassan. (2022). Identifying Factors Influencing the Growth and Development of Startups. Quarterly Journal of New Research Approaches in Management and Accounting, 6(84), 2234–2249. https://www.magiran.com/p2446185
Shirmohammadi, Yazdan, Nikmanesh, Shamseddin, & Hassannejad, Faezeh. (2020). The Impact of Product and Marketing Innovation on the Internationalization of Startups. International Business Management, 3(2), 81–101. https://sid.ir/paper/358770/fa
Siavoshi, M., Zarghamifard, M., & SHARIFI, M.. (2022). Identifying and Prioritizing Personal Branding Indicators of Specialist Physicians using multi-criteria decision-making technique (SWARA). JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT (JOURNAL OF HEALTH SYSTEM), 13(1 (SERIAL 43) ), 85-97. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/1013191/
Singh Dubey, R., Paul, J., & Tewari, V. (2022). The soft skills gap: a bottleneck in the talent supply in emerging economies. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(13), 2630-2661. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2020.1871399.
Skawińska, E., & Zalewski, R. I. (2020). Success Factors of Startups in the EU—A Comparative Study. Sustainability, 12(19), 8200. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198200
Szathmári E, Varga Z, Molnár A, Németh G,Szabó ZP and Kiss OE (2024) Why do startups fail? A core competency deficit model. Front. Psychol. 15:1299135. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1299135
Troilo, F. (2022). From the CEO perspective: Critical competencies for effective performance. Ciencias administrativas, (20), 6-6. DOI:10.24215/23143738e104.
Tem, S., Kuroda, A., & Tang, K.N. (2020). The Importance of Soft Skills Development to Enhance Entrepreneurial Capacity. International Economic Review, 3, 1.
Truong, H. T., Laura, R. S., & Shaw, K. (2016). New insights for soft skills development in Vietnamese business schools: Defining essential soft skills for maximizing graduates’ career success. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 10(6), 1857-1863. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/New-Insights-for-Soft-Skills-Development-in-Soft-Truong-Laura
Tsirkas, K., Chytiri, A. P., & Bouranta, N. (2020). The gap in soft skills perceptions: A dyadic analysis. Education+ Training, 62(4), 357-377. DOI:10.1108/ET-03-2019-0060
Turrado, G. A.(2021), Soft skills Evaluation in the Educational System, Industry overview and Business Plan of the start-up Softeo.
Van Heerden, A., Jelodar, M. B., Chawynski, G., & Ellison, S. (2023). A study of the soft skills possessed and required in the construction sector. Buildings, 13(2), 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020522.
Valipour, A. and Jamali, M. (2021). HYBRID SWARA-COPRAS METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS SELECTION: SOUTH ZAGROS COMPANY CASE STUDY. Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 8(Special Issue 1), 251-274. doi: 10.22065/jsce.2020.202125.1951
Wiyono, B. B., & Wu, H. H. (2022). Investigating the structural effect of achievement motivation and achievement on leadership and entrepreneurial spirit of students in higher education. Administrative Sciences, 12(3), 99. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci12030099 .
Zavadskas, E. K., Turskis, Z., & Kersuliene, V. (2015).
Application of a new hybrid multiple criteria decision-making method in the evaluation of human resources by incorporating the SWARA and ARAS methods.
Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, 49(4), 103–118.
Ziakis, C., Vlachopoulou, M., & Petridis, K. (2022). Start-up ecosystem (StUpEco): A conceptual framework and empirical research. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8(1), 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8010035.
Zisser, M. R., Johnson, S. L., Freeman, M. A., & Staudenmaier, P. J. (2019). The relationship between entrepreneurial intent, gender and personality. Gender in Management, 34 (8), 665-684. doi: 10.1108/GM-08-2018-0105.
