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Determinants of entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from UUM School of Business Management students

Ishak, Khairol Anuar and Ishak, Wan Zhalkiatul Aida (2015) Determinants of entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from UUM School of Business Management students. In: Conference on Business Management Research II (CBMR II), 22 December 2015, Star City Hotel, Alor Setar, Kedah.

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Abstract

Due to the inclination numbers of Malaysia’s entrepreneurs nowadays, the youth have shown a great involvement in entrepreneurship and have been one of the biggest contributors to the country’s economic growth.As this emergence took place, it is crucial for the related stakeholders such as government, educational agencies and policy makers to keep on encouraging the youth in Malaysia to participate in any entrepreneurship activities. Thus, it is important to understand the factors that will influence the intention to start up the business among the youth especially among university students.The main objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between risk taking propensity, family support, self efficacy and entrepreneurship education with the entrepreneurial intention among the undergraduates under the School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia.Data was collected by using the questionnaire that has been distributed to 260 respondents; however, only 200 questionnaires have been successfully collected for the data analysis.Findings of the research revealed that only two (2) out of four variables having significant relationship with the entrepreneurial intention, which are self-efficacy and entrepreneurship education.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: ISBN 978-967-13903-0-6 Organized by: School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords: Entrepreneurial Intention, Risk Taking Propensity, Family Support, Self-Efficacy, Entrepreneurship Education,
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: School of Business Management
Depositing User: Dr. Khairol Anuar Ishak
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2016 07:10
Last Modified: 14 Apr 2016 04:13
URI: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17086

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