Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among non-business students / Mohamad Arbi Abdul Razak

• Main Author: Abdul Razak, Mohamad Arbi
• Format: Research Reports
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Study and teaching. Research; Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty; Business; Success in business. Performance; Research
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75011/1/75011.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75011/

The purpose of this research is to get some idea on factor influencing entrepreneurial intention among non-business students. Non-business students also have involving in business even they are not learning directly towards business in the class or formal ways. Some of them are very success in their business they doing but what leads to intention on entrepreneur. Therefore, in the study will getting know the relationship locus on control, entrepreneurial attitude and need for achievement towards entrepreneurial intention among non-business students. In addition ofthis research is to examine the determinants on entrepreneurial intention among non-business students in public university students in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. The independent variables involved in this research are locus of control, entrepreneurial attitude and need for achievement while the dependent variable is entrepreneurial intention. The foundations of the locus of control, entrepreneurial attitude, need for achievement, and entrepreneurial intention were assessed using a validated questionnaire. The total of 236 respondents in both public universities participated in the survey. The public university involved in this research are Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNlMAS). The finding will be discussing more in the chapter four. Data obtained were than analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. Moreover, it reveals what is the factor that influencing the most on the entrepreneurial intention among public university students specifically m Kota Samarahan area. Areas for future research are also discussed in this research.