Entrepreneurial Intention: An Empirical Study of Community College Students in Malaysia.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

 

The objective of the study is to identify the entrepreneurial intention among College Community students in Malaysia. A study was designed to determine the relationship of entrepreneurial intention antecedents perceived desirability, perceived feasibility and propensity of proactive behaviour with entrepreneurial intention. The study was carried out in 17 college communities in Malaysia and 253 students were involved to complete a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into six sections which include propensity of proactive behaviour, perceived desirability, perceived feasibility, breadth of entrepreneurial experience and positive entrepreneurial experience, entrepreneurial intention and the demographic factors. The analysis shows that the respondents have high in entrepreneurial intention. In this study shows that perceived desirability and propensity of proactive behaviour have positive relationship with the entrepreneurial intention. However, the analysis shows that perceived feasibility does not have a positive relationship with the entrepreneurial intention. In addition to that, the study would also like to see the relationship of the breadth of entrepreneurial experience and positive entrepreneurial experience with those three independent variables. This research proposed one model of entrepreneurial intention which uses theoretical framework mainly from Ajzen-Fishbein’s intention theory (1980), Shapero’s intention model (1982), entrepreneurial intention by Kruger and Carsrud (1993) and the theory of proactive personality by Bateman and Crant (1993). The study can provide feedback to the management in order to improve the entrepreneurial programme and training which can increase the level of entrepreneurial intention among College Community students in Malaysia.

Keywords: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Intention; Entrepreneurial Behaviour.

 

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Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti keusahawanan dikalangan pelajar-pelajar Kolej Komuniti di Malaysia. Satu kajian soalselidik berstruktur untuk menentukan hubungan dimensi hasrat keusahawanan iaitu tangapan keinginan, tanggapan kebolehjayaan dan tingkahlaku proaktif dengan hasrat keusahawanan telah dijalankan. Kajian ini telah dilaksanakan di 17 buah Kolej Komuniti di Malaysia dan 253 responden telah terlibat untuk melengkapkan soalselidik tersebut. Soalselidik ini dibahagikan kepada 6 bahagian iaitu tangapan keinginan, tanggapan kebolehjayaan, kecenderungan tingkahlaku proaktif, keluasan pengalaman, pengalaman positif keusahawanan dan hasrat keusahawanan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa responden mempunyai hasrat keusahawanan yang tinggi, manakala tanggapan keinginan dan tingkahlaku proaktif mempunyai hubungan yang positif dengan hasrat keusahawanan. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan tanggapan kebolehjayaan tidak mempunyai hubungi yang positif dengan hasrat keusahawanan. Dalam kajian ini juga melihat hubungan keluasan pengalaman keusahawanan dan pengalaman positif keusahawanan dengan tiga angkubah bebas dalam hasrat keusahawanan. Kajian ini mencadangkan satu Model Hasrat Keusahawanan yang menggunakan rangkakerja daripada teori Hasrat Keusahawanan Ajzen-Fishbein (1980), Model Hasrat keusahawanan Shapero (1982), Hasrat Keusahawanan oleh Kruger dan Karsrud (1993) dan Teori Personaliti Proaktif oleh Batman dan Crant (1993). Kajian ini memberi maklumbalas kepada pihak pengurusan Kolej Komuniti untuk memperbaiki kurikulum keusahawanan dan latihan yang boleh meningkatkan tahap hasrat keusahawanan dikalangan pelajar-pelajar Kolej komuniti di Malaysia.

Kata Kunci: Usahawan, Hasrat Keusahawanan, Gelagat Keusahawanan.