Citation
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Abdullah Sani, Abdullah Salleh
(2008)
Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
The International Journal of Learning, 15 (7).
pp. 105-110.
ISSN 1447-9494
Abstract
A study was conducted to determine entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students in Malaysian
education system. Data were collected via questionnaire. Sample of the study comprised of seven hundred and fifteen students from normal secondary schools and technical secondary schools. The instrument has a high reliability values. Findings indicate that the students’entrepreneurial intention is in the moderate to low category. They perceived that they have moderate support to be an entrepreneur and their attitude towards self-employment is moderate. This study suggests that science and engineering students need to be exposed to business management and entrepreneurial competencies so as to increase their entrepreneurial intention and efficacy.
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| Item Type: |
Article
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| Subject: |
Entrepreneurship. |
| Subject: |
Science students. |
| Subject: |
Engineering students. |
| Divisions: |
Faculty of Educational Studies |
| Publisher: |
Common Ground Publishing |
| Keywords: |
Entrepreneurial Intention; Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy; Social Support; Science Students; Engineering Students. |
| Depositing User: |
Emelda Mohd Hamid
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Jun 2012 02:33 |
| Last Modified: |
05 Oct 2015 08:29 |
| URI: |
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16627 |
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