Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students

Entrepreneurship activity has emerged to be the most important concern as a foundation for viable economy. One of the indicators to pursue viable economy is by reducing unemployment among the society. Unemployment is a problem faced by Malaysia due to job vacancies face decreasing trend, especially...

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Main Author: Minjalnis, Yunita Agustian
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spelling my-mmu-ep.59072015-06-26T05:26:15Z Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students 2014-10 Minjalnis, Yunita Agustian HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property Entrepreneurship activity has emerged to be the most important concern as a foundation for viable economy. One of the indicators to pursue viable economy is by reducing unemployment among the society. Unemployment is a problem faced by Malaysia due to job vacancies face decreasing trend, especially for hiring fresh graduates. Therefore, the needs to increase entrepreneurs as an alternative career for undergraduate students become more critical to reduce unemployment. This research aims to assess the relationship between five proposed factors (internal locus of control, proactivity, perceived family support, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, risk taking propensity) and entrepreneurial intention. This research also attempts to fill up the gaps in the literature regarding factors influencing entrepreneurial intention by integrating the traits approach and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model. 2014-10 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/5907/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Graduate School of Management
institution Multimedia University
collection MMU Institutional Repository
topic HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
spellingShingle HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
Minjalnis, Yunita Agustian
Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
description Entrepreneurship activity has emerged to be the most important concern as a foundation for viable economy. One of the indicators to pursue viable economy is by reducing unemployment among the society. Unemployment is a problem faced by Malaysia due to job vacancies face decreasing trend, especially for hiring fresh graduates. Therefore, the needs to increase entrepreneurs as an alternative career for undergraduate students become more critical to reduce unemployment. This research aims to assess the relationship between five proposed factors (internal locus of control, proactivity, perceived family support, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, risk taking propensity) and entrepreneurial intention. This research also attempts to fill up the gaps in the literature regarding factors influencing entrepreneurial intention by integrating the traits approach and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Minjalnis, Yunita Agustian
author_facet Minjalnis, Yunita Agustian
author_sort Minjalnis, Yunita Agustian
title Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
title_short Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
title_full Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
title_fullStr Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
title_sort factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students
granting_institution Multimedia University
granting_department Graduate School of Management
publishDate 2014
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