Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu

This study aims to find out entrepreneurial behavior dimensions that affect entrepreneurial intention amongst students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, (UMS) Kota Kinabalu. A survey was conducted among first year students who are compulsory to take US7222 (Fundamental of Entrepreneurship) in Univers...

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Main Author:	Fong, Yee Shin
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	HB Economic theory Demography
Online Access:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18912/1/Relationship%20betwen%20entrepreneurial.pdf
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spelling	my-ums-ep.189122018-02-26T03:39:00Z Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu 2008 Fong, Yee Shin HB Economic theory. Demography This study aims to find out entrepreneurial behavior dimensions that affect entrepreneurial intention amongst students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, (UMS) Kota Kinabalu. A survey was conducted among first year students who are compulsory to take US7222 (Fundamental of Entrepreneurship) in Universiti Malaysia Sabah . A total of 201 usable questionnaires were collected for this study. The finding revealed that a significant positive relationship existing between entrepreneurial behavior dimensions and entrepreneurial intention amongst first years students in Kota Kinabalu. The finding confirms that entrepreneurial attitude and social norms have significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intention amongst first year UMS students in Kota Kinabalu. Interestingly, the finding discovers that attitude is the most important dimension as significant to determine entrepreneurial intention. This study also finds that the parents ever been employed has significant relationship between (attitude, social norms and self efficacy)and entrepreneurial intention. It is suggested that the university management need to pay more attentions and to emphasize on these significant underlying entrepreneurial behavior dimensions (attitude and social norms) in order to enhance entrepreneurial intention. 2008 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18912/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18912/1/Relationship%20betwen%20entrepreneurial.pdf text en public masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Faculty of Psychology and Education
institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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spellingShingle	HB Economic theory Demography Fong, Yee Shin Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
description	This study aims to find out entrepreneurial behavior dimensions that affect entrepreneurial intention amongst students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, (UMS) Kota Kinabalu. A survey was conducted among first year students who are compulsory to take US7222 (Fundamental of Entrepreneurship) in Universiti Malaysia Sabah . A total of 201 usable questionnaires were collected for this study. The finding revealed that a significant positive relationship existing between entrepreneurial behavior dimensions and entrepreneurial intention amongst first years students in Kota Kinabalu. The finding confirms that entrepreneurial attitude and social norms have significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intention amongst first year UMS students in Kota Kinabalu. Interestingly, the finding discovers that attitude is the most important dimension as significant to determine entrepreneurial intention. This study also finds that the parents ever been employed has significant relationship between (attitude, social norms and self efficacy)and entrepreneurial intention. It is suggested that the university management need to pay more attentions and to emphasize on these significant underlying entrepreneurial behavior dimensions (attitude and social norms) in order to enhance entrepreneurial intention.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Fong, Yee Shin
author_facet	Fong, Yee Shin
author_sort	Fong, Yee Shin
title	Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
title_short	Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
title_full	Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
title_fullStr	Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
title_sort	relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in universiti malaysia sabah, kota kinabalu
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
granting_department	Faculty of Psychology and Education
publishDate	2008
url	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18912/1/Relationship%20betwen%20entrepreneurial.pdf
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Relationship betwen entrepreneurial behavior dimension and entrepreneurial intention amongst first year students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu

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