The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia

This study is to identify the effects of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intentions of higher learning student in Malaysia and study the moderating effect of risk taking propensity. Students from private and public higher learning institution in the Sabah, Malaysia completed measures of l...

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Main Author:	Mohamed Rafiq Ghazali
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	HB Economic theory Demography
Online Access:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19284/1/The%20effect%20of%20psychological%20traits%20on%20entrepreneurial.pdf
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spelling	my-ums-ep.192842018-03-21T05:41:47Z The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia 2012 Mohamed Rafiq Ghazali HB Economic theory. Demography This study is to identify the effects of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intentions of higher learning student in Malaysia and study the moderating effect of risk taking propensity. Students from private and public higher learning institution in the Sabah, Malaysia completed measures of locus of Control, Innovativeness, Tolerance of Ambiguity, Need For Achievement, Risk Taking Propensity and Entrepreneurial Intention. The results of the survey showed that locus of Control, Innovativeness, Need for Achievement affect the entrepreneurial intention except Tolerance of Ambiguity of students. Except locus of control, all variable do not provide statistical evidence that risk taking propensity moderate the relationship with entrepreneurial intentions. This paper concludes the study with a discussion of implications of findings and suggestions for future research in this area of study. 2012 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19284/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19284/1/The%20effect%20of%20psychological%20traits%20on%20entrepreneurial.pdf text en public masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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language	English
topic	HB Economic theory Demography
spellingShingle	HB Economic theory Demography Mohamed Rafiq Ghazali The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia
description	This study is to identify the effects of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intentions of higher learning student in Malaysia and study the moderating effect of risk taking propensity. Students from private and public higher learning institution in the Sabah, Malaysia completed measures of locus of Control, Innovativeness, Tolerance of Ambiguity, Need For Achievement, Risk Taking Propensity and Entrepreneurial Intention. The results of the survey showed that locus of Control, Innovativeness, Need for Achievement affect the entrepreneurial intention except Tolerance of Ambiguity of students. Except locus of control, all variable do not provide statistical evidence that risk taking propensity moderate the relationship with entrepreneurial intentions. This paper concludes the study with a discussion of implications of findings and suggestions for future research in this area of study.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohamed Rafiq Ghazali
author_facet	Mohamed Rafiq Ghazali
author_sort	Mohamed Rafiq Ghazali
title	The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia
title_short	The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia
title_full	The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in Malaysia
title_sort	effect of psychological traits on entrepreneurial intention in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
granting_department	Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
publishDate	2012
url	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19284/1/The%20effect%20of%20psychological%20traits%20on%20entrepreneurial.pdf
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