Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students

Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students

Entrepreneurship is one of the main areas of business. It is very important in realizing the government’s aspiration towards a high income nation by year 2020. Accordingly, entrepreneurship becomes an important element in the establishment of polytechnic graduates nowadays. So, they become more comp...

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Main Author: Affendi, Mohammad
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Published: 2014
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HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
LB2300 Higher Education
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Risk and uncertainty
Property
LB2300 Higher Education
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Risk and uncertainty
Property
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Affendi, Mohammad
Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students
description Entrepreneurship is one of the main areas of business. It is very important in realizing the government’s aspiration towards a high income nation by year 2020. Accordingly, entrepreneurship becomes an important element in the establishment of polytechnic graduates nowadays. So, they become more competitive, innovative and competent. The purpose of the study was to obtain entrepreneurship inclination among Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic’s students in Perlis. A total of 127 samples from 190 final year students from Commerce Department were randomly selected as respondents. The questionnaire method used for the research and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistical software, means SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 16.0. The results showed that for overall of study, entrepreneurship inclination among polytechnic students was good. Meaning to say, the study found that family support, idols and financial support were positive relationship with entrepreneurship inclination among polytechnic students as well. Therefore, all parties involved should pay more attention and take aggressive actions in boosting potential of polytechnic students in entrepreneurship field. Finally, graduates students will choose entrepreneurship as their future entrepreneurs or first choice career compared to another field.
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title Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students
title_short Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students
title_full Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students
title_sort entrepreneurship inclination: a case study on tuanku syed sirajuddin polytechnic's students
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spelling my-uum-etd.40312022-04-09T23:16:00Z Entrepreneurship Inclination: A Case Study on Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic's Students 2014 Affendi, Mohammad Ahmad, Fais Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property LB2300 Higher Education Entrepreneurship is one of the main areas of business. It is very important in realizing the government’s aspiration towards a high income nation by year 2020. Accordingly, entrepreneurship becomes an important element in the establishment of polytechnic graduates nowadays. So, they become more competitive, innovative and competent. The purpose of the study was to obtain entrepreneurship inclination among Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic’s students in Perlis. A total of 127 samples from 190 final year students from Commerce Department were randomly selected as respondents. The questionnaire method used for the research and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistical software, means SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 16.0. The results showed that for overall of study, entrepreneurship inclination among polytechnic students was good. Meaning to say, the study found that family support, idols and financial support were positive relationship with entrepreneurship inclination among polytechnic students as well. Therefore, all parties involved should pay more attention and take aggressive actions in boosting potential of polytechnic students in entrepreneurship field. 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