Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students

Entrepreneurship is an important aspect for the growth of a country’s economy and it helps the generation of revenue for government. This has driven many countries to focus on the need to develop entrepreneurs among upcoming graduates, inclusive of Malaysia. However, graduate tracer studies conducte...

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Main Author:	Vejayantran, Gayatiri
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2020
Subjects:	HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology
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spelling	my-uum-etd.93012022-04-25T00:51:29Z Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students 2020 Vejayantran, Gayatiri Hashim, Norashidah Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business School of Business Management HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology Entrepreneurship is an important aspect for the growth of a country’s economy and it helps the generation of revenue for government. This has driven many countries to focus on the need to develop entrepreneurs among upcoming graduates, inclusive of Malaysia. However, graduate tracer studies conducted have shown that involvement of graduates in entrepreneurship is limited despite high unemployment rates of graduates. This study attempted to examine variables that influence entrepreneurial intention among postgraduate students which were entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation. A quantitative approach was used to collect data through a survey questionnaire and a total of 250 responses were collected from UUMKL postgraduate students, which was then analysed using SPSS version 27. The results of Pearson’s Correlation confirmed the significance of entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation in determining entrepreneurial intention. A Linear Regression analysis was also conducted, which indicated that out of the three variables, motivation is the strongest predictor of entrepreneurial intention. The final analysis conducted was a Multiple Regression analysis which confirmed the significance of the theoretical framework employed in this study. The study limitations and suggestions for future research are provided and discussed. 2020 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/1/s824450_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/2/s824450_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/3/s824450_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Hashim, Norashidah
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description	Entrepreneurship is an important aspect for the growth of a country’s economy and it helps the generation of revenue for government. This has driven many countries to focus on the need to develop entrepreneurs among upcoming graduates, inclusive of Malaysia. However, graduate tracer studies conducted have shown that involvement of graduates in entrepreneurship is limited despite high unemployment rates of graduates. This study attempted to examine variables that influence entrepreneurial intention among postgraduate students which were entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation. A quantitative approach was used to collect data through a survey questionnaire and a total of 250 responses were collected from UUMKL postgraduate students, which was then analysed using SPSS version 27. The results of Pearson’s Correlation confirmed the significance of entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation in determining entrepreneurial intention. A Linear Regression analysis was also conducted, which indicated that out of the three variables, motivation is the strongest predictor of entrepreneurial intention. The final analysis conducted was a Multiple Regression analysis which confirmed the significance of the theoretical framework employed in this study. The study limitations and suggestions for future research are provided and discussed.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Vejayantran, Gayatiri
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title	Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students
title_short	Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students
title_full	Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students
title_fullStr	Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students
title_full_unstemmed	Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
publishDate	2020
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/1/s824450_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/2/s824450_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9301/3/s824450_references.docx
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Determining the relationship between entrepreneurial skills, perceived behavioural controls and motivation on entrepreneurial intention among UUM postgraduate students

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