The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan

The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan

This research examines the influence of entrepreneurship education on careerintention and skills acquisition among the undergraduates (bachelors degree and diploma)in Kelantan. Descriptive and multivariate regression analyses were adopted in this research. Thesample for this research comprised of 36...

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Main Author: Nurfadhilah Awang
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The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan
description This research examines the influence of entrepreneurship education on careerintention and skills acquisition among the undergraduates (bachelors degree and diploma)in Kelantan. Descriptive and multivariate regression analyses were adopted in this research. Thesample for this research comprised of 364 undergraduates in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan(UMK), Pengkalan Chepa and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Kota Bharu andquestionnaire were used to collect data. The result obtained from descriptive analysisshowed that there was a positive relationship of entrepreneurship education on careerintention and skills acquisition. Meanwhile multivariate regression analysis showed thatthere was significant influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention (r2 = 73.8%)and skills acquisition (r2 = 75.3%). The implication of this study suggested that entrepreneurshipeducation must be carefully designed so that career intention and skills acquisition can eenhanced inline with the government aspiration to increase graduate employability.
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title The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan
title_short The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan
title_full The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan
title_fullStr The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:53712020-11-18 The influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention and skills acquisition among the undergraduate students in Kelantan 2019 Nurfadhilah Awang HB Economic Theory This research examines the influence of entrepreneurship education on careerintention and skills acquisition among the undergraduates (bachelors degree and diploma)in Kelantan. Descriptive and multivariate regression analyses were adopted in this research. Thesample for this research comprised of 364 undergraduates in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan(UMK), Pengkalan Chepa and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Kota Bharu andquestionnaire were used to collect data. The result obtained from descriptive analysisshowed that there was a positive relationship of entrepreneurship education on careerintention and skills acquisition. Meanwhile multivariate regression analysis showed thatthere was significant influence of entrepreneurship education on career intention (r2 = 73.8%)and skills acquisition (r2 = 75.3%). The implication of this study suggested that entrepreneurshipeducation must be carefully designed so that career intention and skills acquisition can eenhanced inline with the government aspiration to increase graduate employability. 2019 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=5371 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=5371 text eng closedAccess Masters Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi Abdullah, S. H., Osman, M. H., & Rahim, M. S. H. (2008). The key concept of academictechnology entrepreneurship in the current practice. Asia Pac. J. Innov. Entrepr. KoreaBus. Incubation Assoc, 2, 77-96.Abdul Latif, N. M. S., Jamaluddin, H., Jamil, M. Y., Nuruddin, N., Sarmidy, R.,Buyong, S. Z., & Ahmad, Z. (1996). Kajian Kekesanan Ko-Kurikulum KEMUSA.Adekola, B. (2011). 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