ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION AMONG OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (OUM) LEARNERS
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2014-02-14
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Widyatama International Seminar
Abstract
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in
contributing to the nation economic growth and creates job
opportunities to the country. Ministry of education in
Malaysia has even included entrepreneurship as part of the
syllabus in higher learning education in order to foster
local entrepreneurs among learners.
Entrepreneurship education has become an
important curriculum in the higher education institutions in
Malaysia (Ismail et al., 2009) and a core subject for most
programmes in Malaysia. A subject by itself,
entrepreneurship, has been embedded into the programmes
and entrepreneurship is offered as a programme even in
several public and private higher education providers,
Open University Malaysia (OUM) too has a course under
the university compulsory category in the academic for all
offered programme in the curriculum called
Entrepreneurship with code OUMM2103. This course has
become popular and receptive by the undergraduates in
OUM. Entrepreneurship education has now become an
essential component to cultivate the potential entrepreneurs
in the higher learning institutions. According to Ismail et
al., (2009), entrepreneurship education is the most effective
way to promote the transition of graduates toward the selfemployment.
This study aims to investigate the factors which will
influence the entrepreneurship intention among OUM
learners using structural equation modeling (SEM). The
results of the finding shows there are a significant
influence of attitude and perceive behavioural control to
entrepreneurship intention. However, subjective norms do
not significantly influence the entrepreneurship intention
among OUM learners. The overall findings of this research
have limitations in terms to generalise the results. The
results of this study will be able to provide an insight to the
educators to help all learners to develop their abilities and
skills to produce a higher rate of entrepreneurs in the
nation.
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Entrepreneurship, structural equation modelling (SEM), entrepreneurship intention