Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning

This study examines two aspects that have major influence to entrepreneurship as widely described in literature: the personality traits and social learning. The interest of study was on the indigenous Dayak in East Sarawak Malaysia. With the use of quantitative methods for data collection and analys...

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Main Authors:	Tateh, 0., Latip, H.A, Awang Marikan, D. A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Macrotheme Review 2014
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	unimas-16062016-04-19T06:18:05Z http://ir.unimas.my/1606/ Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning Tateh, 0. Latip, H.A Awang Marikan, D. A. H Social Sciences (General) This study examines two aspects that have major influence to entrepreneurship as widely described in literature: the personality traits and social learning. The interest of study was on the indigenous Dayak in East Sarawak Malaysia. With the use of quantitative methods for data collection and analysis, the impacts of personality traits and social learning of the respondents on development of their entrepreneurial intentions were investigated. The correlation analysis indicated that the respondents’ entrepreneurial intentions are positively correlated to their personality traits (risk taking propensity, innovativeness and tolerance of ambiguity), and social learning (knowledge and experience, family upbringing). This study therefore articulates the present view of Dayak in Sarawak about their entrepreneurial intention, and its implication to indigenous entrepreneurship development. The Macrotheme Review 2014 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/1606/1/entrepreneurial%2Bintentions%2Bamong%2Bindenous%2B%2528abstract%2529%20%281%29.pdf Tateh, 0. and Latip, H.A and Awang Marikan, D. A. (2014) Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning. The Macrotheme Review, 3 (2). ISSN 1848-4735
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description	This study examines two aspects that have major influence to entrepreneurship as widely described in literature: the personality traits and social learning. The interest of study was on the indigenous Dayak in East Sarawak Malaysia. With the use of quantitative methods for data collection and analysis, the impacts of personality traits and social learning of the respondents on development of their entrepreneurial intentions were investigated. The correlation analysis indicated that the respondents’ entrepreneurial intentions are positively correlated to their personality traits (risk taking propensity, innovativeness and tolerance of ambiguity), and social learning (knowledge and experience, family upbringing). This study therefore articulates the present view of Dayak in Sarawak about their entrepreneurial intention, and its implication to indigenous entrepreneurship development.
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author	Tateh, 0. Latip, H.A Awang Marikan, D. A.
author_facet	Tateh, 0. Latip, H.A Awang Marikan, D. A.
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title	Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning
title_short	Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning
title_full	Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning
title_fullStr	Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning
title_full_unstemmed	Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning
title_sort	entrepreneurial intentions among indigenous dayak in sarawak, malaysia : an assessment of personality traits and social learning
publisher	The Macrotheme Review
publishDate	2014
url	http://ir.unimas.my/1606/ http://ir.unimas.my/1606/1/entrepreneurial%2Bintentions%2Bamong%2Bindenous%2B%2528abstract%2529%20%281%29.pdf
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Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indigenous Dayak in Sarawak, Malaysia : An Assessment of Personality Traits and Social Learning

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