The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the data collected from Malaysian students to investigate the effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics (need for achievement, locus of control, propensity to take risk, self-confidence, tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty, and leadership) o...
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| author | Che Embi, Nor Azizan Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde Yussof, Sheila Ainon |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the data collected from Malaysian students to investigate
the effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics (need for achievement, locus of control, propensity to
take risk, self-confidence, tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty, and leadership) on their propensity
to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia.
Design/methodology/approach – As a quantitative study, various analyses, such as exploratory factor
analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling, were conducted to analyze the data
collected from 257 students known to have participated in entrepreneurship course and programmes.
Findings – The results show that leadership skill, need for achievement, tolerance of ambiguity, and
risk-taking propensity are positively and significantly associated with students’ intention to initiate
entrepreneurial activities in Malaysia.
Originality/value – The researchers have used data from the perspective of Malaysian students to increase
the readers’ understanding on students’ entrepreneurial characteristics that could enhance their likelihood to
become entrepreneurs in Malaysia.
Keywords Innovativeness, Risk-taking, Entrepreneurial characteristics, Leadership skill,
Need for achievement, Tolerance of ambiguity |
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| spelling | iium-744822020-04-05T23:36:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74482/ The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia Che Embi, Nor Azizan Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde Yussof, Sheila Ainon HF5001 Business. Business Administration The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the data collected from Malaysian students to investigate the effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics (need for achievement, locus of control, propensity to take risk, self-confidence, tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty, and leadership) on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – As a quantitative study, various analyses, such as exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling, were conducted to analyze the data collected from 257 students known to have participated in entrepreneurship course and programmes. Findings – The results show that leadership skill, need for achievement, tolerance of ambiguity, and risk-taking propensity are positively and significantly associated with students’ intention to initiate entrepreneurial activities in Malaysia. Originality/value – The researchers have used data from the perspective of Malaysian students to increase the readers’ understanding on students’ entrepreneurial characteristics that could enhance their likelihood to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Keywords Innovativeness, Risk-taking, Entrepreneurial characteristics, Leadership skill, Need for achievement, Tolerance of ambiguity Emerald Publisher 2019-08-22 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74482/13/74482_The%20effects%20of%20students%E2%80%99%20entrepreneurial%20characteristics%20_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74482/7/74482_The%20effects%20of%20students%E2%80%99%20entrepreneurial%20characteristics%20on%20their%20propensity%20to%20become%20entrepreneurs%20in%20Malaysia_Scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74482/14/74482_The%20effects%20of%20students%E2%80%99%20entrepreneurial%20characteristics%20_wos.pdf Che Embi, Nor Azizan and Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde and Yussof, Sheila Ainon (2019) The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Education and Training, 61 (7/8). pp. 1020-1037. ISSN 0040-0912 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ET-11-2018-0229/full/html DOI 10.1108/ET-11-2018-0229 |
| spellingShingle | HF5001 Business. Business Administration Che Embi, Nor Azizan Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde Yussof, Sheila Ainon The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title | The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_full | The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_short | The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_sort | effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in malaysia |
| topic | HF5001 Business. Business Administration |
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