The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students

This study investigates the inclination towards entrepreneurship amongst engineering students. The main aims are to examine the relationship between the role of university, image of entrepreneurship and inclination towards entrepreneurship. An empirical test of pilot study was carried out on the dat...

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Main Authors: Ngah, Rohana, Buyong, Siti Zahrah, Sarmidy, Rahimah, Abdul Rahman, Rafidah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED) 2012
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12690/
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author Ngah, Rohana
Buyong, Siti Zahrah
Sarmidy, Rahimah
Abdul Rahman, Rafidah
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Buyong, Siti Zahrah
Sarmidy, Rahimah
Abdul Rahman, Rafidah
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description This study investigates the inclination towards entrepreneurship amongst engineering students. The main aims are to examine the relationship between the role of university, image of entrepreneurship and inclination towards entrepreneurship. An empirical test of pilot study was carried out on the data gathered from seventy-one questionnaires demonstrates that university role and image of entrepreneurship have significant relationship on entrepreneurship inclination among students. Male students have higher inclination of entrepreneurship than female students. However, past working experience and participation in entrepreneurship program in university have small impact on students’ inclination towards entrepreneurship. Finally, based on the findings of the pilot study, implications of the study have been forwarded.
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spelling uitm-126902025-03-04T07:02:01Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12690/ The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students aej Ngah, Rohana Buyong, Siti Zahrah Sarmidy, Rahimah Abdul Rahman, Rafidah Entrepreneurship. Property This study investigates the inclination towards entrepreneurship amongst engineering students. The main aims are to examine the relationship between the role of university, image of entrepreneurship and inclination towards entrepreneurship. An empirical test of pilot study was carried out on the data gathered from seventy-one questionnaires demonstrates that university role and image of entrepreneurship have significant relationship on entrepreneurship inclination among students. Male students have higher inclination of entrepreneurship than female students. However, past working experience and participation in entrepreneurship program in university have small impact on students’ inclination towards entrepreneurship. Finally, based on the findings of the pilot study, implications of the study have been forwarded. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED) 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12690/1/12690.pdf Ngah, Rohana and Buyong, Siti Zahrah and Sarmidy, Rahimah and Abdul Rahman, Rafidah (2012) The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students. (2012) ASEAN Entrepreneurship Journal (AEJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ASEAN_Entrepreneurship_Journal_=28AEJ=29.html>, 1 (1): 6. ISSN 2637-0301 (e-ISSN) https://aej.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Entrepreneurship. Property
Ngah, Rohana
Buyong, Siti Zahrah
Sarmidy, Rahimah
Abdul Rahman, Rafidah
The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
title The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
title_full The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
title_fullStr The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
title_full_unstemmed The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
title_short The role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
title_sort role of university and image of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurship inclination of engineering students
topic Entrepreneurship. Property
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12690/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12690/