Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.

As the influential factors affecting intention to become an entrepreneur, entrepreneurial attitude orientation and self-efficacy of students have been one of the main focuses of entrepreneurship research. However, there is not enough information on secondary school students’ attitude toward and effi...

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Main Authors: Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Bagheri, Afsaneh
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Language:English
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Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15516/
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description As the influential factors affecting intention to become an entrepreneur, entrepreneurial attitude orientation and self-efficacy of students have been one of the main focuses of entrepreneurship research. However, there is not enough information on secondary school students’ attitude toward and efficacy of entrepreneurship particularly, in Malaysia. Through a descriptive approach, this study aimed to determine entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial self-efficacy in order to evaluate the entrepreneurship inclination and potential among Malaysian secondary school students. A sample of 2,574 students was randomly selected from three states around Malaysia as the participants of this study. A set of questionnaire was developed based on previous researches to measure students’ entrepreneurial attitude and self-efficacy. The findings indicate that Malay students have a moderately high attitude toward entrepreneurship. More specifically, the students scored high in self-esteem cognition and achievement cognition but low in self-esteem behavior and self-esteem affect. Moreover, the students perceived themselves as moderately capable of establishing new ventures. The implication of the findings and areas for future researches are discussed.
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spelling upm-155162015-10-05T01:49:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15516/ Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study. Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Bagheri, Afsaneh As the influential factors affecting intention to become an entrepreneur, entrepreneurial attitude orientation and self-efficacy of students have been one of the main focuses of entrepreneurship research. However, there is not enough information on secondary school students’ attitude toward and efficacy of entrepreneurship particularly, in Malaysia. Through a descriptive approach, this study aimed to determine entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial self-efficacy in order to evaluate the entrepreneurship inclination and potential among Malaysian secondary school students. A sample of 2,574 students was randomly selected from three states around Malaysia as the participants of this study. A set of questionnaire was developed based on previous researches to measure students’ entrepreneurial attitude and self-efficacy. The findings indicate that Malay students have a moderately high attitude toward entrepreneurship. More specifically, the students scored high in self-esteem cognition and achievement cognition but low in self-esteem behavior and self-esteem affect. Moreover, the students perceived themselves as moderately capable of establishing new ventures. The implication of the findings and areas for future researches are discussed. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15516/1/Malay%20secondary%20school%20students.pdf Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Bagheri, Afsaneh (2011) Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study. Journal of Applied Sciences, 11 (2). pp. 316-322. ISSN 1812-5654 10.3923/jas.2011.316.322 English
spellingShingle Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Bagheri, Afsaneh
Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
title Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
title_full Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
title_fullStr Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
title_full_unstemmed Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
title_short Malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
title_sort malay secondary school students' entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial self efficacy : a descriptive study.
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15516/1/Malay%20secondary%20school%20students.pdf