Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges
An entrepreneur needs to be physically and mentally prepared, with creative thinking skills, risk taker attitudes, as well as being a wise decision maker. Individuals aiming to be successful entrepreneurs need to have adequate entrepreneurial readiness with respect to knowledge, interests, motivatio...
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| author | Abd. Samad, Noorazman Ghazalan, Mohd Shahzuan Wan Ahmad, Wan Mohd Rashid Ismail, Affero Harun, Hairuddin Ismail, Mohd Erfy Amiruddin, Mohd Hasril Razali, Nizamuddin |
| author_facet | Abd. Samad, Noorazman Ghazalan, Mohd Shahzuan Wan Ahmad, Wan Mohd Rashid Ismail, Affero Harun, Hairuddin Ismail, Mohd Erfy Amiruddin, Mohd Hasril Razali, Nizamuddin |
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| description | An entrepreneur needs to be physically and mentally prepared, with creative thinking skills, risk taker attitudes, as well as being a wise decision maker. Individuals aiming to be successful entrepreneurs need to have adequate entrepreneurial readiness with respect to knowledge, interests, motivation and abilities. The purpose of the research is to measure the level of readiness towards becoming entrepreneurs among participants of the lifelong learning programme in Malaysian community colleges. This research focuses on four elements of readiness comprising knowledge, interest, motivation and ability which were measured using a self-perception questionnaire. The sample for this research consisted of 236 participants from 305 students in the Lifelong Learning (LL) programme for Pastry making at Malaysian community colleges under the Ministry of Education. Data were analysed using mean and Kruskal Wallis test. The data analyses results show that the level of readiness from the aspect of knowledge (M = 3.67, SD = 0.58) is moderate, interest (M = 4.13, SD = 0.55) is high, motivation (M = 4.13, SD = 0.55) is high and ability (M = 3.8852, SD = 0.64) is moderate. No difference was found on entrepreneurial readiness between participants of different age groups indicating that age may not be a contributing factor towards entrepreneurship among pastry making LL programme participants. |
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| spelling | uthm-40602021-11-24T02:04:42Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4060/ Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges Abd. Samad, Noorazman Ghazalan, Mohd Shahzuan Wan Ahmad, Wan Mohd Rashid Ismail, Affero Harun, Hairuddin Ismail, Mohd Erfy Amiruddin, Mohd Hasril Razali, Nizamuddin HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property LB2300-2430 Higher education An entrepreneur needs to be physically and mentally prepared, with creative thinking skills, risk taker attitudes, as well as being a wise decision maker. Individuals aiming to be successful entrepreneurs need to have adequate entrepreneurial readiness with respect to knowledge, interests, motivation and abilities. The purpose of the research is to measure the level of readiness towards becoming entrepreneurs among participants of the lifelong learning programme in Malaysian community colleges. This research focuses on four elements of readiness comprising knowledge, interest, motivation and ability which were measured using a self-perception questionnaire. The sample for this research consisted of 236 participants from 305 students in the Lifelong Learning (LL) programme for Pastry making at Malaysian community colleges under the Ministry of Education. Data were analysed using mean and Kruskal Wallis test. The data analyses results show that the level of readiness from the aspect of knowledge (M = 3.67, SD = 0.58) is moderate, interest (M = 4.13, SD = 0.55) is high, motivation (M = 4.13, SD = 0.55) is high and ability (M = 3.8852, SD = 0.64) is moderate. No difference was found on entrepreneurial readiness between participants of different age groups indicating that age may not be a contributing factor towards entrepreneurship among pastry making LL programme participants. Penerbit UTHM 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4060/1/AJ%202019%20%28201%29.pdf Abd. Samad, Noorazman and Ghazalan, Mohd Shahzuan and Wan Ahmad, Wan Mohd Rashid and Ismail, Affero and Harun, Hairuddin and Ismail, Mohd Erfy and Amiruddin, Mohd Hasril and Razali, Nizamuddin (2019) Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 11 (1). pp. 143-150. ISSN 2229-8932 https://doi.org/10.30880/jtet.2019.11.01.18 |
| spellingShingle | HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property LB2300-2430 Higher education Abd. Samad, Noorazman Ghazalan, Mohd Shahzuan Wan Ahmad, Wan Mohd Rashid Ismail, Affero Harun, Hairuddin Ismail, Mohd Erfy Amiruddin, Mohd Hasril Razali, Nizamuddin Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges |
| title | Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges |
| title_full | Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges |
| title_fullStr | Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges |
| title_short | Level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in Malaysian community colleges |
| title_sort | level of readiness to become entrepreneurs among lifelong learning programmes participants in malaysian community colleges |
| topic | HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property LB2300-2430 Higher education |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4060/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4060/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4060/1/AJ%202019%20%28201%29.pdf |