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Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour

This study explores the effects of financial literacy and financial behaviour on entrepreneurial motivation among accounting students in Malaysia’s public universities. University students’ financial literacy level and financial behaviour level are also explored. This study employed a quantitative s...

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Main Authors: Noor Lela Ahmad,, Nadiah Farhanah Mohd Fazil,, Bazri Abu Bakar,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18453/1/47097-174635-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.184532022-04-18T02:42:06Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18453/ Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour Noor Lela Ahmad, Nadiah Farhanah Mohd Fazil, Bazri Abu Bakar, This study explores the effects of financial literacy and financial behaviour on entrepreneurial motivation among accounting students in Malaysia’s public universities. University students’ financial literacy level and financial behaviour level are also explored. This study employed a quantitative survey method and used twenty financial items and ten entrepreneurship motivation items to answer the research questions. A total of 530 accounting undergraduates from three public universities in Malaysia were given a financial and entrepreneurial test. To get results, data were analysed using mean and frequency analysis, a reliability test, Pearson’s product-moment analysis and regressions. Our findings demonstrated that the accounting students’ financial literacy and financial behaviour was at a moderate level. However, accounting students possessed a high level of entrepreneurship motivation. Supporting past research, this study found that financial literacy and financial behaviour affect accounting students’ entrepreneurial motivation. This research has valuable implications for educators, higher education and policymakers by designing a more integrated education curriculum and effective policy mechanism that strengthens students’ entrepreneurial motivation. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18453/1/47097-174635-1-PB.pdf Noor Lela Ahmad, and Nadiah Farhanah Mohd Fazil, and Bazri Abu Bakar, (2021) Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour. Jurnal Pengurusan, 63 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 0127-2713 https://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/1456
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description This study explores the effects of financial literacy and financial behaviour on entrepreneurial motivation among accounting students in Malaysia’s public universities. University students’ financial literacy level and financial behaviour level are also explored. This study employed a quantitative survey method and used twenty financial items and ten entrepreneurship motivation items to answer the research questions. A total of 530 accounting undergraduates from three public universities in Malaysia were given a financial and entrepreneurial test. To get results, data were analysed using mean and frequency analysis, a reliability test, Pearson’s product-moment analysis and regressions. Our findings demonstrated that the accounting students’ financial literacy and financial behaviour was at a moderate level. However, accounting students possessed a high level of entrepreneurship motivation. Supporting past research, this study found that financial literacy and financial behaviour affect accounting students’ entrepreneurial motivation. This research has valuable implications for educators, higher education and policymakers by designing a more integrated education curriculum and effective policy mechanism that strengthens students’ entrepreneurial motivation.
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author Noor Lela Ahmad,
Nadiah Farhanah Mohd Fazil,
Bazri Abu Bakar,
spellingShingle Noor Lela Ahmad,
Nadiah Farhanah Mohd Fazil,
Bazri Abu Bakar,
Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
author_facet Noor Lela Ahmad,
Nadiah Farhanah Mohd Fazil,
Bazri Abu Bakar,
author_sort Noor Lela Ahmad,
title Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
title_short Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
title_full Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
title_sort entrepreneurship motivation among accounting students : the role of financial literacy and financial behaviour
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18453/1/47097-174635-1-PB.pdf
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https://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/1456
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