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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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Main Authors: Che Embi, Nor Azizan, Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde, Yussof, Sheila Ainon
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spelling my.iium.irep.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
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topic HF5001 Business. Business Administration
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Che Embi, Nor Azizan
Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde
Yussof, Sheila Ainon
The effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in Malaysia
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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author Che Embi, Nor Azizan
Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde
Yussof, Sheila Ainon
author_facet Che Embi, Nor Azizan
Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde
Yussof, Sheila Ainon
author_sort Che Embi, Nor Azizan
title 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_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_sort effects of students’ entrepreneurial characteristics on their propensity to become entrepreneurs in malaysia
publisher Emerald Publisher
publishDate 2019
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