Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]

Aspiration or a strong desire for achievement is an attitude that should be commended. Aspirations to be an entrepreneur should be nurtured, supported and guided accordingly. Building and sustaining a business in not as easy as the theory made it out to be without the relevant knowledge and experien...

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Main Authors: Abd Jabar, Faizan, Mohd Zaki, Suhanom, Mustapha, Musramaini, Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zahran, Syed Wahid, Sharifah Norhuda
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2016
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spelling my.uitm.ir.292142020-07-09T09:15:46Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29214/ Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.] Abd Jabar, Faizan Mohd Zaki, Suhanom Mustapha, Musramaini Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zahran Syed Wahid, Sharifah Norhuda Social responsibility of business. Social entrepreneurship New business enterprises Economic development. Development economics. Economic growth Aspiration or a strong desire for achievement is an attitude that should be commended. Aspirations to be an entrepreneur should be nurtured, supported and guided accordingly. Building and sustaining a business in not as easy as the theory made it out to be without the relevant knowledge and experience. However, in spite of the challenges, many individuals are still interested to venture in this field especially since the government has initiated various programs to assist them in starting a business. Entrepreneurship requires passion and a high level of patience which can be nurtured from young. As such, a research on the interest in starting a business among the Malays was conducted with a focus group covering Asnaf students from Universiti Teknologi MARA (Pahang). Asnaf students comprises of orphans and the poor that are eligible to receive zakat. This group was chosen based on their high aspiration to have a better life in the future. Based on a survey conducted through questionnaire, 96.61 percent have the aspirations to be involved in the business realm than venturing to other salaried paid jobs. This entrepreneurial aspiration may be driven by UiTM (Pahang)’s various activities to foster their interest in the field of business. Therefore, the interest among the Asnaf students requires the support from various parties in order for them to realise the dream of owning their own business in the future. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29214/1/29214.pdf Abd Jabar, Faizan and Mohd Zaki, Suhanom and Mustapha, Musramaini and Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zahran and Syed Wahid, Sharifah Norhuda (2016) Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]. Gading Journal for the Social Sciences, 19 (01). ISSN 2600-7568
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language English
topic Social responsibility of business. Social entrepreneurship
New business enterprises
Economic development. Development economics. Economic growth
spellingShingle Social responsibility of business. Social entrepreneurship
New business enterprises
Economic development. Development economics. Economic growth
Abd Jabar, Faizan
Mohd Zaki, Suhanom
Mustapha, Musramaini
Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zahran
Syed Wahid, Sharifah Norhuda
Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]
description Aspiration or a strong desire for achievement is an attitude that should be commended. Aspirations to be an entrepreneur should be nurtured, supported and guided accordingly. Building and sustaining a business in not as easy as the theory made it out to be without the relevant knowledge and experience. However, in spite of the challenges, many individuals are still interested to venture in this field especially since the government has initiated various programs to assist them in starting a business. Entrepreneurship requires passion and a high level of patience which can be nurtured from young. As such, a research on the interest in starting a business among the Malays was conducted with a focus group covering Asnaf students from Universiti Teknologi MARA (Pahang). Asnaf students comprises of orphans and the poor that are eligible to receive zakat. This group was chosen based on their high aspiration to have a better life in the future. Based on a survey conducted through questionnaire, 96.61 percent have the aspirations to be involved in the business realm than venturing to other salaried paid jobs. This entrepreneurial aspiration may be driven by UiTM (Pahang)’s various activities to foster their interest in the field of business. Therefore, the interest among the Asnaf students requires the support from various parties in order for them to realise the dream of owning their own business in the future.
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author Abd Jabar, Faizan
Mohd Zaki, Suhanom
Mustapha, Musramaini
Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zahran
Syed Wahid, Sharifah Norhuda
author_facet Abd Jabar, Faizan
Mohd Zaki, Suhanom
Mustapha, Musramaini
Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zahran
Syed Wahid, Sharifah Norhuda
author_sort Abd Jabar, Faizan
title Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]
title_short Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]
title_full Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]
title_fullStr Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in UiTM Pahang / Faizan Abd Jabar, Suhanom Mohd Zaki, Musramaini Mustapha ... [et al.]
title_sort entrepreneurial aspiration among asnaf students in uitm pahang / faizan abd jabar, suhanom mohd zaki, musramaini mustapha ... [et al.]
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang
publishDate 2016
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