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Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?

A study was conducted to determine entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students in Malaysian education system. Data were collected via questionnaire. Sample of the study comprised of seven hundred and fifteen students from normal secondary schools and technical secondary schools. T...

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Main Authors: Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Abdullah Sani, Abdullah Salleh
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16627/1/Science%20and%20Engineering%20Students.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.166272015-10-05T08:29:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16627/ Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial? Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Abdullah Sani, Abdullah Salleh A study was conducted to determine entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students in Malaysian education system. Data were collected via questionnaire. Sample of the study comprised of seven hundred and fifteen students from normal secondary schools and technical secondary schools. The instrument has a high reliability values. Findings indicate that the students’entrepreneurial intention is in the moderate to low category. They perceived that they have moderate support to be an entrepreneur and their attitude towards self-employment is moderate. This study suggests that science and engineering students need to be exposed to business management and entrepreneurial competencies so as to increase their entrepreneurial intention and efficacy. Common Ground Publishing 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16627/1/Science%20and%20Engineering%20Students.pdf Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Abdullah Sani, Abdullah Salleh (2008) Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial? The International Journal of Learning, 15 (7). pp. 105-110. ISSN 1447-9494 English
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description A study was conducted to determine entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students in Malaysian education system. Data were collected via questionnaire. Sample of the study comprised of seven hundred and fifteen students from normal secondary schools and technical secondary schools. The instrument has a high reliability values. Findings indicate that the students’entrepreneurial intention is in the moderate to low category. They perceived that they have moderate support to be an entrepreneur and their attitude towards self-employment is moderate. This study suggests that science and engineering students need to be exposed to business management and entrepreneurial competencies so as to increase their entrepreneurial intention and efficacy.
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Abdullah Sani, Abdullah Salleh
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Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
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title Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
title_short Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
title_full Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
title_fullStr Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
title_full_unstemmed Science and Engineering Students: are they entrepreneurial?
title_sort science and engineering students: are they entrepreneurial?
publisher Common Ground Publishing
publishDate 2008
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16627/1/Science%20and%20Engineering%20Students.pdf
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