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Title

Inclination towards entrepreneurship among university students: an empirical study of Malaysian university students

Author(s)

Keat, Ooi Yeng;  Selvarajah, Christopher;  Meyer, Denny

Abstract

This study investigates the inclination towards entrepreneurship among university students in the northern region of the Peninsular Malaysia. Specifically, it aims to examine the relationship between entrepreneurship education and inclination towards entrepreneurship. The influence of demographic characteristics and family business background on university students' inclination towards entrepreneurship is also being examined. An empirical test carried out on the data gathered from questionnaires demonstrates that two entrepreneurship education variables are found to have statistically significant relationship on the inclination towards entrepreneurship. At the meantime, two demographic variables and a family business background variable have an effect on university students' inclination towards entrepreneurship. Finally, based on the findings, the implications of the study have been forwarded.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences

Source

International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 2, no. 4 (Mar 2011), pp. 206-220

Publication year

2011

FOR Code(s)

15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services;  16 Studies in Human Society;  1503 Business and Management;  010401 Applied Statistics

Keyword(s)

Demographic characteristics;  Entrepreneurship education;  Family business background;  Inclination towards entrepreneurship;  University students

Publisher

Centre for Promoting Ideas

ISSN

2219-1933

Publisher URL

http://www.ijbssnet.com/update/archive/212.html

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA.

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