The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Characteristic And Entrepreneurial Inclination Among Undergraduates Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Azman, Nur Amalina (2017) The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Characteristic And Entrepreneurial Inclination Among Undergraduates Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the entrepreneurship profile of students of University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka and to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial inclination and entrepreneurial traits. There are six traits were indentified in this study according to the past literature: [1] Need of achievement, [2] locus of control, [3] risk taking propensity, [4] tolerance for ambiguity, [5] self-confidence and [6] innovativeness.. 369 undergraduates from 7 faculties were surveyed to examine their entrepreneurial inclination. The result shows that, the innovativeness is a higher effected inclination of entrepreneur among undergraduates. Meanwhile, locus of control is a less effected through inclination of entrepreneur rather than others traits in this study. Besides that, this study shows that the relations between need of achievement, locus of control, self-confidence, risk taking propensity, tolerance for ambiguity, and innovativeness with the entrepreneurial inclination. Based on the result, there are only 5 traits have significant relations with entrepreneurial inclination among undergraduates UTeM. Lastly, students should emphasis on important of all the traits in this study because there will influence the inclination towards entrepreneur to became a successful entrepreneur.

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