Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM

In Malaysia, the Government has been supportive in inculcating entrepreneurships skills at the higher learning institutions through policies such as training providers, funding, infrastructure and facilities to encourage students to start their own businesses (Mohd Zahari Ismail, 2006). Such suppo...

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Main Authors:	Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff, Muslim, Herna, Hamid, Zarinah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	INSI Publications 2012
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/1/Law_Students_and_Entrepreneurship.pdf

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spelling	iium-289552013-02-15T07:20:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/ Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff Muslim, Herna Hamid, Zarinah K Law (General) In Malaysia, the Government has been supportive in inculcating entrepreneurships skills at the higher learning institutions through policies such as training providers, funding, infrastructure and facilities to encourage students to start their own businesses (Mohd Zahari Ismail, 2006). Such support is seen as one of the effort to transform the country’s economy into a knowledge-based economy whereby entrepreneurship has been identified as one of the key elements to the development of the economy. It has been contended that in developing successful entrepreneurs, an early exposure in entrepreneurial courses is essential (Mansor and Othman, 2011). Law graduates in Malaysia are open to join either be the judiciary, government agencies, corporate and banking sectors or private practice. In most circumstances, law graduates will be attached to private firms and this eventually will lead to most of them opening their own legal firm. This means lawyers could not avoid standard business practices such as preparing cash flow report, business and succession plan and audit report. There are also many lawyers who end up in business, such as construction and trading companies. As such, law graduates are potential entrepreneurs. This paper intends to discuss the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and the interest of law undergraduates to become entrepreneurs when they graduated from the University. The study is based upon a survey conducted on law undergraduates of Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). A quantitative research methodology is adopted in this study. INSI Publications 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/1/Law_Students_and_Entrepreneurship.pdf Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff and Muslim, Herna and Hamid, Zarinah (2012) Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6 (11). pp. 252-257. ISSN 1991-8178 http://www.ajbasweb.com/ajbas/2012/Special%20oct/252-257.pdf
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description	In Malaysia, the Government has been supportive in inculcating entrepreneurships skills at the higher learning institutions through policies such as training providers, funding, infrastructure and facilities to encourage students to start their own businesses (Mohd Zahari Ismail, 2006). Such support is seen as one of the effort to transform the country’s economy into a knowledge-based economy whereby entrepreneurship has been identified as one of the key elements to the development of the economy. It has been contended that in developing successful entrepreneurs, an early exposure in entrepreneurial courses is essential (Mansor and Othman, 2011). Law graduates in Malaysia are open to join either be the judiciary, government agencies, corporate and banking sectors or private practice. In most circumstances, law graduates will be attached to private firms and this eventually will lead to most of them opening their own legal firm. This means lawyers could not avoid standard business practices such as preparing cash flow report, business and succession plan and audit report. There are also many lawyers who end up in business, such as construction and trading companies. As such, law graduates are potential entrepreneurs. This paper intends to discuss the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and the interest of law undergraduates to become entrepreneurs when they graduated from the University. The study is based upon a survey conducted on law undergraduates of Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). A quantitative research methodology is adopted in this study.
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author	Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff Muslim, Herna Hamid, Zarinah
author_facet	Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff Muslim, Herna Hamid, Zarinah
author_sort	Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
title	Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM
title_short	Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM
title_full	Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM
title_fullStr	Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM
title_full_unstemmed	Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM
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publisher	INSI Publications
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url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28955/1/Law_Students_and_Entrepreneurship.pdf
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Law students and entrepreneurship: A study on the relationship between involvement in entrepreneurship programs and interest to be entrepreneurs with special reference to IIUM

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