Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad

It has always been the awareness of our government to encourage entrepreneurship and new venture in business as a purpose to improve economic growth for the nation and creating jobs to help solving the problem of unemployment. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that encourage st...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Zahidah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies 2018
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/1/PPb_ZAHIDAH%20AHMAD%20ACI%2018_5.pdf
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spelling uitm-241112020-03-19T07:57:13Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/ Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad Ahmad, Zahidah Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty Business. Business enterprises. General works, treatises, and textbooks It has always been the awareness of our government to encourage entrepreneurship and new venture in business as a purpose to improve economic growth for the nation and creating jobs to help solving the problem of unemployment. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship among students in University Technology MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. This study focuses on five main factors which is academic background, family background, entrepreneurial skills, personal attitude and support system. A set of questionnaires were distributed to students in UiTM Shah Alam who are the entrepreneurs. The questionnaires consist of four sections which is for Section ADemographic, Section B- Background of Entrepreneurship, Section C- Factors that Encourage Students' Involvement in Entrepreneurship and Section D-Opinion on the efforts that should be taken by UiTM in order to attract students venture into entrepreneurship. The data collected through the questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) software 20.0. First result shows that the main factor that encourages students' involvement in entrepreneurship is factor on personal attitude. Second result shows the efforts that should be taken by university to attract more students involve with entrepreneurship is by organizing entrepreneurship program, giving financial support; provide facilities, reducing or eliminating fees and giving appreciation. Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies 2018-01 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/1/PPb_ZAHIDAH%20AHMAD%20ACI%2018_5.pdf Ahmad, Zahidah (2018) Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Business. Business enterprises. General works, treatises, and textbooks
spellingShingle Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Business. Business enterprises. General works, treatises, and textbooks
Ahmad, Zahidah
Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad
description It has always been the awareness of our government to encourage entrepreneurship and new venture in business as a purpose to improve economic growth for the nation and creating jobs to help solving the problem of unemployment. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship among students in University Technology MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. This study focuses on five main factors which is academic background, family background, entrepreneurial skills, personal attitude and support system. A set of questionnaires were distributed to students in UiTM Shah Alam who are the entrepreneurs. The questionnaires consist of four sections which is for Section ADemographic, Section B- Background of Entrepreneurship, Section C- Factors that Encourage Students' Involvement in Entrepreneurship and Section D-Opinion on the efforts that should be taken by UiTM in order to attract students venture into entrepreneurship. The data collected through the questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) software 20.0. First result shows that the main factor that encourages students' involvement in entrepreneurship is factor on personal attitude. Second result shows the efforts that should be taken by university to attract more students involve with entrepreneurship is by organizing entrepreneurship program, giving financial support; provide facilities, reducing or eliminating fees and giving appreciation.
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author Ahmad, Zahidah
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title Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad
title_short Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad
title_full Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad
title_fullStr Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad
title_full_unstemmed Factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: A study at UiTM Shah Alam / Zahidah Ahmad
title_sort factors that encourage students' involvement in entrepreneurship: a study at uitm shah alam / zahidah ahmad
publisher Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/1/PPb_ZAHIDAH%20AHMAD%20ACI%2018_5.pdf
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