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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Transactions ID Number: 32-634
Full Name: KAMARUZAMAN JUSOFF
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang , Selangor
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: +60-3-89467176
Tel prefix: +603-89457176
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E-mail address: kjusoff@yahoo.com
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Title of the Paper: Entrepreneurial Intention Among Accounting Students in Universiti Utara Malaysia
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mazlifa Md Daud, Arifatul Husna Mohd Ariff, Zakiyah Sharif, Adura Ahmad, Zainol Bidin, Maisarah Abd Rahim, Sazilah Mohd Saad, Kamaruzaman Jusoff
Email addresses of all the authors: mazlifa338@kedah.uitm.edu.my,arifatul@uum.edu.my,zaez2205@uum.edu.my,adura@uum.edu.my,b.zainol@uum.edu.my,maisarah435@kedah.uitm.edu.my, sazilah@kedah.uitm.edu.my, kjusoff@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In Malaysia, entrepreneurship has undergone a period of rapid growth in the last 10 to 15 years. It is acknowledged to be a critical area that provides the support on the process of economic development in achieving a developed nation status. The main objective of this study is to determine whether attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behaviour control influence students' intention to be an entrepreneur; and to examine the strength of intention's predictors; which are attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behaviour control, on students' intention to be an entrepreneur. Descriptive analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed to analyse the data. Besides these, a reliability test was also conducted to ensure the consistency and reliability of the constructs used in measuring the identified variables. The study also indicated that perceived behaviour control was found to be the strongest influence on entrepreneurial intention. This study has many i!
mplications to be considered. Firstly, higher learning institutions should carry out more effective programmes and short courses like Graduate Business ("Siswaniaga") and Basic Entrepreneurship ("Asas Keusahawanan"). Secondly, a supportive environment would increase entrepreneurial intentions therefore communities should especially make resources available and visible, publicise entrepreneurial successes, and increase the diversity of opportunities. Lastly, the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Cooperative Development (MECD) as a policy maker needs to think about new ideas that can stimulate the forthcoming new generations to get involved in entrepreneurship. It is recommended, in the future, that a more comprehensive study should be carried out to extend the samples to cover all accounting programmes in all universities in Malaysia.
Keywords: Theory, Planned Behaviour, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial intention, Accounting students, Malaysia
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