Determinant Factors that Influence Entrepreneurial Intention among Students in Malaysia

Abstract

This research tent to examine the factors that influence entrepreneurial intention among diploma student at Kolej Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Ismail Petra (KIAS) by using The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) which indicated that (attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and entrepreneurial education) as the independent variables while entrepreneurial intention is the dependent variable. Quantitative research design had been designed where 100 set of questionnaires had been distributed to target respondents in order to get the necessary information. All data were analyzed using SmartPLS software. The finding showed that attitude and entrepreneurial education were significant towards entrepreneurship intention. The findings were insightful for universities to better understand the motivation and intention of their students as well as enhancing and designing the entrepreneurial course offering as to be more proactive enough. Furthermore, this study provided future research opportunity by using the same model to carry out a similar study in different places.