Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates

This study is undertaken to determine the factors that motivates graduates to be inclined to entrepreneurship. The main objectives of the study were to assess the level of significance of the four factors in determining the possible inclination of the graduates to entrepreneurship. The variables wer...

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Main Author: Yahya, Zaid Sameer
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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spelling my-uum-etd.22272013-07-24T12:14:59Z Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates 2010 Yahya, Zaid Sameer Mat, Norsiah College of Business (COB) College of Business HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property This study is undertaken to determine the factors that motivates graduates to be inclined to entrepreneurship. The main objectives of the study were to assess the level of significance of the four factors in determining the possible inclination of the graduates to entrepreneurship. The variables were monetary rewards, security, independence/autonomy and the intrinsic value. The study focused on the graduates from the Universiti Utara Malaysia. Pearson correlation analysis was used to test the research hypothesis. Multiple regressions analysis was used to test objective five in the study. A total of 191 responses were obtained from the respondent through the distribution of questionnaire. The finding shows that there were significant relationship between monetary motivation, independence/autonomy, intrinsic rewards, and security with entrepreneurship inclination. The result from multiple regression analysis shows that independence/autonomy (B=.419) is the strongest variables, followed by intrinsic rewards (B=.327) and monetary rewards (B= .152). The implication of this study suggests that there is a need for more graduates to be encouraged to engage in entrepreneurship with available of monetary benefit. The study further suggests that future study on entrepreneurship motivation should be far reaching in areas like culture. 2010 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2227/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2227/1/Zaid_Sameer_Yahya.pdf application/pdf eng validuser http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000759022 masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection UUM ETD
language eng
advisor Mat, Norsiah
topic HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
spellingShingle HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
Yahya, Zaid Sameer
Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates
description This study is undertaken to determine the factors that motivates graduates to be inclined to entrepreneurship. The main objectives of the study were to assess the level of significance of the four factors in determining the possible inclination of the graduates to entrepreneurship. The variables were monetary rewards, security, independence/autonomy and the intrinsic value. The study focused on the graduates from the Universiti Utara Malaysia. Pearson correlation analysis was used to test the research hypothesis. Multiple regressions analysis was used to test objective five in the study. A total of 191 responses were obtained from the respondent through the distribution of questionnaire. The finding shows that there were significant relationship between monetary motivation, independence/autonomy, intrinsic rewards, and security with entrepreneurship inclination. The result from multiple regression analysis shows that independence/autonomy (B=.419) is the strongest variables, followed by intrinsic rewards (B=.327) and monetary rewards (B= .152). The implication of this study suggests that there is a need for more graduates to be encouraged to engage in entrepreneurship with available of monetary benefit. The study further suggests that future study on entrepreneurship motivation should be far reaching in areas like culture.
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title Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates
title_short Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates
title_full Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship Inclination among UUM Graduates
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granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department College of Business (COB)
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url https://etd.uum.edu.my/2227/1/Zaid_Sameer_Yahya.pdf
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