Assessing human resource capabilities on business start-up

Human capital is a country‟s most vital source of competitive advantage. Creation of entrepreneurial intention among graduates is essential to minimize unemployment among youths and enhances human capital capabilities accumulation. Entrepreneurial intention acculturates graduates with stronger entre...

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Main Author:	Chan, Mei Leng
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2018
Subjects:	HF5001-6182 Business
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/1/S820839_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/2/S820839_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/3/820839%20REFERENCES.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.83872021-11-22T01:14:47Z Assessing human resource capabilities on business start-up 2018 Chan, Mei Leng Ling Suan, Choo School of Business Management School of Business Management HF5001-6182 Business Human capital is a country‟s most vital source of competitive advantage. Creation of entrepreneurial intention among graduates is essential to minimize unemployment among youths and enhances human capital capabilities accumulation. Entrepreneurial intention acculturates graduates with stronger entrepreneurial behavior. This study aims to assess the influence of psychological resources, namely self-efficacy towards two of attitude parameters, namely achievement motivation and risk taking propensity on entrepreneurial intention among business studies undergraduates. Data was collected from 133 undergraduates using questionnaire survey. The results of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention and risk taking propensity. In addition, this study has identified that achievement motivation and risk taking propensity mediate the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention as well as the achievement motivation mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and risk taking propensity. These findings provide valuable insights for educators, government and related parties in the effort to induce entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates. 2018 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/1/S820839_01.pdf text eng 2021-08-02 public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/2/S820839_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8387/3/820839%20REFERENCES.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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description	Human capital is a country‟s most vital source of competitive advantage. Creation of entrepreneurial intention among graduates is essential to minimize unemployment among youths and enhances human capital capabilities accumulation. Entrepreneurial intention acculturates graduates with stronger entrepreneurial behavior. This study aims to assess the influence of psychological resources, namely self-efficacy towards two of attitude parameters, namely achievement motivation and risk taking propensity on entrepreneurial intention among business studies undergraduates. Data was collected from 133 undergraduates using questionnaire survey. The results of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention and risk taking propensity. In addition, this study has identified that achievement motivation and risk taking propensity mediate the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention as well as the achievement motivation mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and risk taking propensity. These findings provide valuable insights for educators, government and related parties in the effort to induce entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates.
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author	Chan, Mei Leng
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title	Assessing human resource capabilities on business start-up
title_short	Assessing human resource capabilities on business start-up
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	School of Business Management
publishDate	2018
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