Relationship Between the Selected Factors with Entrepreneurial Career Aspirations Among Students of Community Colleges in Malaysia
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between the selected factors and the entrepreneurial career aspirations among the community college students in Malaysia. The selected factors are attitude toward entrepreneurship, subjective norms, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial exposure. A total of 280 students from 8 community colleges in the selected states were chosen to participate in this study. Cluster random sampling was applied in selecting the samples. After the data cleaning process, 265 usable responses were used for analysis. Pearson correlation analysis was used to identify the relationship between the selected factors with entrepreneurial career aspirations. The findings in this study indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between attitude toward entrepreneurship (r = 0.597, p < 0.01), subjective norm (r = 0.327, p < 0.01), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (r = 0.362, p < 0.01), and entrepreneurial exposure (r = 0.263, p < 0.01) with entrepreneurial career aspirations. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the attitude toward entrepreneurship is the main factor motivating students to pursue entrepreneurial career. Through the findings, the practitioners are recommended to advocate the benefits and outcomes of entrepreneurship in order to encourage students to pursue entrepreneurial career.
Keywords: entrepreneurial career aspirations, attitude toward entrepreneurship, subjective norm, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial exposure, technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
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