title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION AMONG OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (OUM)  LEARNERS
creator: Chiam , Chooi Chea
subject: HB615 Entrepreneurship
subject: LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
description: Entrepreneurship plays an important role in  contributing to the nation economic growth and creates job  opportunities to the country. Ministry of education in  Malaysia has even included entrepreneurship as part of the  syllabus in higher learning education in order to foster  local entrepreneurs among learners.  Entrepreneurship education has become an  important curriculum in the higher education institutions in  Malaysia (Ismail et al., 2009) and a core subject for most  programmes in Malaysia. A subject by itself,  entrepreneurship, has been embedded into the programmes  and entrepreneurship is offered as a programme even in  several public and private higher education providers,  Open University Malaysia (OUM) too has a course under  the university compulsory category in the academic for all  offered programme in the curriculum called  Entrepreneurship with code OUMM2103. This course has  become popular and receptive by the undergraduates in  OUM. Entrepreneurship education has now become an  essential component to cultivate the potential entrepreneurs  in the higher learning institutions. According to Ismail et  al., (2009), entrepreneurship education is the most effective  way to promote the transition of graduates toward the selfemployment.  This study aims to investigate the factors which will  influence the entrepreneurship intention among OUM  learners using structural equation modeling (SEM). The  results of the finding shows there are a significant  influence of attitude and perceive behavioural control to  entrepreneurship intention. However, subjective norms do  not significantly influence the entrepreneurship intention  among OUM learners. The overall findings of this research  have limitations in terms to generalise the results. The  results of this study will be able to provide an insight to the  educators to help all learners to develop their abilities and  skills to produce a higher rate of entrepreneurs in the  nation. (Abstract by author)
date: 2014-02-14
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/937/1/library-document-937.pdf
identifier:   Chiam , Chooi Chea  (2014) ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION AMONG OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (OUM) LEARNERS.  In: Widyatama International Seminar (WIS) 2014, 14-15 Feb 2014, Bali, Indonesia.    (Submitted)  
relation: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/937/