Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among engineering technology students

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the factors that influence entrepreneurial intention among engineering technology students at the Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). Many universities have introduced entrepreneurship education to inculcate interest among students to become future entrepreneurs. Aligned with the UniKL vision to be the leading entrepreneurial technical university in Asia, this study observes the relationship between entrepreneurial intention, self-efficacy and the need for achievement among MIIT students. In this study, a total of 52 semester one bachelor students from Bachelor of Business Technology in Computer Entrepreneurial Management (BCEM) programme were involved and the data was gathered using a single questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used to analyse the research questions. The research findings reveal that there is a significant relationship between entrepreneurial intention, the need for achievement and self-efficacy. However, the results show that there is no significant relationship between parents' occupation and entrepreneurial intention. When we consider all the factors, the results show that self-efficacy appears to be the only significant factor that influenced students' intention in entrepreneurship. However, the results do not show any difference between male and female students in entrepreneurial intention. It is hoped that the findings of this study will serve as meaningful guidelines for future development of ways to improve students' intention towards entrepreneurship as a career.

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