External Factors Towards Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice for Students in Community Colleges

Authors

  • Siew Ling Chai School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 81310 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohamad Abdillah Bin Royo School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 81310 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24191/aej.v10i2.14231

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship; Student Career Selection; Community College Malaysia; External Factors

Abstract

Organizational business ventures are closely related to the field of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs
are responsible for developing a business plan to obtain financial and human resources available in
the market. The field of entrepreneurship plays an important role in the economic development of a
country by creating various job opportunities for the people. Malaysia always strives to foster an
interest in entrepreneurship among students, especially students in higher education institutes, so
that they can pursue entrepreneurial careers after graduation. However, the efforts have shown that
the lack of success is due to the low number of graduates in entrepreneurial careers. This study
examined external factors towards entrepreneurship as a career choice for students from 103
community colleges in Malaysia. Three hundred eighty-one community college students participated
in the study through analysis of interviews and survey data collected through online questionnaires
distributed to respondents. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to
obtain analytical, descriptive and regression data. The analysis of the survey data found that the
external factors driving the students' wishes were at a high level, and the level of students'
entrepreneurial career selection was at a moderately high level. Therefore, the Malaysian
government must take solutions and provide appropriate measures to increase the selection rate for
entrepreneurial careers among community college students.

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2024-07-01

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External Factors Towards Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice for Students in Community Colleges (S. L. Chai & M. A. Bin Royo, Trans.). (2024). Asean Entrepreneurship Journal, 10(2), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.24191/aej.v10i2.14231