This study aims to identify the factors that stimulate students to get involved in the field of entrepreneurship towards producing entrepreneurs among Bachelor Degree students from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). Information was obtained through the questionnaire involving 756 students following the Bachelor Degree in Education and the Non-Education Bachelor Degree in UPSI. A set of questionnaire was used to identify information about oneself and the factors that stimulate the students to venture into entrepreneurship. The study results show that most students have high level of these factors –attitude and need for achievement whereas moderate level for interest, university, intention behind entrepreneurship, readiness, obstacle and low for background. The need for skills and development of entrepreneurship required by UPSI students would be the basic course in entrepreneurship, and the support from the university, provision of capital assistance and the infrastructure such as preparing business space and continuous hands-on courses will also spur the students to venture into entrepreneurship. This study also shows that the majority of UPSI students are interested, have positive attitude and the desire to become entrepreneurs.
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Mustapha, Z., Atan, N. A. & Ridzwan, E. M. (2017). The surge of entrepreneurship values among polytechnic students through i-Smart program. Advanced Journal of Technical and Vocational Education, 1(1), 291-300.
Rasli, A. M., Khan, S. R., & Malekifar, S. (2013). Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention among graduate students of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 4(2), 182-188.
Anastasi, A., & Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological testing (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ, US: Prentice Hall/Pearson Education.
Ary, D., Jacobs, L. C., Razavieh, A., & Sorensen, C. (2006). Introduction to research in education. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning.
Alumni Detection Research Data (2016). Alumni.upsi.edu.my/image/Data-2016.png. Retrieved on 10 September 2017.
Francis C., Hiram T., Syed Ridhwan Alsree & Cheah J. H. (2015). Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention of Malaysian university students. In Conference Business Management Research II (CBMR II 2015), 22 December 2015. School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Gunadevi, K., Subramaniam, J. & Harun, R. N. S. R. (2013). The ability of the polytechnics marketing student in using good English oral communication skills during industrial training. English for Specific Purposes World, 14(39).
Haider, M. I. (2013). Impact of business education and family background on entrepreneurial potential. International Journal of Innovative and Applied Finance. Tersedia di SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2759169.
Holienka, M., Holienkova, J., & Gal, P. (2015). Entrepreneurial characteristics of students in different fields of study: A view from entrepreneurship education perspective. Acta Universitasis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendeliane Brumesis, 63(6), 1879-1889.
Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (2017). Detection Research of Higher Educational Institute’s Graduates. Putrajaya: Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education.
Majumdar, S. & Varadarajan, D. (2013). Students’ attitude towards entrepreneurship: Does gender matter in the UAE? Foresight, 15(4), 278-293.
Hassan, M. (2007). Factors that encouraged students and alumni of Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia to venture into entrepreneurship field. Skudai: Penerbitan UTM.
Mutalib, S. (2013). Survey on Entrepreneurship Inclination among students in higher educational institutes. Journal of Techno-Social, 5(1), 1-13.
Shane, S., & Venkataraman, S. (2000). The promise of entrepreneurship as a field of research. Academy of Management Review, 25, 217–226.
Mustapha, Z., Atan, N. A. & Ridzwan, E. M. (2017). The surge of entrepreneurship values among polytechnic students through i-Smart program. Advanced Journal of Technical and Vocational Education, 1(1), 291-300.
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