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The Relationship between Communication Apprehension and the Graduates Choice of Entrepreneurship as a Career

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The purpose of this study is to look at the relationship between the choice of entrepreneurship as a career and communication apprehension. This study poses a question: Will a graduate who could not become employed due to his/her lack of communication skills choose to become an entrepreneur? Researchers agree that one of the main skill to become an entrepreneur is communication skills. A survey is conducted among 2300 graduates from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The choice to become an entrepreneur refers to graduates who are self-employed. In addition to being self-employed (entrepreneur), there are other employment states such as unemployed, employed full-time and not full-time employed. In this context, the choice set could be expanded to more than two categories: self-employed (entrepreneur), unemployed, employed full-time, and not full-time employed. The findings will help to identify the existence in relationship between the choice of entrepreneurship as a career and communication apprehension
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In-Text Citation: (Mohamad & Shaari, 2019)
To Cite this Article: Mohamad, N., & Shaari, M. S. M. (2019). The Relationship between Communication Apprehension and the Graduates Choice of Entrepreneurship as a Career. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(6), 1121–1127.