Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention in Polytechnic Students a) Siti Aishah Binti Ab Jalil- b) Noaryanti Binti Mohd Noor
Jabatan Perdagangan
Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (PSA)
40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract
The objective of this research is to determine the main factors influencing the entrepreneurial intention of Polytechnic students. To obtain information a questionnaire was validated and administered to a sample of 354 polytechnic students in four different departments in Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (PSA). The data were analyzed using correlation analysis, descriptive analysis, sorting method of relevance criteria and confirmatory factor analysis, using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The result was found that entrepreneurship education and financial support encourage the entrepreneurial intention of youngsters to venture into entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship encouragement should focus on the entrepreneurship education and financial support to shape the entrepreneurial attitude, which, indirectly, may further influence the entrepreneurial intention.
