EFFECTS OF SELF-EFFICACY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION AMONG GRADUATES

Abstract

It was believed that an exposure to entrepreneurial activities in youth can develop social entrepreneurial intentions and practices among graduates in institutes of higher education sector in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previous studies have pointed out that social entrepreneurial intentions among graduates remains at a moderate level. In addition, the students in various universities armed with knowledge and skills that they gained, with the support of entrepreneurial intention and environment while in campus may help them to choose social entrepreneurship as a career option after their formal education. In this backdrop, this research aims to identify the levels of social entrepreneurship intentions and entrepreneurial attitudes among fresh graduates. This quantitative research surveyed 110 university graduate that were involved in the proportionate stratified sampling which was applied according to the universities that were included in the research. It was analysed to identify the factors that influence social entrepreneurship intentions. The philosophy of Positivism was adopted. The primary data was collected, and results were scrutinized through the SPSS software that generated Descriptive and inferential statistics. Research findings revealed that self-efficacy and entrepreneurial attitudes had a significant impact on entrepreneurial intentions compared with entrepreneurial education. This entrepreneurial education was not a significant predictor of entrepreneurial intentions. The research findings knowledgeably benefited university students and education trainers who now understand better why prioritising self-efficacy and entrepreneurial attitudes rather than entrepreneurial education.