Entrepreneurship Intention among Final Year Students of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan: The Post Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is an opportunity to generate new business in creating profit for entrepreneurs while entrepreneurship intention is to cultivate entrepreneurship interest where it has a positive or negative effect on university students. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the factors that influence entrepreneurship intentions among students at University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) in the post Covid-19 pandemic. In this study it was found that the factors that influence entrepreneurship intentions among students are subjective norms, environmental factors, personality traits and family business background. This study uses an approach based on a quantitative method consisting of a questionnaire which is given online, through Google Form to the respondents. The results of this study have shown a positive relationship between subjective norms, environmental factors, personality traits and family business background on entrepreneurship intentions among students at University Malaysia Kelantan. This research paper is very important for university students to increase interest in the field of entrepreneurship as well as help in influencing students to become successful entrepreneurs. Having an understanding of the factors that influence entrepreneurship intentions among students will provide a solution to the problem of increasing unemployment by creating job opportunities in new business ventures.