EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Abstract

This research aims to examine the effects of an entrepreneurial ecosystem on Entrepreneurial intention among engineering student. For this research objectives, the researcher wants to examine the main effect of the entrepreneurial ecosystem on Entrepreneurial intention among engineering students and determine the relationship between these three independent variables such as entrepreneurial education, social and cultural as well as financial growth with a dependent variable which is an engineering student. By using a quantitative method, the analysis data are derived from a questionnaire survey of 313 respondents from selected engineering faculties in UTeM to investigate the hypotheses of the study. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan (1970), the population, N of fourth-year engineering students in UTeM is 1672 students, so the sample size, S for this research would be 313 respondents. After that, the data collection of respondents will be analyzed in the SPSS. A multiple regression analysis was calculated to predict the engineering student based on entrepreneurial education, social and cultural as well as financial growth. A significant regression equation was found (F(3,309) = 60.501, p < 0.000), with an R2 of 0.370. All of the independent variables were significant predictors of an engineering student. However, the survey questionnaires are limited for fourth-year engineering students only because the researcher has limited time to collect data all of the engineering students in UTeM. Other than that, the researcher also had constraints of financial to manage as well as handle this research.