The Analysis of Entrepreneurship Character and Entrepreneurship Intention among Students

Abstract

Pamulang University (UNPAM) Indonesia and Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Polytechnic (PSA) Selangor Malaysia are currently intensifying collaboration between
universities, one of the collaboration fields is in the field of entrepreneurship education to
foster entrepreneurial character so that there is interest in entrepreneurship among students in
these two educational institutions. The purpose of the study was to determine the
entrepreneurial character and entrepreneurial interest of UNPAM students and Malaysian
PSA students of 2018/2019 class.This study uses a qualitative method with a comparative
type of research in which the research is to compare where the variables are the same for
more than one sample or at different times. The respondents were the students from class of
2018/2019 of the Faculty of Economics Management of UNPAM and tudents from the
School of Business of PSA. The observed variables are entrepreneurship characteristics and entrepreneurial intention. The entrepreneurship characteristic is measured with indicators of
confidence, task-oriented and outcome, risk taking, leadersip, originality and Future-Oriented.
The Entrepreneurial intention is measured with indicators eg.: Feel motivated for business,
Feel interested in business and feel happy for business on environmental influences. The
results of the study is that the average of entrepreneurial characteristics of UNPAM Indonesia
students were "high" with a percentage value of 82.77%.
Meanwhile, PSA Selangor Malaysia students were also "high" with an average
percentage value of 81.02%. The average intention in entrepreneurship among students
UNPAM Indonesia is "high" with a percentage value of 85.03%. Meanwhile, PSA Selangor
Malaysia students are also “high" category with an average percentage value of 84.64%.