Entrepreneurship Readiness among Students of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Malaysia

Dahalan, Dzuhailmi; Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D’Silva; Ismail, Ismi Arif; Mohamed, Nor Aini

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v10-i15/8241

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“…Second, it was reported that 30,765 (59.9%) out of 51,365 undergraduate degree recipients were yet to secure jobs following one year of graduation. It was found that a small number of graduates were far from ready to work; the effort to achieve 100% marketability of university graduates was nearly impossible to achieve (Dahalan, D'Silva, Ismail, & Mohamed, 2020). By comparison, the Malaysian unemployment rate is extremely worrying to other Asian countries.…”

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“…Therefore, measures to cultivate and consolidate university-level entrepreneurial culture might better be implemented. How TVET is encouraged among students and graduates might be equated with entrepreneurial mindsets that could be nurtured as early as the first year at higher education institutions (Dahalan, D'Silva, Ismail, & Mohamed, 2020). However, TVET graduates get to choose between becoming job seekers or creators by venturing into employment that bears a resemblance to the university programmes.…”

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‘Turning Job Seekers to Job Creators’: Talent Management Module Development for TVET Graduates

Wafi¹,

Subri²,

Asshaari³

et al. 2023

JTET

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The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the economy, particularly the downsizing of operations and retrenchment, which affected various sectors. Post-pandemic prompted a shift in the perspective; rather than waiting for jobs, it seems that individuals needed to become job creators. In this regard, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is believed to be a prominent field of study that could facilitate graduates to become job creators. Nevertheless, some of graduates would not consider owning businesses after graduation, indicating the difficulty of becoming job creators. Therefore, this study emphasising TVET program built and validated a Talent Management Module (MTM) involving creation (Job Creator) based on the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory. It comprised both quantitative and qualitative phases. First, a series of interviews were carried out to explore the perceptions of talent management (TM) among seven experts. Second, a quantitative study involving data interpretation analysis based on the validity of the module content was obtained using the interview technique. Third, the module content validation process involved seven experts comprising academics and Malaysian career academy entrepreneurs whose backgrounds included entrepreneurship and TVET. The results showed that nine variables were involved, namely 1) Communication, 2) Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills, 3) Teamwork Skills, 4) Continuous Learning and Information Management, 5) Entrepreneurial Skills, 6) Leadership Skills, 7) Professional Ethics and Moral, 8) Career Adaptability, and 9) Digital technology. Overall, MTM that was built in this study was consented to by the appointed experts. The development of this module might better be considered to encourage graduates to create prospective job creation that could reduce the unemployment rate. Therefore, the proposed MTM might be an appropriate solution to address unemployment through the identified important components in the implementation and empowerment of career programmes across TVET graduates.

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‘Turning Job Seekers to Job Creators’: Talent Management Module Development for TVET Graduates

Wafi¹,

Subri²,

Asshaari³

et al. 2023

JTET

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“…Project-based learning models' implementation as many as 8 were adapted from [24]. Lastly, entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education also as many as 8 items were adapted from [25] and [26].…”

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Analyzing the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Student Entrepreneurship Readiness: A Structural Equation Modeling and Statistical Analysis in Higher Education

Yulastri,

Ganefri,

Ferdian

et al. 2023

JOIV : Int. J. Inform. Visualization

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The study aimed to examine the influence of entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, role model inspiration, and self-efficacy on entrepreneurship readiness among higher education students and the role of the project-based learning model implementation as a moderator variable. The population in the study were students in higher education in Indonesia who had taken entrepreneurship courses. Data from 313 valid respondents were analyzed against the research model using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. The findings revealed that entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration were found to positively influence self-efficacy as well as entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. Unpredictably, the moderator project-based learning models’ implementation was shown to have an insignificant effect on the influence of entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration toward entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. The findings of this study provide several important theoretical and practical implications for entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. higher education in Indonesia who had taken entrepreneurship courses. Data collected from 313 valid respondents were analyzed against the research model using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. The findings revealed that entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration were found to positively influence self-efficacy as well as entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. Unpredictably, the moderator project-based learning models’ implementation was shown to have an insignificant effect on the influence of entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration toward entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. The findings of this study provide several important theoretical and practical implications for entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education.

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“…This is highlighted by Nabi et al (2017) that business start-up among students in higher education is very limited and poorly explored. According to a study in 2018 conducted by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia's Graduate Tracer Study, out of the 51,000 graduates a year, nearly 60% remain unemployed one year after graduation (Dahalan et al, 2020). Another similar study shows that the number of unemployed graduates in 2018 was 162,000 persons, an increase of 4.6 percent from 2017 (154,900 persons) (Saw et al, 2021).…”

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Entrepreneurial Intention among Non-Business Students: The Role of Entrepreneurship Education, Interest and University Support

Haron¹,

Saa'din²,

Ithnin³

et al. 2022

IJARBSS

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Entrepreneurship in universities has increased its importance as the government is emphasizing on self-employability as a source of employment. In this regard, the government emphasizes the development of entrepreneurial skills at all levels of education and training to help create an entrepreneurial community. Therefore, the main idea of this study is to examine the intentions to become entrepreneurs towards non-business students of UiTM Perak Branch who registers for the entrepreneurship course. A total of 317 students participated in this study. Standard statistical data analysis techniques were used to apply different test such as Reliability. ANOVA and Regression Analysis. The findings of study revealed that all three independent variables (interest, entrepreneurship education and university support) are significant in influencing student's intention to become entrepreneur. This study indicates that interest toward entrepreneurship is the best predictor of intention to business start-up. For that reason, this university needs to encourage students and develop their interest toward entrepreneurship sector as to produce a young entrepreneur among graduated students.

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Entrepreneurship Readiness among Students of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Malaysia

Cited by 6 publications

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‘Turning Job Seekers to Job Creators’: Talent Management Module Development for TVET Graduates

‘Turning Job Seekers to Job Creators’: Talent Management Module Development for TVET Graduates

Analyzing the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Student Entrepreneurship Readiness: A Structural Equation Modeling and Statistical Analysis in Higher Education

Entrepreneurial Intention among Non-Business Students: The Role of Entrepreneurship Education, Interest and University Support

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