Kesan Pendidikan Keusahawanan ke atas Set Minda Keusahawanan: Pengaruh Pengantara Faktor Kognitif (The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Mediation Role of Cognitive Factor)

Aida Syamimi Anuar, Sheerad Sahid

Abstract


Ekonomi dunia kini menggalakkan agar golongan muda memasuki alam kerjaya bukan sahaja dengan memperolehi segulung ijazah tetapi juga dengan mempunyai kemahiran dan sikap keusahawanan yang boleh membantu mereka dalam dunia pekerjaan dan industri. Hal ini kerana bukan mudah graduan yang mempunyai segulung ijazah untuk memperolehi tawaran kerjaya atau berpeluang mendapatkan pekerjaan yang menepati dengan bidang pengajian mereka. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan kesan pendidikan keusahawanan ke atas set minda keusahawanan dalam kalangan pelajar universiti. Kajian ini turut menguji kesan perantara faktor kognitif dalam hubungan antara pendidikan keusahawanan dengan set minda keusahawanan. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif iaitu kaedah tinjauan menerusi pengedaran soal selidik kepada responden. Sampel kajian adalah seramai 300 orang pelajar universiti awam di Lembah Klang dan dipilih menggunakan teknik pensampelan rawak mudah. Analisis deskriptif dan inferensi telah digunakan untuk menguji hipotesis kajian dengan menggunakan perisian Pakej Statistik untuk Sains Sosial (SPSS) versi 22. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan kesan langsung yang signifikan antara pendidikan keusahawanan dengan set minda keusahawanan. Dapatan juga menunjukkan faktor kognitif mempunyai kesan perantara dalam hubungan antara pendidikan keusahawanan dengan set minda keusahawanan. Dapatan kajian ini memberi implikasi kepada beberapa pihak dalam pelaksanaan program pendidikan keusahawanan untuk meningkatkan set minda keusahawanan dalam diri pelajar bagi membantu mereka menghadapi dunia pekerjaan dan industri selepas bergelar graduan. Kesimpulannya, kajian ini diharapkan dapat menyumbang dan memberikan impak positif kepada pelbagai pihak.

Kata kunci: Pendidikan keusahawanan; set minda keusahawanan; faktor kognitif; pendidikan tinggi; pencipta kerja.

Abstract

The world economy is now encouraging young people to enter the career world not only by earning a degree but also by having entrepreneurial skills and attitudes that can help them in the world of work and industry. This is because it is not easy for graduates who have a degree to get a career offer or have the opportunity to get a job that fits their field of study. This study aims to discuss the impact of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial mindset among university students. This study also examines the intermediate effects of cognitive factors in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and the entrepreneurial mindset. This employed quantitative approach that is a survey method through the distribution of questionnaires to respondents. The study sample was a total of 300 public university students in the Klang Valley and was selected using simple random sampling techniques. Descriptive and inferential analysis was used to examine the research hypothesis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The finding indicated that there is a significant direct impact relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship mindset. The finding also indicated that cognitive factors mediated the relationship between entrepreneurship education and the entrepreneurial mindset. The findings of this study have implications for some parties in the implementation of entrepreneurship education programs to improve the entrepreneurial mindset of students to help them face the world of work and industry after graduation.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship education; entrepreneurial mindset; cognitive factor; higher education; Job Creation.


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