Orientasi sikap keusahawanan dalam kalangan usahawan belia bumiputera muslim / Zoolhilmi Ahmed

This study was conducted to examine the orientation of entrepreneurial attitudes among Bumiputera Muslim youth entrepreneurs, measured by the five sub-scale attitude of Muslim ethics, the need for achievement, personal control, self-esteem, and innovation. The study also attempts to identify the differences in the level of entrepreneurial attitude orientation among Bumiputera Muslim youth entrepreneurs based on demographic factors of business experience, the level of formal education, and frequency in participating entrepreneurship training. This study used a mixed methods research that took approach of explanatory design. The questionnaire circulated in advance to respondents using simple random sampling. Then a set of interview questions were developed based on the findings of the questionnaire, for posed to the selected respondents based on a purposive sampling for the verification and description. Survey respondents consisted of 124 Bumiputera Muslim youth entrepreneurs in Johor Bahru, Batu Pahat, and Pontian who receive MARA?s assistance and financing. While a total of 5 respondents for interviews were selected based on business performance record and the recommendations by the MARA. Descriptive and MANOVA analysis was used to test the questionnaire data quantitatively, while content analysis were used to examine the data of interviews qualitatively. The results of the study showed that, Bumiputera Muslim youth entrepreneurs have a high level of entrepreneurial attitude orientation in five sub-scale attitude with the level of acceptance min range between 3.94 to 4.38. The study also found that there were significant differences in orientation entrepreneurial attitude among Bumiputera Muslim youth entrepreneurs based on the level of formal education and frequency in participating entrepreneurship training with significant value at p<0.05. However, this study summerised that three demographic factors of entrepreneur studied, were not a major factor of change and formation entrepreneurial attitude among Bumiputera Muslim youth entrepreneurs