Level of Entrepreneurship Competence and Readiness Among Medical Students in A Private University in Shah Alam, Malaysia

• Published in: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business 2021-07, Vol.8 (1), p.85-94
• Main Authors: Devi, Ashyeni, Faisal Ghazi, Hasanain, Ariffin, Indang Ariati, Ab Yajid, Mohd Shukri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2289-8298; 2289-8298
• DOI: 10.17687/jeb.v8i1.452

Entrepreneurial competence are defined as individual characteristic such as knowledge, skills, motives, traits, social roles and self-images that can result in a new creature. Entrepreneurial readiness is defined as a readiness or preparedness of an individual in pursuing the business. Therefore, the aim of the study is to measure the level of entrepreneurial competence and entrepreneurial readiness among the medical students and its association with the sociodemographic factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 284 medical students at private university. The data was collected by self-administered questionnaire adopted from previous studies. A total of 95% of the respondents have a high level of entrepreneurial competence. For the entrepreneurial readiness, 17% of the respondents were not ready while 62% need to re-evaluate themselves before starting any entrepreneurial activity. Only 21% of the respondents are ready to start any entrepreneurial activity. The gender, age, family income and involvement in entrepreneurial projects are statistically significant to the level of Entrepreneurial Competence (p=0.01, p