Does Entrepreneurship Education Affect Pre-start-up Behavior in Malaysia? A Multi-Group Analysis Approach

This study investigates the moderating effect of students' programs on entrepreneurship education aimed at pre-start-up and its effect on the students' behavior. This study also attempts the level of entrepreneurship education and pre-start-up behavior among students. A survey was carried out among 441 final year students, including 214 students from business programs, and 227 students from non-business programs. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 22 and SmartPLS 3.3.0, to perform descriptive and multi-group analysis (MGA), including assessment of measurement invariance of the composite model (MICOM). The results reveal that all direct relationships were supported. It was also found that student programs do have a moderating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and pre-start-up behavior. Furthermore, the results discovered that risk control is a crucial component of entrepreneurship education and should be highlighted in the curriculum. This study contributes to the literature by considering student programs as a moderator, a comparatively new factor in the pre-start-up behavior among university students at the tertiary level. Therefore, entrepreneurship education must be properly designed, and the co-curriculum must be properly organized, so that entrepreneurship will be the preferred career choice in the future.

PENGARUH NILAI KERJA TERHADAP TINGKAH LAKU KERJA INOVATIF DAN KESEJAHTERAAN PSIKOLOGI: MODAL PSIKOLOGI SEBAGAI PENGANTARA (The Influence of Work Values on Innovative Work Behaviour and Psychological Well-Being: The Psychological Capital as a Mediator)

Tujuan makalah ini adalah untuk menguji pengaruh nilai kerja ke atas tingkah laku kerja inovatif dan kesejahteraan psikologi pekerja. Kajian ini juga menguji peranan modal psikologi sebagai pengantara dalam perhubungan ini. Data kajian (n=227) dikumpulkan daripada pegawai pengurusan dalam sektor awam di Putrajaya, Malaysia. Analisis Pengesahan Faktor (Confirmatory Factor Analysis, CFA) digunakan untuk menguji kesahan konvergen model pengukuran konstruk. Analisis pemodelan persamaan struktur digunakan untuk menganggarkan kesepadanan model hipotesis dengan data kajian. Keputusan kajian menunjukkan nilai kerja mempengaruhi kedua-dua modal psikologi dan kesejahteraan psikologi secara langsung. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan nilai kerja mempengaruhi tingkah laku kerja inovatif secara tidak langsung melalui modal psikologi sebagai pengantara. Dapatan kajian ini menyarankan dengan memupuk dan memperbaiki nilai kerja dapat memberi kesan yang positif terhadap modal psikologi pekerja dan seterusnya dapat meningkatkan tingkah laku kerja inovatif dan kesejahteraan psikologi di tempat kerja. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of work values on innovative work behaviours and employees’ psychological well-being. This study also examines the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationships. Data were collected (n=227) from the management officers of the public sector in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted to examine the convergent validity of the construct measures. The structural equation modeling was used to estimate the fit of the hypothesised model to the data. The findings reveal that work values influenced directly both the psychological capital and psychological well-being. The findings also show that work values ​​indirectly influence the innovative work behaviours through the psychological capital as mediator. The study suggests that nurturing and improving work values will have positive impacts on employees’ psychological capitals thus will enhance innovative work behaviours and psychological well-being in the workplace. Keywords: Work values, psychological capital, innovative work behaviour, psychological well-being, Malaysia.