TY - JOUR TT - Do Young Inspire to be an Entrepreneur? A Case of Secondary Students Perception in Malaysia AU - Ibrahim, Ahmad Zubir AU - Khan, Shazida Jan Mohd AU - Anuar, Abdul Rahim PY - 2016 DA - October JF - International Review of Management and Marketing JO - IRMM PB - İlhan ÖZTÜRK WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-4405 SP - 264 EP - 269 VL - 6 IS - 8 KW - Youth KW - Secondary Students KW - Entrepreneur N2 - Youth plays an important role in the nation development. They were the future leader and development partners that drives towards the development of the nations. The ability to harness their potential as entrepreneur will helps to determine the nation strength and resilience in pursuing social, economic and political development. Therefore, providing proper environment and opportunities will be essential to inspire youth in becoming an entrepreneur. This paper will look into factors affecting youth intention (with target group of secondary school pupil in Malaysia) of becoming entrepreneur. The finding indicates that only 144 students from a sample of 1011 secondary students in Malaysia have interest to engage in entrepreneurship upon completion of schooling although various approaches have been made to increase youths participating in entrepreneurship. This study also suggested with recommendations to enhance and review existing curriculum entrepreneurship education for improve youth intention of becoming entrepreneur. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/irmm/issue//355779 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/367495 ER -