Entrepreneurial skill acquisition and youth's self-employment in Malaysia: how far?

The objective of this study was to examine the moderating effect of self-motivation on the relationship between entrepreneurial
skill acquisition and self-employment practice among graduates from Malaysian public universities. It is a known fact that youth
enterprises could generate employment opportunites and lead to economic growth of a country; however, researches have
reported that most of entrepreneurship graduates from Malaysian universities do not go into entrepreneurship practice five
years after graduation. To test this relationship, a conceptual model was developed based on Ajzen (1991) theory. The study
recommended that Malaysian government and community leaders should draft appropriate strategies (for example counseling
in school), that will encourage and engender greater participation of the youths in self-employment practice.