ABSTRACT
The entrepreneurship development has become one of the national agenda in many countries including Malaysia. Despite the fact that, a well-educated student are having difficulties in looking for job employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship have been identified as the practical resolution to the problem of unemployment and underemployment amongst the degree holders. The entrepreneurial culture is growing among graduates who wish to build a career regardless of their field of study in higher institution. This study aimed to explore the entrepreneurial intentions, motivations and obstacles into entrepreneurship among bachelor students in Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Dungun, Terengganu. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed within two (2) weeks and 272 samples have been collected. Results revealed that bachelor students owned a remarkable intention to become entrepreneurs where they are motivated by main pull factors such as to earn reasonable living, opportunities in the market, to challenge their self, and for their personal freedom. Also, obstacles such are lack of assets for collateral overwhelmed other items followed by lack of savings and difficulty in obtaining bank finance were identified as the critical obstacles barring the student’s from choosing entrepreneurship as their career choice. The instrument should open up opportunities for researchers to further evaluate entrepreneurial intention across the social sciences field focusing in Malaysia.
