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Social Entrepreneurship offers a unique opportunity to challenge, question and conceive concepts and assumptions in business management and research topics, as well as research methods and disciplines. The social entrepreneurship debate is a process of social change and/or addressing important social needs in a way that does not jeopardize the overall economic interests of the company. Social entrepreneurship differs from other forms of entrepreneurship in that it relatively prioritizes the promotion and development of social values over the acquisition of economic value. However, there is currently limited information on the level of international and social tuition fees for students in Malaysia. Nowadays, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship are considered viable work options and the career readiness elements do not only help improve the abilities and skills of prospective graduates but also increase the confidence of these graduates when entering the working world. The development of social cognition at the highest levels will have a profound impact on society and the combination of students or academics with university and society makes social entrepreneurship an important university curriculum, which is in the real life of learning and practice. Therefore, this concept paper aims to discuss and propose a conceptual framework of social entrepreneurship career readiness among public university students. Finally, social entrepreneurship is hoped to contribute to the ideas of prospective graduates as future careers can also contribute to positive and effective job creation with the ability to change perspectives and focus on social business to motivate them.
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