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Fostering entrepreneurial characteristics in students is important at both low and high education levels. Therefore, this study is important to look at to what extent has the application of these entrepreneurial characteristics been emphasized by students and lecturers. The objective of this study is to identify the level of entrepreneurial characteristics of the students at Selangor Community Colleges and to identify if there is any difference in entrepreneurial characteristics of urban and rural students. This quantitative form of study involved 110 respondents who were students of Certificate in Electrical Technology at Selangor Community Colleges. A questionnaire instrument was used to collect data and the data were then analyzed using the Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0 software. A descriptive analysis was conducted to obtain mean values, while inference analysis was to obtain significant values through t-test. The results of the study showed that entrepreneurial characteristics of the students as a whole were at a moderate level with an average mean value of 3.53. While the overall t-test results showed no significant differences in entrepreneurial characteristics between urban and rural students.
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To Cite this Article: Roji, M., & Ghazali, N. H. C. M. (2020). Entrepreneurial Characteristics Among Community College Students Living in Urban and Rural Areas. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(7), 707–716.
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