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This study is aiming to evaluate of attitude, self-efficacy, social norms and perceived behavioral control on intention and direct effect of intention on behavior to become social entrepreneur among students in online distance learning (ODL) higher institutions in Malaysia. This study adopted Partial Least Square (PLS) procedure on data collected from a survey that yielded 227 usable questionnaires. To evaluate the casual relationships among attitude, social norms, perceived behavioral control, intention and behavior, the Structural Equation Model (SEM) technique was utilized. The statistical results confirmed that attitude, social norms and perceived behavioral control have a positive and significant influence on intention and intention has a positive and significant influence on behavior among students in Malaysian ODL higher institutions. The findings suggest that ODL institutions should give greater emphasis on strengthening attitude, social norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention to ensure their ODL students have strong behavior to become online entrepreneur. The study thus offered new insights into the relationship attitude, social norms, perceived behavioral control, intention and behavior this relationship for students in online distance learning social entrepreneurial intention.
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To Cite this Article: Osman, Z. (2020). Determinants of Social Entrepreneur Intention and Behavior among Online Distance Learning Students in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(11), 1496-1506.
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