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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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The Relationship between Empathy and Social Support with Social Entrepreneurial Intention (SEI) among Public University Students

Radin Siti Aishah Radin A Rahman, Sheerad Sahid

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i12/20214

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Various efforts and policies have been designed to meet the Malaysian government's desire to become an entrepreneurial nation by the year 2030. The Malaysia Social Entrepreneurship Blueprint 2030 (SEMy2030) is one of the latest action plans that focuses on providing a new national direction to raise awareness and cultivate the concept of social entrepreneurship, with the aim of generating a positive societal and economic impact. There is still a lack of studies done in exploring the involvement of Malaysian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) graduates in social entrepreneurship, particularly concerning empathy and social support. Hence, a survey research design that involved a total of 179 students who are or were active members of social entrepreneurship clubs under the ENACTUS Malaysia Foundation was employed. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, facilitated by the use of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. The findings showed that social entrepreneurial intention and empathy were at moderate levels, while social support was at a high level. Meanwhile, there was a significantly weak relationship between empathy and social entrepreneurial intention. Apart from that, there was a significant, moderate relationship between social support and social entrepreneurial intention. It is hoped that the awareness of the young generation can increase social entrepreneurship activities in Malaysia in a positive direction at the global level.

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(Rahman & Sahid, 2023)
Rahman, R. S. A. R. A., & Sahid, S. (2023). The Relationship between Empathy and Social Support with Social Entrepreneurial Intention (SEI) among Public University Students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13(12), 3657–3671.