The Role of Schools Co-Operative in Cultivating Entrepreneurship Culture and Mind among Chinese Students

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is very important in the development of human capital and the development of the country. The objective of this study is to explore the role played by the Co-operativeactivities in school in cultivating entrepreneurship culture among Chinese students . Eight dimensions of entrepreneurial tendencies were selected and divided into external and internal factors. The external factors included future orientation , social network and the external environment . The internal factors are motivation, creativity and innovation, self-esteem, locus of controland lastly risk-taking. According to McClelland’sTheory of Motivation Achievement, individuals withhigh potentialenergyandhowthisenergyis releasedand developeddependon the individuals’ strengthor motivationand also the opportunities available. A total of one hundred students from a Chinese national type secondary schools in the District of Manjung , Perak were randomly selected for this study. They were studying in Form 4 and Form 5 who might or might not involve in the school co-operative activities. The questionnaire used was tested with the Cronbach Alpha and the reliability valued was 0.931 . The results showed that the school co-operative activities did not play a significant role in instilling entrepreneurship among Chinese students (r =-0029, p=0.771) p