PERSONALITY TRAITS, SCHOOL CLIMATE AND INTEREST OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAREER AMONG SMK STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aims to see personality traits, school climate and entrepreneurship career interests among SMK students. The study also aims to see relationships and personality trait differences as an internal factor and school climate as an external factor in the entrepreneurship career of SMK students. The dimensions of personality traits consist of Openness, Conscientiousness, and extraversion. School climate dimensions involve teacher factors, curriculum, and co-curricular activities as well as supporting resources. Interest is a major influence and becomes the basis for someone in venturing into entrepreneurship. SMK students are seen to have less information and have basic knowledge about entrepreneurship, so students are not interested in entrepreneurship career. The unsupportive school climate causes the number of students interested in low entrepreneurship. Quantitative approaches are chosen by researchers to obtain and obtain more conclusive evidence. A total of 384 respondents were selected from 2,030,683 SMK students in Malaysia. The findings show that the level of personal trait score, the school climate and the entrepreneurial career interests of SMK students are at a moderate level. The findings of the correlation study found that there was a relationship between the personality traits and the entrepreneurial career interests of SMK students. For the school climate with entrepreneurial entrepreneurship career, SMK students have a significant relationship between the school climate and the entrepreneurial interest. T-test shows that there is no significant difference between the personality traits and the entrepreneurial career interests of SMK students. While between school climate and SMK students' entrepreneurial career interest there is a significant difference.