Penglibatan Mahasiswa Dalam Kosiswa di Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam [Student Involvement In The Cooperative of  Public Universities]

Mohamad Haniff Mohamad Hashim; Mohd Zaib  Mat Yunus; Salwani Ali

Mohamad Haniff Mohamad Hashim
Mohd Zaib Mat Yunus
Salwani Ali

Keywords: Institute of Higher Learning, Entrepreneurship, Student Cooperatives, Passion

Abstract

Abstrak

Institut Pengajian Tinggi (IPT) merupakan institusi yang bertanggungjawab meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kemahiran berkaitan keusahawanan. Keusahawanan amat penting kerana membantu mahasiswa mencipta peluang pekerjaan sekali gus mengurangkan kadar pengangguran pada masa hadapan. Akan tetapi, penglibatan mahasiswa yang dalam aktiviti keusahawanan di IPT tidak begitu memberangsangkan dan rendah. Antara medium memupuk aktiviti keusahawanan ini ialah melalui berkoperasi. Walaupun bilangan mahasiswa amat ramai dalam sesebuah universiti, penglibatan mahasiswa dalam aktiviti keusahawanan dan berkoperasi masih rendah. Justeru, kajian ini dilaksanakan bertujuan mengenal pasti ciri-ciri, faktor mendorong aktiviti keusahawanan dan penglibatan dalam keusahawanan koperasi anggota Koperasi Siswa (KOSISWA). Kutipan data melibatkan kaedah kuantitatif melalui borang soal selidik. Skop kajian ialah anggota KOSISWA yang terletak dalam Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) di seluruh Malaysia. Responden yang terlibat ialah seramai 230 orang anggota. Daripada analisis regresi berganda, faktor utama yang mendorong kepada penglibatan aktiviti keusahawanan KOSISWA ialah Minat. Dapatan kajian ini akan membantu pemegang taruh seperti Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT), Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi (KUSKOP), universiti dan Institut Koperasi Malaysia (IKMa) menambah baik modul, program dan pelan tindakan bagi meningkatkan aktiviti keusahawanan koperasi pada masa hadapan.

Kata Kunci: Institut Pengajian Tinggi; Keusahawanan; Koperasi Siswa; Minat

Abstract

The Institute of Higher Learning is one of the institutions responsible for improving knowledge and skills related to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is very important because it will help students create employment opportunities while reducing the unemployment rate in the future. However, students who involved in entrepreneurial activities are not encouraging. Cooperative is a medium to cultivate entrepreneurial activities. Although the number of students is very large in a university, the involvement of students involved in cooperative entrepreneurial activities still low. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the attributes, factor leads to entrepreneurship activities, and cooperative entrepreneurship activities by members of student cooperatives (KOSISWA). Data collection involved quantitative method through questionnaires. The scope of the study is KOSISWA members located in Public Institutes of Higher Learning (IPTA) throughout Malaysia. The respondents involved were 230 members. From the regression analysis, the study found that the most significance factor that leaded to entrepreneurial activities of KOSISWA members is passion. The findings of this study will help stakeholders such as the Ministry of Higher Education (MHE), Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC), universities and Malaysia Institute of Cooperative to improve modules and programs related to entrepreneurship cooperative in the future.

Keywords: Institute of Higher Learning; Entrepreneurship; Student Cooperatives; Passion