Revisiting the Reliability and Validity of the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation Scale in Malaysia
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The aims of this paper are to determine the reliability and validity of Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation (EAO) scale as an instrument to measure the entrepreneurial attitudes among business students of higher education institutes of Malaysia. Initially, the EAO scale consisted of 75 items concerning 4 conceptual subscales: achievement in business (23 items), perceived personal control of business outcomes (12 items), innovation in business (26 items), and perceived self-esteem in business (14 items). The data was collected from 357 business students who had attended courses on entrepreneurship. The results of the current study indicate that the EAO properties are satisfactory. The evidence of the reliability and validity of the EAO scale supports the generalizability of the scale in Malaysia.
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