Analysis of Factors Affecting Students Interest in Business Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics Universitas Dharma Andalas Padang

摘要

Developed countries generally have an average of 14% entrepreneurs from their population, while in Indonesia, only 3.1%(BPS: 2017). While the opportunity for the people of Indonesia to entrepreneurship are tremendous, because of its lush nature and abundant natural products. Finding out the influence of direct and indirect variables, personality, culture & family drive, social environment, motivation, and academic achievement on entrepreneurial interest was the aim of this study. The research sample was 184 students of the Faculty of Economics. The analytical method used was path analysis (academic achievement variable as an intermediate variable) and hypothesis testing. From the results of statistical analysis, the most significant contribution affecting the students' of the Faculty of Economics, University of Dharma Andalas Padang interest in entrepreneurship was either directly or indirectly from the cultural variables and encouragement family (X_2) amounted to 27.31%, followed by personality variables (X_1) of 20.67%. While the social environment variables (X_3) affect student interest in entrepreneurship at 15:40%, motivation (X_4) contribute to student interest in entrepre neurship at 14.74%, and the smallest variable is academic achievement to student interest in entrepreneurship effect only amounted to 10.80%. From the results of the hypothesis test, all variables have a positive and significant effect, so that Ha is accepted.