Author

  • Maisarah Ahmad

    • National University of Malaysia UKM Bangi Selangor Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Suhaila Abdul Kadir

    • National University of Malaysia UKM Bangi Selangor Malaysia
    • Malaysia

Abstract

Although many studies have been done in connection to the entrepreneurial characteristics, they only described the profile of entrepreneurship through the listing of characteristics and factors affecting the success of entrepreneurs. However, in this study, the researchers aim to identify the positive features and their relationship with the success of entrepreneurs in Kelantan and Selangor in terms of Islamic values practice.The study was conducted on 200 respondents in Kelantan and Selangor. Through correlation analysis, the characteristics were observed to have significant relationship with the success of small entrepreneurs. All key variables have significant relationship with the entrepreneurs’ success excluding the type of product and education. The multiple regression analysis showed that the characteristics of small entrepreneurs have a positive influence on success. The results also showed that the interaction of characteristics of entrepreneurs with the Islamic values have positive correlation with success.

Keywords

References

  • Al-Quran.
  • Al-Hadith.
  • Mumin, A. B., Ghani, A. B. & Suhaili, S. (2005). Penerapan budaya keusahawanan dalam masyarakat Islam . Seminar Keusahawanan Islam Peringkat Kebangsaan. Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Bacas, H. & Croft, J. L. (1986). Go Out On Your Own? Nation’s Business, March.
  • Dahlan, I. & Humam, M. (2000). Keusahwanan Islam. Kuala Lumpur: Pearson-Prentice Hall.
  • Dollinger, M. (1995). Entrepreneurship: Strategies and resources. In Alfred Marshall, The Principle of Economics. (1946). Illinois: Irwin.
  • Eman, S. (2008). Business Entrepreneur. Bandung: Alfabeta.
  • Ivan, B. (1999). The power of positive doing: 12 strategies for control your life. Dlm. Dlm. Shuhairimi Abdullah & Ku Halim Ku Ariffin. Membentuk peribadi usahawan berjaya (pp. 61-75). Kangar: Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
  • Kao, J. J. (1991). The entrepreneur. Englewood Clis: Prentice Hall.
  • Kao, R. W. & Liang, T. W. (2001). Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Asia. New York: Prentice Hall.
  • Khalid, M. K. (1968). Rijal Haula al-Rasul. Kaherah: dar al Kitab al- Hadithah, pp. 642.
  • Kirby, D. (1992). Developing graduate entrepreneurs: The U.K. graduate enterprise programme. Entrepreneurship, innovation and change , 1(2).
  • Ku-Azilah, K. M. (2004). Pendidikan strategi keusahawanan: Pelajaran dari ejen insuran hayat yang berjaya dalam industri insurans Malaysia. Tesis Ph.D. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.
  • Litzinger, W. D. (1965). The Model Entrepreneur and the Motel Manager. Academy of Management Journal, 8, 268-281.
  • Ma'amor, O. (2001). Nilai-Nilai Universal Etika Perniagaan Islam, dlm. Dunia Islam, Bil. 73, Oktober 2001. Kuala Lumpur: Current Fleet Publishing (M) Sdn. Bhd, hlm. 54-56.
  • McGrath, R. G., MacMillan, I. C. & Scheinberg, S. (1992). Elitists, risk takers, and rugged individualists? An exploratory analysis of culture differences between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing, 7(2), 115-135.
  • Meredith, G. G., Nelson, R. E. & Neck, P. A. (1982). The practice of Entrepreneurship. Dlm. Shuhairimi Abdullah & Ku Halim Ku Ariffin. Membentuk peribadi usahawan berjaya (pp. 38-39). Kangar: Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
  • Mohd-Nazmi, D., Mohd-Suki, O. & Rijaluddin, Y. (2005). Pendidikan Islam Tingkatan Dua . Kuala Lumpur: Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia & Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
  • Mohd-Nizho, A. R. & Mohd-Shukri, H. (2005). Etika perniagaan dari perspektif Al-Quran: satu tinjauan. Seminar keusahawanan Islam II Peringkat Kebangsaan. Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Nor-Aishah, B. (2002). Asas keusahawanan. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn. Bhd.
  • Nor-Hasni, O. (2005). Keefisienan dan amalan perniagaan usahawan kecil bumiputera di Negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Tesis Doktor Falsafah. Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
  • Rosli, M., Lily-Julienti, A. B., Mohamad-Yusof, M. J., Muhammad-Shukri, B., Norita, D., Norria, Z., Syahrina, A., Rosli, M. S. & Azrain, N. M. (2007). Prinsip-Prinsip Asas Keusahawanan.Thomson Learning Publication: Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  • Rosman, M. (2009). Prestasi Perusahaan Kecil: Satu kajian perbandingan ke atas program mikrokredit Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) dan Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usaha Niaga (TEKUN). Tesis Ph.D. Universiti Malaya.
  • Sexton, D. L. & Bowman, N. (1990). The Entrepreneur: A Capable executive & more. Journal of Business Venturing, 1(2).
  • Shuhairimi, A. & Ku-Halim, K. A. (2010). Membentuk peribadi usahawan berjaya. Kangar: Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
  • Vaught, B. C. & Hoy, F. (1981). Have You Got What It Take to Run Your Own Business? Business. July – August.
  • Zafir, M. & Fazilah, M. H. (2003). Menjadi usahawan. Bentong. PTS Publications & Distributors Sdn. Bhd.
  • Zaidatol, A. L. P. & Habibah, E. (1997). Keusahawanandan motivasi diri. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
  • Zaidatol, A. L. P. & Habibah, E. (2004). Keupayaan usahawan Bumiputera melaksanakan kemahiran keusahawanan: Satu kajian kes. Pertanika Journal Social Science & Humanities, 12, 61-70.
  • Zaidatol, A. L. P. (2007). Usahawan dan keusahawanan satu perspektif pendidikan. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia.
  • Zimmerer, W. T. & Scarborough, N. M. (1996). Entrepreneurship and new venture formation. New Jersey: Prentice hall.
  • Zimmerer, W. T., Scarborough, N. M. & Wilson, D. (2008). Essential of entrepreneurship and small management. Upper Saddle River N.J: Prentice Hall.

Downloads

No downloads have been recorded for this article yet. Figures appear here once readers begin downloading the full text.

How to Cite

Ahmad, M., & Abdul Kadir, S. (2013). Characteristics of Entrepreneurs and the Practice of Islamic Values in Influencing the Success of Small Medium Enterprises in Kelantan and Selangor. Journal of Social and Development Sciences, 4(5), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v4i5.756

Share this article

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Maisarah Ahmad, Suhaila Abdul Kadir (Author)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Author (s) should affirm that the material has not been published previously. It has not been submitted and it is not under consideration by any other journal. At the same time author (s) need to execute a publication permission agreement to assume the responsibility of the submitted content and any omissions and errors therein. After submission of revised paper in the light of suggestions of the reviewers, the editorial team  edits and formats manuscripts to bring uniformity and standardization in published material.

This work will be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) and under condition of the license, users are free to read, copy, remix, transform, redistribute, download, print, search or link to the full texts of articles and even build upon their work as long as they credit the author for the original work. Moreover, as per journal policy author (s) hold and retain copyrights without any restrictions.

Keywords

Section

Research Paper

Published in

Vol. 4 No. 5 (2013) Workforce, Enterprise & Sustainable Resources View issue contents

Published

2013-05-30

Submissions

Have research to publish? Journal of Social and Development Sciences welcomes submissions.

Make a Submission