Antecedents of entrepreneurial intention among generation z’s in Malaysia during the ongoing global pandemic covid-19

The purpose of the research is to examine the factor that influencing the entrepreneurial intention among Generation Z in Malaysia. One of the aims of this study is to expose factors that can influence toward entrepreneurial intention. This study also was an attempt to observe the factors that influence the relationship between perceived education supports, perceived informal network, perceived formal network, and proactive personality toward entrepreneurial intention. The method that have been used in this study was a causal research or hypothesis testing in the experiment, and non-probability sampling was used and to be more precise, judgment sampling. Primary data was collected through questionnaires that have been distributed among undergraduates of Generation Z in Malaysia. The data has been collected and analyse among 190 respondents by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The analysis also included analysis of descriptive, reliability and regression. The analysis was done to achieve objectives of this study which are to identify the level of entrepreneurial intention, and to identify the significant relationship perceived education supports, perceived informal network, perceived formal network, and proactive personality toward entrepreneurial intention. Lastly, we hope that this this research would cover the gap in understanding the importance of entrepreneurial intention towards growing entrepreneurship and the business market.