Relationship between awareness, self-efficacy, and peers support towards the intention of pursuing postgraduate studies among Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) personnel

Abstract

The objectives of this study is to investigate the relationship of awareness, self-efficacy and peer support towards Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) personnel intention to pursue postgraduate studies. The study has adopted Theory of Planned Behaviour as its framework in determining individual intention. The respondents of this study are among 211 RMN personnel from Klang Valley area. The data was distributed by using online questionnaires. Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used to analyze the collected data such as descriptive, correlation and regression analysis. Findings of the study show that peer support and self-efficacy give significant relationship towards RMN personnel intention to pursue postgraduate studies. However, awareness have no significant relationship towards RMN personnel intention to pursue postgraduate studies. This result is crucial for general body of knowledge since there are limited study focused on Military education in Malaysia. Based on these results, several recommendations have been suggested such as expanding the Knowledge Force (K-Force) program to make it more attractive for RMN personnel.

Keywords

• Awareness
• Self-Efficacy
• Peers Support
• RMN
• Navy
• Higher education