The Relationship between Academic Procrastination and Self-control in Entrepreneurship Education

Lili Marliyah,Della Arny Novera,Fuad Abdillah,Kasidi Kasidi,Dwi Asih Kumala Handayani

doi:10.13189/ujer.2020.082656

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https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2020.082656

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Abstract

Procrastination is related to academic achievement, student health, and emotional well-being in which academic procrastination represents an irrational delay. This behavior is often considered dangerous and even described as an endemic phenomenon. This study aimed to examine theories and case studies on the relationship between academic procrastination and self-control in entrepreneurship education. The subjects were students of SMA Negeri 3 Semarang majoring in Natural Sciences who acquired entrepreneurship education. The data were gathered through a simple random sampling technique using a questionnaire. The results showed that self-control had a negative relationship with academic procrastination. The level of academic procrastination of class XI Science SMA N 3 Semarang on entrepreneurship education was in the medium category of 54.3%. The self-control of class XI Science SMA N 3 Semarang in the entrepreneurship education was at a high level as indicated by the average percentage of all indicators of 64%. Entrepreneurship education that prioritizes optimal self-control and reduces academic procrastination is expected to create better quality human resources.

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Unemployment has become a structural problem for Indonesian society
The results showed that the level of academic procrastination of class XI Science SMA N 3 Semarang on entrepreneurship education was at the medium level
The level of self-control of class XI Science SMA N 3 Semarang in the entrepreneurship education is at the high level as indicated by the average percentage of all indicators of 64%

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Unemployment has become a structural problem for Indonesian society. Those originated from internal aspects such as soft skills, attitudes, mentality, capital conditions, disabilities and others as well as external factors such as quality of education, economic system, a political system of a country, and other factors [1]. According to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), the unemployment rate in Indonesia in 2013 was still high at 6.01%. It decreased in 2017 by 4.57% but increased by 5.28% in 2019. The unemployment rate in Semarang City in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019 were 7.76%, 5.77%, 6.61%, and 5.29% respectively [2]

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