Global Advanced Research Journal of Management and Business Studies (ISSN: 2315-5086) Vol. 2(6) pp. 349-355, June, 2013 Available online http://garj.org/garjmbs/index.htm Copyright © 2013 Global Advanced Research Journals Full Length Research Paper Entrepreneurial intentions as a factor to job performance in public organization Muhammad Abi Sofian Abdul Halim 1 , Wan Najwa Farhana Wan A Latif 2 , Zainuddin Zakaria 3 and Mohd Ariff Bin Kamaludin 4 1 Universiti Teknologi MARA (Terengganu), Chendering Campus, 21030,Terengganu, MALAYSIA. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARA (Terengganu), Chendering Campus, 21030,Terengganu, MALAYSIA. 3 Universiti Teknologi MARA (Terengganu), Dungun Campus, 2300, Dungun,Terengganu, MALAYSIA 4 Universiti Teknologi MARA (Terengganu), Dungun Campus, 2300, Dungun,Terengganu, MALAYSIA Accepted May 30 2013 The objective of this paper is to measure the significant relationship between entrepreneurial intentions and reward with job performance among employees in the Terengganu’s Educational Department. In this paper, job performance is the dependent variable, Entrepreneurial intentions is the independent variable which included five factors; pro-activeness, innovativeness, team-building, risk-taking and autonomous decision making. In addition, the utilisation of reward was also investigated as a moderating variable. A total of 197 questionnaires were distributed to employees at the Terengganu Education Department. However, only 168 were completed and returned to the researchers. Analysis of the data revealed that the five factors (e.g. pro-activeness, innovativeness, team-building, risk-taking and autonomous) in the entrepreneurial intentions construct are correlated with job performance of the employees. However the strength of the association of these variables is moderate. Furthermore, the utilisation of reward does not moderate the relationship between entrepreneurial intentions and the job performance of employees at the Terengganu Educational Department. Keywords: Entrepreneurial intentions, job performance, employees, educational department, pro-activeness, innovativeness, risk-taking, team building, reward, autonomous. INTRODUCTION The concept of entrepreneurial intentions has become a major component in human resources development, where employee’s job performance is concerned. In fact, employee’s high performance can be link to those who have a high level of entrepreneurial intentions. As the * Corresponding Author’s Email: abisofian@tganu.uitm.edu.my Malaysian public sectors grow from being an organisation that depends on routine procedures into highly technologically inclined society that values speed and precision, the positive elements of entrepreneurial intentions has become more important in motivating its employees to perform at the their highest level. In its effort to become a developed country, the Malaysia government hopes to develop and expand its development of human capital in a field of