318 International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences Vol. 9, No.3, July 2019, pp. 318–328 E-ISSN: 2225-8329, P-ISSN: 2308-0337 © 2019 HRMARS www.hrmars.com To cite this article: Mohaiyuddin, N., Kardi, N., Arip, M.A.S. (2019). Validity Analysis of Graduate Entrepreneurship Career Determination Module (ECDM) Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach (CBT), International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences 9 (3): 318-328 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARAFMS/v9-i3/6525 (DOI: 10.6007/IJARAFMS/v9-i3/6525) Validity Analysis of Graduate Entrepreneurship Career Determination Module (ECDM) Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach (CBT) Norasyikin Mohaiyuddin 1 , Nordin Kardi 2 , Mohammad Aziz Shah Mohamed Arip 3 1,2 Sultan Azlan Shah University, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, 2 E-mail: norasyikin@usas.edu.my 3 Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Perak Abstract The purpose of this study is to obtain the content validity of the Entrepreneurship Career Determination Module (ECDM) based on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offering a treatment approach towards the reconstruction of cognitive, trust and more positive behavior. The first phase study was conducted to construct a draft module through library research. Second phase study is to obtain the face validity and the validity of the module content. The third phase of the study is to get expert panel views and comments in the aspects of module content, sessions and activities of ECDM-CBT. The sample of the study consists of 18 experts in the field of psychology and counseling. The first phase findings resulted in 8 sessions and 20 activities within ECDM- CBT. The second phase findings show the validity value of module content according to Russel (1974) and shows that the value of validity session and activity module of ECDM-CBT is 86.8. The third phase findings show feedback and modules improvements in terms of content, sessions and activities by expert panels. At the end of this study will be able to know the aspects that need improvement before a pilot study can be conducted. Key words Validity Analysis, Entrepreneurship Career Determination Module Received: 28 Sep 2019 © The Authors 2019 Revised: 29 Oct 2019 Published by Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com) This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Accepted: 02 Oct 2019 Published Online: 03 Nov 2019 1. Introduction Today's higher education is facing challenges to produce high quality graduates whom in the first place, should be able to challenge themselves, versus the graduates confined within their thinking capability and are only depending on job offerings in the job market. This can be further reinforced when it is found that only 58.8% of students in institutions of higher learning are showing interest in venturing into entrepreneurship (NorFadhilah and Halimah, 2010). Until now, the rate of student involvement in entrepreneurship in public and private higher learning institutions is still low. This fact can be clearly seen based on current statistics in students’ entrepreneurship involvement after various entrepreneurship programs conducted throughout the institutions of higher learning. Up until now, only 2.5% or 3,755 graduates are involved in entrepreneurship after graduation whereas the number of unemployment among graduates reached tens of thousands each year. 2016 statistics show that 54,103 graduates still do not have jobs after 6 months of graduation. It is even more critical after six main areas of study were identified as areas which show the highest graduates’ unemployment rates. Those six fields of studies are business administration, applied science, human resource management, accounting, literature and social sciences.