THE PREDICTION OF NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT TO GENERATE ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION: A LOCUS OF CONTROL MEDIATION

Ida Ketut Kusumawijaya

doi:10.32479/irmm.8330

Abstract

This study aims to predict the need for achievement to increase entrepreneurial intention by mediating locus of control of SME employees in Bali. This research was conducted on SME employees in Bali were selected by purposive sampling method with 190 respondents with a response rate of 100%. Research instruments based on the need for achievement, locus of control, entrepreneurial intention (Dinis et al., 2013). Each research instrument uses a 5 Likert scale measurement. The initial evaluation is carried out by estimating the evaluation of the measurement model, namely the validity and reliability of each reflective construct. The next evaluation was structural models for testing research models using the WarpPLS 4.0 program. The significance of the parameters is determined by resampling bootstrapping and using 500 sub-samples of equal size to that of the original sample. The results and discussion show that need for achievement is able to predict SME employee entrepreneurial intention in Bali, need for achievement can influence SME employee locus of control in Bali, locus of control has the ability to predict SME employee entrepreneurial intention in Bali, locus of control is able to mediate predictions need for achievement on SME employee entrepreneurial intention in Bali

Highlights

Psychiatric and independent behaviors that are able to combine creativity, challenge, hard work and satisfaction to achieve maximum achievement become determinants of entrepreneur success called entrepreneurial character (McClelland, 1986; Beattie, 2016)
Evaluation Results of Structural Model Evaluation results of structural model of the research the prediction of need for achievement to generate entrepreneurial intention: A locus of control mediation was testing results of the research hypothesis, where the value of correlation coefficient on each relationship path between variables, P value for each path indicating the level of significance of the path, R square value indicating the contribution of predictor variable to research criterion variable can be seen in the Figure 2
Need for achievement is the cause of the emergence of strength in SME employees in Bali to behave in achieving business success

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Introduction

Psychiatric and independent behaviors that are able to combine creativity, challenge, hard work and satisfaction to achieve maximum achievement become determinants of entrepreneur success called entrepreneurial character (McClelland, 1986; Beattie, 2016). With character possessed, dares to take risks in designing, determines management, controls business (Akeem and Adekanmbi, 2016; Kozubíková et al, 2017). The value and positive attitude of entrepreneurs in developing creativity and innovation can increase economic value added (Vodă and Florea, 2019). The formation of entrepreneurial character is supported by technical competence (hard skills) and the ability to manage themselves and others (soft skills), but social values have an important role in forming values and characteristics of entrepreneurship. Innovativeness is the idea of creativity and innovation in managing

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