Mediating role of behavioural control on the relationship between university entrepreneurship education and students’ entrepreneurial intention

Abstract

The lackadaisical attitude of young graduates towards preference for fixed salary job above self-employed one and their inability in opportunity identification has forced universities to be more focus in providing sound entrepreneurship education that can successfully boost the prospective intentions of start-up creation as well as its growth. The aim of the study is to examine on how Behavioural Control (BC) intervenes in the relationship between University Entrepreneurship Education (UEE) and Student’s Entrepreneurial Intention (SEIT). To succeed in the study, survey research design was utilized as it was cross sectional in nature. Where primary data was collected by means of issuing a self-administered questionnaire to the respondents who are undergraduates students using stratified and simple random sampling technique of 404 Sule Lamido University Kafin Hausa students by employing Structural Equation Modelling with PLS version 2. The analysis revealed that behavioural control invigorates the effect of university entrepreneurship education in enhancing student’s entrepreneurial intention. The study therefore recommends opportunity scanning and business plan competition among students to encourage their capability and competency level so as to find easiness in embracing new start-ups.