ABSTRACT
This study aims to examine entrepreneurial role model as one of the factors that influence entrepreneurial intention. The study is underpinned by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and Social Learning Theory (SLT). Using cross-sectional survey research design with multi-stage sampling technique, data were collected from 290 final year undergraduates of two universities in Bauchi State and analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 and Partial Least Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. Despite the weak explanatory power of the study model as evidence by 33.5% coefficient of variation, the study yields some interesting findings. The hypotheses testing results showed that entrepreneurial attitude, perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurial role model have a positive and significant influence on students’ intention for self-employment. However, entrepreneurship education and subjective norm do not have a statistical influence on their intention. Perceived behavioural control of the students has the greatest influence on their entrepreneurial intention. The study concluded that entrepreneurial role model had a great role as an antecedent of students’ intention for self-employment. In the end, the study offered theoretical, managerial, methodological implications and directions for future research.
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Key words: Akaike information criteria (AIC), entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial role model, PLS predict