Mediating Role of Social Awareness on Relationship Between Entrepreneurial SelfEfficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention of Students in North-Western Nigeria

Abstract

Globally, entrepreneurial intention has been recognized as the key determinant of venturing
into entrepreneurial act and was largely accepted as a means of reducing unemployment. This study empirically examined the mediating role of social awareness on entrepreneurial selfefficacy and entrepreneurial intention of students in north-western Nigeria. The study is based on primary data collected from three hundred and eighty-four students using structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed using the technique of PLS path analysis. The finding of this study revealed that entrepreneurial self-efficacy significantly influences on entrepreneurial intention of students in north-western Nigeria. Furthermore, the findings indicated that social awareness was significantly related to entrepreneurial intention. In addition, the findings also revealed that social awareness partially mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial selfefficacy and entrepreneurial intention of students in north-western Nigeria. The study concluded that entrepreneurial self-efficacy aids the development of entrepreneurial intention through improved social awareness. The study recommends that curriculum planners should place more emphasizes on social awareness as it can mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention of students.