International Review of Management and Marketing ISSN: 2146-4405 available at http: www.econjournals.com International Review of Management and Marketing, 2019, 9(4), 54-62. International Review of Management and Marketing | Vol 9 • Issue 4 • 2019 54 The Prediction of Need for Achievement to Generate Entrepreneurial Intention: A Locus of Control Mediation Ida Ketut Kusumawijaya* Department of Management, Triatma Mulya University, Bali, Indonesia. *Email: ik_kusumawijaya@yahoo.com Received: 06 May 2019 Accepted: 03 July 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/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 refective construct. The next evaluation was structural models for testing research models using the WarpPLS 4.0 program. The signifcance 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 infuence 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. Keywords: Need for Achievement, Locus of Control, Entrepreneurial Intention JEL Classifcations: J52, L26 1. 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). An entrepreneur, with character possessed, dares to take risks in designing, determines management, controls business (Akeem and Adekanmbi, 2016; Kozubíková et al., 2017). The mental attitude of entrepreneurs is always creative (Smith et al., 2016) strives to increase income generating business activities. Individual characteristics illustrate the uniqueness of personal entrepreneurs with values and behaviors adopted as indicators of entrepreneurial success (Van Ness and Seifert, 2016). 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 not only supported by technical competence (hard skills) and the ability to manage themselves and others (soft skills), but social values also have an important role in forming values and characteristics of entrepreneurship. Characteristic variables of entrepreneurship (Dinis et al., 2013), namely locus of control is the level at which entrepreneurial achievement depends on their own behavior (Fagbohungbe and Jayeoba, 2012). Propensity to take risk is the ability of entrepreneurs to develop strategies and minimize the risks that will be taken (Obschonka and Stuetzer, 2017). Self confdence is the belief in the ability of an entrepreneur to manage a business (Bux and Honglin, 2015). Need for achievement is an entrepreneur trying to achieve progress and superior achievement in business development (Ang and Chang, 1999). Tolerance of ambiguity as the ability of entrepreneurs to face ambiguous business environments (Green, 2015) (Sharaf et al., 2018). Innovativeness is the idea of creativity and innovation in managing This Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License