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Entrepreneurial behaviour is a result of cognitive process; several studies have frequently applied Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to explain the decision making process, which leads to the creation of a new business ventures (Farooq, 2016). Particularly, authors such as Farooq, Salam, Fayolle, Jaafar and Ayupp (2018), Farooq, Salam, Ur Rehman, Fayolle, Jaafar and Ayupp (2018), Krueger (2007), Krueger et al. (2000), Heuer and Kolvereid (2014), Iakovleva et al. (2011), Kolvereid (1996a), Fayolle et al. (2006), Fayolle and Gailly (2008) Liñán and Santos (2007) and Liñán (2004, 2008) used TPB for analysing the entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial decision making process. Somehow these studies agree that the intention to choose self-employment depends on characters’ personal attitude, perceived behavioural control towards entrepreneurship and the effect of perceived subjective norms towards entrepreneurship (Farooq, Salam, Fayolle, Jaafar and Ayupp, 2018; Farooq, Salam, Ur Rehman, Fayolle, Jaafar and Ayupp, 2018). Despite this, there is still much to be explored regarding the way in which entrepreneurial intention is formed (Salam et al., 2017). Authors such as Farooq, Salam, Fayolle, Jaafar and Ayupp (2018), Farooq, Salam, Ur Rehman, Fayolle, Jaafar and Ayupp (2018), Liñán and Santos (2007) and Davidson and Honig (2003) argue that personal beliefs and social values affect the motivational drive towards becoming an entrepreneur. Hence, if the social environment is more supportive towards the entrepreneurial activity, it is plausible that an individual will be more inclined towards choosing self-employment as a career option (Farooq et al., 2017). Similar to the external environment, personal attributes of an individual may also affect entrepreneurial intention (Burger-Helmchen, 2012). This study argue, that entrepreneurship is different from other human behaviours (e.g. eating, sleeping, smoking and travelling behaviour); there is a strong reason to believe that entrepreneurial behaviour requires special skills (entrepreneurial skills), whereas any special skills are definitely not required for smoking behaviour (Farooq, 2016). Further, entrepreneurial behaviour requires social support because business, being an economic activity, cannot be performed in isolation, unlike sleeping or eating behaviour (Farooq et al., 2017). Further in the same context, this study argues that entrepreneurial activity requires way more resources (such as financial resources, human resources, information resources, etc.) than any other behavioural aspect (Farooq, 2016). Unfortunately, previous studies have been treating...