Menjadi seorang wirausahawan memiliki pengaruh yang baik dalam membantu para PMI untuk mengelola uang yang didapatkan dari hasil bekerja di luar negeri, agar uang tersebut berputar dan mereka bisa memiliki peningkatan pendapatan hingga kualitas hidup secara berkelanjutan. Dari hasil penelitian-penelitian terdahulu diketahui bahwa locus of control, entrepreneurial self-efficacy dan entrepreneurial intention dapat berpengaruh terhadap kemampuan opportunity recognition yang dimiliki PMI untuk memulai wirausaha. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan melakukan survey hingga mendapat 202 orang PMI yang berada di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur dan kemudian data yang diperoleh diolah menggunakan Structural Equation Modelling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa locus of control positif tidak signifikan dan entrepreneurial self-efficacy berpengaruh signifikan negatif terhadap entrepreneurial intention dan keduanya berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap opportunity recognition. Entrepreneurial intention berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap opportunity dan memediasi sempurna pada locus of control dan opportunity recognition serta memediasi secara parsial signifikan terhadap entrepreneurial self-efficacy dan opportunity recognition.

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Becoming an entrepreneurs have a good influence in helping PMIs to manage the money they get from working abroad, so that the money goes round and they can have an increase in income to a sustainable quality of life. From the results of previous studies, it is known that locus of control, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention can affect PMI's ability to have opportunity recognition to start an entrepreneur. Data collection was carried out by conducting a survey to obtain 202 PMI people in East Nusa Tenggara Province and then the data obtained were processed using Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that positive locus of control was not significant and entrepreneurial self-efficacy had a significant negative effect on entrepreneurial intention and both had a significant positive effect on opportunity recognition. Entrepreneurial intention has a significant positive effect on opportunity and mediates perfectly on locus of control and opportunity recognition as well as partially significant mediation on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and opportunity recognition