Development of a tool to measure social entrepreneurial orientation

Abstract

Purpose Social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO) is an evolving concept. Though adequate literature has been accumulated about the concept, there is a lack of appropriate tool to measure individual SEO. The tools presently available mostly measure organizational SEO. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a tool to measure the concept of individual SEO. Design/methodology/approach Data for the study was collected using a questionnaire, from 342 randomly collected samples. Various time-tested methods and statistical techniques, including exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, were used to scientifically construct and validate the scale. Findings In tune with the purpose of this study, a 4-factor, 13-item SEO scale has been developed and scientifically validated through various acceptable and proven techniques. The developed tool is ideal to measure the orientation toward social entrepreneurship. Originality/value A review of literature revealed that there is paucity of a scientific tool to measure individual SEO. The study has succeeded in bridging this gap by constructing and validating a scale to measure SEO. This tool, it is expected, will help social scientists, academicians and researchers in conducting empirical examinations about SEO.

Indicators of the behavior of social entrepreneurs at the individual level

“…Subsequently, there were several attempts to study social entrepreneurship at an individual level with different perspectives and theoretical lenses. Diversity around the definition of social entrepreneurship is also found in the scales that measure orientation towards social entrepreneurship (Sulphey & Salim, 2020). With this, Table 1 exposes the aspects of studies that address social entrepreneurship at an individual level.…”

“…In sequence, individual social entrepreneurial orientation is an evolving concept (Sulphey & Salim, 2020). The current literature does not contain a consolidated scale measuring individual orientation towards social entrepreneurship (Satar & Natasha, 2019;Sulphey & Salim, 2020).…”

Do psychological and sociological capitals predict employee engagement

“…Saudi Arabia has a culture which is unique in itself. The culture is strongly based on patriarchy and collectivism (Sulphey & Al-Kahtani, 2018;Sulphey & Salim, 2020). Thus, the current study can be considered highly relevant and is a fresh addition to management literature.…”

Construction and validation of the employability questionnaire for accounting graduates

“…This has facilitated in arriving at the intended factors. The researchers also considered relevant literature while creating the item pool (Sulphey and Salim, 2021; Senan, 2019). Hair et al (2013) advise examination of average variance extracted (AVE) and item loadings for convergent validity.…”

“…Without exception, almost all stakeholders agree on the need for a drastic overhaul of the present accounting education system (Atanasovski et al, 2018;Graves, 2004;Ng et al, 2021;Webb and Chaffer, 2016). However, despite this agreement, there is a wide gap between various stakeholders' perspectives regarding the various skills and attributes (Dolce et al, 2019;Jackling and De Lange, 2009;Sulphey and Salim, 2021), particularly between university administrators and academics, accounting practitioners and employers. This gap in perceptions puts students in a disadvantageous position as the skills developed during the university education are seldom required or are not transferred into the work settings (Jones, 2014).…”