Predicting attitudes and behavioural intentions towards social entrepreneurship: the role of servant leadership in young people / Predicción de las actitudes y las intenciones conductuales hacia el emprendimiento social: el papel del liderazgo de servicio en los jóvenes

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship (SE) refers to the development of innovative projects whose main aim is not individual profit but the transformation of society. The issue is particularly important for promoting youth development and participation. This research offers insights from two studies designed from a multi-dimensional perspective analysing attitudes and behavioural intentions towards social ventures built upon the constructs of servant leadership and lifestyles. Results of Study 1 indicated that servant leadership is a key predictor of attitudes and behavioural intentions towards social entrepreneurship, while having a violent lifestyle is negatively associated with these attitudes and intentions. Study 2 showed that servant leadership style predicted attitudes towards social entrepreneurship over and above other types of leadership (i.e., transformational, transactional and laissez-faire). These studies demonstrate the importance of considering servant leadership and relational styles as key factors in predicting attitudes and behavioural intentions regarding social and active participation of young people. Limitations of the study and applications to designing interventions aimed at improving attitudes and behavioural intentions towards social entrepreneurship are discussed.

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“…Rivera, Santos, Martín-Fernández, Requero e Cancela (2018, p. 2) entendem o empreendedorismo social como "um processo inovador de criação, implementação e sustentabilidade de projetos cujo objetivo principal não é a maximização do lucro pessoal, mas a melhoria da sociedade". O empreendedorismo social contribui com o bem-estar da população, gera empregos e pode, também, gerar crescimento econômico (Rivera et al, 2018).…”

Social entrepreneurial intention: A systematic literature review and outlook

“…This theory aims to analyze behaviors in general and elucidate the process leading from beliefs, attitudes to effective actions. The TPB has always attracted a large amount of research and is still being applied in the area of intent to start a social enterprise (Barton, Schaefer, & Canavati, 2018;Cavazos-Arroyo, Puente-Díaz, & Agarwal, 2017;Ernst, 2011;Jemari et al, 2017;Lukman et al, 2020;Pham & Phan, 2020;Phan, 2018Phan, , 2020Politis, Ketikidis, Diamantidis, & Lazuras, 2016;Prieto, 2011;Rivera, 2018;Tiwari, Bhat, & Tikoria, 2017a;Tiwari et al, 2017b, Tiwari, Bhat, & Tikoria, 2017cYang, Meyskens, Zheng, & Hu, 2015).…”

Community Empowerment and Social Welfare Development through Social Entrepreneurship

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