Social Entrepreneur’s Psychological Capital, Political Skills, Social Networks and New Venture Performance

Guo, Li; Liu, Chi-Fang; Yain, Yu-Sheng

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00925

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“…This further supports the idea that SEOI requires a convergence of social, economic and environmental inputs (Murphy and Coombes, 2009). This convergence is central because social entrepreneurs identify opportunities where institutional barriers to resources access and entry are high (Robinson, 2006;Dorado and Ventresca, 2013;Guo et al, 2020). SE is distinctive regarding its context where opportunities stand at the crossroads between the market, non-market (society) and institutional spheres.…”

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“…Social and commercial entrepreneurs differ regarding the type of opportunities they pursue (Saebi et al, 2018): while the latter focus on new needs, large or growing market size in a structurally attractive industry, the former concentrate on serving basic and long-standing needs (Austin et al, 2006). They attempt to solve social issues (Dorado, 2006;Guo et al, 2020), and emerge in a context characterized by social and institutional barriers (Robinson, 2006). They tackle "complex social problems" or even "wicked problems."…”

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A Conceptual System of Antecedents and Processes in Social Entrepreneurship Opportunity Identification

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Richomme‐Huet

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Aiming to complement and ground the theory of social entrepreneurship opportunity identification, we draw from a database of 2,872 entrepreneurs’ life stories with two main objectives. The first is to provide a comprehensive list and categorization of antecedents of opportunity identification in the context of social entrepreneurship. The second is to demonstrate the systemic interconnections between those and build a model of social entrepreneurship opportunity identification. We review the literature and establish a framework of five high-order key antecedents’ areas (context, background, social networks and interactions, affect, and cognitive process). We then proceed to a five-step empirical triangulation methodology mixing computerized and manual content analysis. We thereby identify 42 antecedents nested into 17 first-level items grouped into the five high-order key antecedents’ areas. Our detailed results shed light on a wide array of previously ignored antecedents and provide more precisions about those that had already been documented elsewhere. Finally, we highlight and explain the relationships between the antecedents, show that they constitute an “opportunity growing ground,” and present a full model of social entrepreneurship opportunity identification based on their interconnections. The context of the social entrepreneur combines stable features regarding access to various resources, a strong geographical identity and history, the encounter of several worlds, all condition or are conditioned by his/her social networks and background. This context is also subject to diverse constraints and institutional barriers that can shape the entrepreneur’s background, her/his experiences, as well as his/her affect specificities. This stable context is at some point hit by elements of change that disrupt this stability, triggering chains of reactions between the various antecedents of opportunity identification.

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A Conceptual System of Antecedents and Processes in Social Entrepreneurship Opportunity Identification

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Richomme‐Huet

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…In recent decades, social entrepreneurship has been developing as a research field focusing on the role and interactions between government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and profit-focused businesses (Bacq and Janssen, 2011;Guo et al, 2020). Diminishing government support encourages entrepreneurs to tackle emerging societal problems in an innovative and sustainable manner (Dwivedi and Weerawardena, 2018;Lubberink, 2020 the literature date back to the late 1960s and include the Ashoka Foundation, which was started in India, providing seed capital to entrepreneurs with a social vision; and the Grameen Bank, which was established to fight poverty in Bangladesh (Mair and Martí, 2006).…”

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Unraveling the Role of Empathy and Critical Life Events as Triggers for Social Entrepreneurship

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Social entrepreneurs are generally believed to have started their venture to improve societal needs and create social value. Yet, in order to achieve continuity of their organization, they need to generate economic value as well. These seemingly opposite objectives of social and economic value creation can cause tensions in social enterprises. This study aims to derive in-depth insights into personal dispositions and motivations of social entrepreneurs, with a specific focus on empathy. The study assesses differences in motivations of social entrepreneurs and how moral empathy helps them to cope with tensions that arise from trying to achieve both commercial and social goals. Analysis of semi-structured interviews with 33 social entrepreneurs in Belgium explores the tension between social and economic objectives as a paradox social entrepreneurs have to deal with. First, empathy is an important motivator, but not for all entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs who are driven by empathy often indicate that experiencing a critical life event has led to certain business choices. The life event does not always directly lead to increased empathy but often changes an entrepreneur's career or life path. Second, while social entrepreneurs are supposed to stress social impact, some respondents firmly state that financial impact is more important to their organization. The results show that social entrepreneurs display other motivations that are typical for "traditional" (commercial) entrepreneurs as well, such as self-realization and the sense of doing meaningful work. Empathy seems to play an important role in successfully dealing with the paradox and tensions between social and economic value creation, and more specifically to prevent mission drift.

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“…Most scholars asSahasranamam & Nandakumar (2018) are inclined to believe that the mission of social entrepreneurs requires the formation of a special environment and direct correlation between the development of individual capital of a social entrepreneur and government institutions.Personal qualities of a social entrepreneur, his role in the organization and successful functioning of the innovative business model may be considered a promising aspect of study. Scholars pay special attention to entrepreneurial skills and psychological capital(Guo, Liu & Yain, 2020). Cohen, Kaspi-Baruch & Katz (2019) proved that social entrepreneurs have stronger early ideological and leadership training.…”

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Social Entrepreneurship As Seen By the Future Managers

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Volkov

2020

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Present society development faces a significant growth in unemployment in all countries around the world, regardless of the level of their development, and a decrease in income. Instability in the economy causes inability to meet population basic needs at the expense of available opportunities. There is a need to expand social entrepreneurship, launching of social enterprises, whose activities are based on innovative business models with a predominant focus on solving social problems. The entities` management requires training of management professionals able to deal with complex economic and social issues, rather than performing certain functions. The authors argue that it is the propensity / aversion to social entrepreneurship that determines the prospects for its development in a particular country. To test the hypothesis, a questionnaire was developed and a survey of students of different courses in economics and management was conducted. The questionnaire contained questions that allow us to consider the understanding of social entrepreneurship essence, the role of gender in social business, highlight key characteristics of social entrepreneurship and identify prospects for this innovative model through the propensity / aversion to social entrepreneurship. The study objective is to determine the propensity / aversion to social entrepreneurship in order to outline the future prospects for the formation of a new business model with value orientations on human resources. The results of the study demonstrated the importance of social entrepreneurship amid economic uncertainty and external threats. The vast majority of respondents have propensity and are ready to do business based on the innovative model of socially-oriented business. However, there is a fundamental belief in the psyche of people in economic benefits, but not the combination of social mission with efficiency, which is the basis of social business. The study could be a starting point for identifying areas to improve managers training through identification of key social orientations, which will help in the future to intensify the development of innovative business models aimed at solving socio-economic problems of a society.

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Social Entrepreneur’s Psychological Capital, Political Skills, Social Networks and New Venture Performance

Cited by 32 publications

References 76 publications

A Conceptual System of Antecedents and Processes in Social Entrepreneurship Opportunity Identification

A Conceptual System of Antecedents and Processes in Social Entrepreneurship Opportunity Identification

Unraveling the Role of Empathy and Critical Life Events as Triggers for Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship As Seen By the Future Managers

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