The Effect of Social Capital on Social Entrepreneurial Intention among Vietnamese Students

Abstract

This study develops the model to estimate the links between social capital, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived desirability and social entrepreneurial intention. Besides exploring the direct impacts of social capital, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and perceived desirability on social entrepreneurial intention, this study also focus on discovering the mediating roles of perceived desirability and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy on this relationship. Throughout adopting measures from some previous studies, the authors design the questionnaires and distribute to students in Vietnam. The study presents some demographic information of 289 students, who are studying at university and colleges in Vietnam. Then, the validity and reliability of scales are assessed using the value of Cronbach's alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). In addition, by utilizing the structural modeling structure (SEM), the authors show that social capital plays the important role in shaping social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived desirability, and social entrepreneurial intention. Interestingly, besides the direct effects on social entrepreneurial intention, perceived desirability and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy also mediate the correlation between social capital and social entrepreneurial intention. Also, with the interesting findings of the study, the authors propose several recommendations for policy-makers, educators and academics to promote the social entrepreneurship and innovation among Vietnamese students.

Indicators of the behavior of social entrepreneurs at the individual level

“…Some dimensions in this typology come from the literature on conventional entrepreneurship, such as perceived desirability and creativity. Ha et al (2020) analyze the effects of social capital on social entrepreneurial intention and conclude that social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and perceived desirability not only directly affect social entrepreneurial intention but also play mediating roles in the link between social capital and social entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, Luc (2020) builds on the work of Schwartz (1992) to analyze outcome expectations and social entrepreneurial intention by integrating social cognitive career theory and planned behavior.…”

“…Examples of external forces that influence social entrepreneurs are previous experience (Akhter et al, 2020;Lacap et al, 2018) and social support (Akhter et al, 2020;Hockerts, 2015;Lacap et al, 2018). Furthermore, they are types of characteristics inherent to the social entrepreneur that influence social entrepreneurial intention: self-efficacy (Akhter et al, 2020;Ha et al, 2020;Hockerts, 2015;Lacap et al, 2018;Tiwari et al, 2017b), empathy (Hockerts, 2015;Lacap et al, 2018;Petrovskaya & Mirakyan, 2018), emotional intelligence (Tiwari et al, 2017a), moral obligation (Hockerts, 2015;Lacap et al, 2018;Tiwari et al, 2017a), and creativity (Kedmeneć et al, 2015;Capella Peris et al, 2016;Sulphey & Alkahtani, 2017;Tiwari et al, 2017a;Ryzin et al, 2009).…”

“…Class 4 was named "Research Methods" and formed by words and radicals in the range between X² = 6.35 (empirical) and X² = 20.51 (validity). The analyzed studies use quantitative or quali-quantitative methods to model conceptual frameworks relating independent and dependent variables based on statistical tests, such as the study by Ha et al (2020). It is noteworthy that the approach in this class points to the empirical nature of research, involving a comparison between the hypotheses deduced from the literature and the results of empirical tests (Provdanov & Freitas, 2013).…”

“…It is characterized by words that express methodological aspects related to the subjects of analysis. A large part of the studies that make up the sample used the survey as a research method and applied questionnaires to the sample (Akhter et al, 2020;Capella Peris et al, 2016;Ha et al, 2020;Petrovskaya & Mirakyan, 2018;Sulphey & Salim, 2020;Tiwari et al, 2017bTiwari et al, , 2017a. Most of the research was directed toward students.…”

Entrepreneurial intention a bibliometric approach

“…A prominent topic is a relationship between Social Capital and EI, in which structures, languages, shared visions, networks, and ties can be observed (Pérez-Macías et al, 2020). Also, aspects include trust and commitment, desirability, perceived self-efficacy, and social norms (Ali & Yousuf, 2019;Ha et al, 2020;Malebana, 2016). Another topical area of relevance in IE is related to social entrepreneurship (SE); in this approach, approaches are made to explain or model behavior towards SE using seminal variables used in this field, where approaches are made to explain or model behavior towards SE using seminal variables used in this field (Chien-Chi et al, 2020).…”