The Impact of Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Performance in Agriculture

Abstract

In agriculture, social capital plays a major role in entrepreneurial performance. This study divides social capital into bounding social capital and bridging social capital. The data is collected by questionnaire, and the structural equation modeling is used to understand the impact of different social capitals on entrepreneurial performance in agricultural settings. The results show that both bounding social capital and bridging social capital of agricultural entrepreneurs have significant positive impacts on the performance of agricultural entrepreneurship. Agricultural entrepreneurs should strengthen strong relationships with relatives and friends to obtain more bounding social capital, and accumulate heterogeneous resources to develop bridging social capital.

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS’ PERFORMANCE DURING THE OMICRON VARIANT WAVE (SARS-CoV-2: B.1.1.529)

“…The survey response implied that the findings of this research prove and conclude that spousal social support is statistically significant for the digital entrepreneurs' performance in Malaysia when the Omicron variant wave hit Malaysia in early February 2022. This is parallel to the studies conducted by mainstream researchers (Guihua & Linping, 2021;Rasool et al, 2020;Adjei et al, 2019;McDonald et al, 2017;Cruz et al, 2015), who stressed that spousal social support positively impacted an entrepreneurs' performance.…”

“…To obtain data regarding spousal social support, social network, and social media usage, which are the independent variables, the 5-point Likert's scale was based on the literature by (Guihua & Linping, 2021;Rasool et al, 2020;Adjei et al, 2019 Kanapathipillai & Mahbob, 2021;Fan et al, 2021;Kanapathipillai, 2021;Olanrewaju et al, 2020). Next, to attain data on the dependent variable, the performance of the digital entrepreneurs, the questions were adapted from (Aladejebi, 2020;Abbas et al, 2019).…”

“…Spousal social support is usually in the form of emotional and practical support, which is commonly exchanged between the entrepreneur and his or her spouse which influences the entrepreneur's performance according to (Gorgievski et al, 2011;De Maris 2010;Mahastanti & Nugrahanti, 2010;Rosenblatt et al, 1985). Furthermore, (Guihua & Linping, 2021;van Auken & Werbel, 2006) discovered that spousal commitment in the form of social support influences entrepreneurial performance.…”