Understanding social entrepreneurship: A cultural perspective in business research

Canestrino, Rossella; Ćwiklicki, Marek; Magliocca, Pierpaolo; Pawełek, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.01.006

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“…We find that female entrepreneurs are more likely to deploy cultured capacities around social entrepreneurship in uncertaintyavoidant societies when compared to male entrepreneurs. However, cultures that are characterized by uncertainty avoidance have an attenuating effect on practicing social entrepreneurship overall, supporting prior research (Canestrino et al 2020). Female entrepreneurs are more likely to deploy cultured capacities towards social entrepreneurship in low power distance societies.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Cultures that reflect high levels of assertiveness have practices that encourage being strong-willed, ambitious, and confident. Conversely, societies that score low on assertiveness encourage modesty and tenderness, as well as tradition, seniority, and experience (Canestrino et al 2020). Non-assertive societies foster solidarity, loyalty, and cooperative behavior .…”

Section: Assertivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4 Research does indeed demonstrate that female entrepreneurs give more priority to social value creation than male entrepreneurs . Therefore, cultures with egalitarian gender practices may have higher rates of social entrepreneurship (Canestrino et al 2020), particularly among female entrepreneurs because these social practices legitimate and do not limit the participation of women in various aspects of society.…”

Section: Gender Egalitarianismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a societal context that encourages behaviors that maximize benefits for future generations, we should therefore see more entrepreneurs practicing social entrepreneurship. Indeed, recent research finds a positive correlation between societal-level future orientation and the societal rate of social entrepreneurial activity (Canestrino et al 2020).…”

Section: Future Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Practice rather than preach: cultural practices and female social entrepreneurship

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This paper draws on practice theory to argue that the practiced culture of a society and gender interact to create cultured capacities for social entrepreneurship among entrepreneurs. We combine data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) with the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) and World Bank (WB) to identify what cultural practices are most relevant for female entrepreneurs’ practice of social entrepreneurship across 33 countries. Our findings suggest that female entrepreneurs are more likely to engage in social entrepreneurship when cultural practices of power distance, humane orientation, and in-group collectivism are low, and cultural practices of future orientation and uncertainty avoidance are high, when compared to male entrepreneurs.

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“…Although there is a predominant concentration on 'wealth creation' as a perspective in entrepreneurship study (Welter et al, 2017), the increase of new streams of requirements that evaluate the social value-added role of entrepreneurship is now looked at (Chandra, 2017;Zahra & Wright, 2016). Thus, the concept of social entrepreneurship increasingly attracts the attention of both academics and practitioners (Canestrino et al, 2020), as presented by a growing body of theoretical literature and by the growth of both new scientific and nonscientific communities as well (Dwivedi & Weerawardena, 2018;Rey-Martí et al, 2016). Because of the fast rise of this phenomenon, emerging research is emphasizing the necessity of new theoretical and practical contributions.…”

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

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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.

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Prosocial motives of solar entrepreneurs combating energy poverty in South Africa

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This study seeks to examine the prosocial motives of solar energy entrepreneurs as they generate energy to combat energy poverty in South Africa. Using a qualitative research method, data, in words of survey participants, were collected from social purpose and profitable solar energy businesses using a semi‐structured interviews technique. These represent the reality of the interviewed Social Entrepreneurs because their societal world deals mainly with socially constructed issues. A pre‐developed “codebook” forms the basis to build categories of social issues and to consequently amalgamate codes into umbrella themes that enable researchers carry out structured and systematic contextual analysis. Motivated by innate feelings of compassion, empathy and extrinsic concerns for the environment, solar entrepreneurs embark on social venturing to collaborate with municipalities to deliver public services, to the group of vulnerable energy poor South Africans gain access to public benefits, like access to clean energy, which are frequently out of reach of township as well as slum dwellers operating mainly in the informal sector. This study contributes to our understanding of how solar energy entrepreneurs operate and adapt to the complexity of public energy service delivery venture in South Africa.

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Understanding social entrepreneurship: A cultural perspective in business research

Cited by 106 publications

References 68 publications

Practice rather than preach: cultural practices and female social entrepreneurship

Practice rather than preach: cultural practices and female social entrepreneurship

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

Prosocial motives of solar entrepreneurs combating energy poverty in South Africa

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