Determinants of social enterprise performance: The role of passion, competence, and organizational legitimacy

Abstract

Social enterprises have been widely recognized as tools to solve societal problems. As the soul of social enterprises, social entrepreneurs help social enterprises overcome resource constraints and achieve survival and development. However, existing studies have focused limited attention on the effects of social entrepreneur characteristics on social enterprise performance. Drawing on the institutional logics perspective, this paper constructs a theoretical model of social entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial competence affecting social enterprise performance through organizational legitimacy and examines the moderating effect of regulatory uncertainty. Data were collected from 198 social enterprises in China. The results indicate that organizational legitimacy mediates the relationships between social entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial competence, and social enterprise performance. Regulatory uncertainty positively moderates the relationship between organizational legitimacy and social enterprise economic performance. The findings of this study contribute to research on social enterprise performance and organizational legitimacy. This paper also offers practical suggestions that social entrepreneurs should exert their passion and competence, obtain organizational legitimacy, and analyze the institutional environments to promote the development of the enterprise.

How does entrepreneur core self‐evaluation affect entrepreneurial orientation in social enterprises? Evidence from China

“…Scholars argue that social entrepreneurs should take advantage of opportunities and resources to advance the social entrepreneurship process in an innovative way (Peredo & McLean, 2006). Research has linked the personality of social entrepreneurs to social entrepreneurial intentions, organizational legitimacy, and social enterprise performance (Liang et al, 2015; Nga & Shamuganathan, 2010; Wu et al, 2023; Xiao et al, 2022). In this study, we expect the integrated personality traits of entrepreneurs to provide an explanation for social enterprise entrepreneurial behavior.…”

“…Overall there is a lack of empirical research on EO in the nonprofit context (Cukier et al, 2011), and studies that combine this with performance suggest an extra need to explore the individual entrepreneur (Kim, 2010). In line with the call of scholars, the role of social entrepreneurs in the growth of social enterprises is highlighted (Kimakwa et al, 2023;Wu et al, 2023). This paper examines the micro-influence mechanism of entrepreneur CSE on EO, that is, how the results of selfcognition adjustment affect social enterprise trends.…”

“…Social entrepreneurship industry organizations should give resources and policy assistance to entrepreneurs while paying more attention to the psychological state of individual social entrepreneurs and guiding them to shape the correct spirit of innovation, perseverance, and risk-taking, thus guiding entrepreneurs to actively engage in creating social value and improving EO. In line with Wu et al (2023), social entrepreneurs must adjust their mental state in time to achieve the social mission and financial sustainability of social enterprises.…”

A Study on the Relationship between Human Resource Management and Firm Performance Based on VAR Modeling

“…Human resources is a strategic resource of the enterprise, which can provide all kinds of talents according to the actual needs of the enterprise position, stabilize the enterprise structure, and make the enterprise run more efficiently. Performance appraisal is an important part of human resource management but also an important basis for structuring a reasonable compensation and welfare system, which is conducive to stimulating the enthusiasm of employees to make more contributions to the enterprise [3]. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of enterprise human resource management, it is inevitable to pay attention to performance appraisal work.…”

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