Exploring the motivation of social entrepreneurs in creating successful social enterprises in East Africa

Wanyoike, Caroline; Maseno, Matilda

doi:10.1108/neje-07-2020-0028

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“…We thus distinguish pursuing financial success from retaining financial security for a person's financial motive and suggest that social entrepreneurs, while not particularly motivated by financial returns, desire financial security at an individual level (Au et al, 2021;Boluk and Mottiar, 2014). Indeed, some social entrepreneurs consider a social enterprise an option for self-employment (Wanyoike and Maseno, 2021) while many others operate the social enterprise because they want minimal compensation/support to maintain their families (Ruskin et al, 2016). Such individuals may work full-time to attain their social mission and may lack alternative income opportunities.…”

Section: Perceived Financial Securitymentioning

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Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Ukil

Ullah

Hsu

2023

NEJE

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PurposeAlthough few studies indicate that financial concerns matter to social entrepreneurs, the literature is unclear about the extent to which a financial motive affects the intention to start a new social enterprise. Moreover, prior research suggests that the intention to start a new enterprise heavily depends on the societal context in which the enterprise operates. Therefore, this study aims to examine the seminal model of social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) developed by Hockerts (2017) in a different social context; additionally, it proposes a new antecedent of SEI – perceived financial security.Design/methodology/approachThis study used two different measurement scales and samples (n = 436 and 241) in a developing country to validate the model and propose a new antecedent, i.e. the perceived financial security, of SEI. Furthermore, the authors employed the partial least square-structural equation model to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results demonstrate that social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived social support and perceived financial security directly predict SEI; they further mediate the relationship between prior experience and SEI. Consequently, the model by Hockerts is extended.Originality/valueThis study established perceived financial security as a strong antecedent of SEI, thereby offering a novel insight that a social entrepreneur can be motivated by potential financial concerns.

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Section: Perceived Financial Securitymentioning

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Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Ukil

Ullah

Hsu

2023

NEJE

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“…From this perspective, training institutions see these challenges as an interesting area of opportunity to address various factors involved in the failure or survival of social projects. Wanyoike and Maseno (2021) conducted research in East Africa where they found that the personal experiences of entrepreneurs have a determinant impact on the development of JARHE 14,3 social entrepreneurship proposals, which also, according to Ahmed et al (2020), can be influenced by the family support that entrepreneurs have. Emotionally speaking, Darmanto and Pujiarti (2020) warn that emotional intelligence can affect several areas such as selfefficacy, intention and support for the environment, among others, when carrying out social entrepreneurship projects.…”

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Student perception of their knowledge of social entrepreneurship: gender gap and disciplinary analysis of an Ashoka Changemaker campus in Latin America

Parra

Zamora

Montoya

2021

JARHE

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PurposeThe objective of the study was to analyze the perception of knowledge and experience development in social entrepreneurship in students of a university certified by Ashoka as a Changemaker campus and to identify data that argue for equitable training among all students regardless of gender and discipline studied.Design/methodology/approachThe authors evaluated the perception of knowledge about social entrepreneurship of a group of students from a university certified as Ashoka Changemaker Campus to check if there are differences by gender and disciplinary area. The population was 140 students, to whom a validated instrument was applied.FindingsThe results shed light on the few differences among students in the business, engineering and health sciences disciplines compared to those enrolled in the humanities and social sciences concerning knowledge and experience in social entrepreneurship. The findings also indicate gender equality in the perception of knowledge and experience of innovation and social entrepreneurship.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size in the different disciplinary areas is a limitation of this research. However, the findings are valuable in terms of gender and the study being conducted in the first university certified as a Changemaker Campus in Latin America.Practical implicationsUnderlying the statistics and the hypotheses is important in improving students' experience and expanding their equitable opportunities to learn about and implement innovative proposals for social entrepreneurship projects.Social implicationsTraining in equality and inclusion contributes to an equitable and socially just society, especially when this training aims to bring new possibilities to society. This study links with those that have been conducted in other institutions, where conscious efforts have been made to reduce the gender gap or differences by disciplinary area when undertaking social entrepreneurship projects that connect sectors for social benefit. This research also argues for the need to identify the impact of other cultural elements, in addition to the knowledge provided by universities, that reduce the gap among their students.Originality/valueThis study is original because of its hypotheses about university students' social entrepreneurship projects, being conducted in a special environment (Ashoka Changemaker campus) in Latin America. The data were analyzed under hypothesis testing, contrasting the empirical evidence with the theoretical assumptions.

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“…In addition, although there are several studies on the personality of the entrepreneur, most of the existing research in the area has focused essentially on the institutional level (Nascimento & Salazar, 2020), so some authors suggest a focus on the individual (Fridhi, 2021;Saebi, Foss, & Linder, 2018). This seems particularly important when talking about motivations for entrepreneurship, more specifically with understanding the role of action (Sadílek, Kročil, & Müller, 2022;Wanyoike & Maseno, 2021;Yamini, Soloveva, & Xiaobao, 2022).…”

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Life Stories of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs

Cavalcante

Filho

2023

Organ. Soc.

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This research aimed to analyze the influence of the antecedents of the behavior of social entrepreneurs (SE) through their life stories. For this, the dimensions of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) were used, which cover personal attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, in addition to behavioral intention. For this proposition, a basic qualitative, descriptive-exploratory research was carried out, classified as a field study. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty Brazilian social entrepreneurs, in the form of autobiographical narratives. To analyze the data, the strategies of content analysis and the abductive method were used. In both stages, the New NVivo software was adopted. Among the results obtained, a theoretical model is presented, through dimensions, which emerged from the TPB and from the field research, characterizing these dimensions as predecessors, explaining how the life story, which acts in a transversal way, influences the antecedents of the behavior of social entrepreneurs. This study enables the advancement of discussions and the display of new perspectives on socio-environmental entrepreneurship. It is noted that this investigation contributes to filling a theoretical gap, pointed out in the literature, on the identification of characteristics and trajectories of social entrepreneurs, starting from the life story narratives, from the point of view of the entrepreneur, as a person, and not at an organizational level of institutions.

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Exploring the motivation of social entrepreneurs in creating successful social enterprises in East Africa

Cited by 23 publications

References 97 publications

Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Student perception of their knowledge of social entrepreneurship: gender gap and disciplinary analysis of an Ashoka Changemaker campus in Latin America

Life Stories of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs

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