Abstract
This study examined how empathy, moral obligation, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived social support, and prior experience with social problems are associated with social entrepreneurial intentions. Through a survey, a sample of 252 Hong Kong students was used for analyses. Factor analyses supported that the antecedents of social entrepreneurial intentions could be divided into dimensions of empathy, moral obligation, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived social support, and prior experience with social problems. Multiple regression analysis results indicated that perceived social support was the most prominent antecedent of social entrepreneurial intentions, followed by moral obligation, empathy, and prior experience with social problems. Notably, moral obligation was revealed to be negatively associated with social entrepreneurial intentions.
Highlights
This study examined how empathy, moral obligation, social entrepreneurial selfefficacy, perceived social support, and prior experience with social problems are associated with social entrepreneurial intentions
Moral obligation was revealed to be negatively associated with social entrepreneurial intentions
Because empathy, perceived social support, and prior experience with social problems were positively associated with social entrepreneurial intentions, H1, H4, and H5 were supported
Summary
This study examined how empathy, moral obligation, social entrepreneurial selfefficacy, perceived social support, and prior experience with social problems are associated with social entrepreneurial intentions. Factor analyses supported that the antecedents of social entrepreneurial intentions could be divided into dimensions of empathy, moral obligation, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived social support, and prior experience with social problems. Hockerts (2017) extended the model of Mair and Noboa (2006) with the claim that prior experience with social problems could predict social entrepreneurial intentions. These studies have provided a theoretical foundation for analysing social entrepreneurial intentions, but further inquiries are required to test its generalisability across contexts. Scholars have emphasised the need for research on social entrepreneurship in Asia to provide a comprehensive picture about this concept in different cultural–geographical locations and in both internationally and locally embedded situations
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