Social Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Research Articles

Factors Determining Social Entrepreneurial Intention in a Developing Economy

This article investigates the determinants of social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) based on the extended model of SEI, further extending it by incorporating the social entrepreneurial role model (RM). It proposes that their relationship is mediated by empathy, moral obligation, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and perceived social support. The structural model is based on 711 surveyed data indicating partial support for such an extension, with the findings suggesting no direct or mediating effect of empathy and moral obligation on SEI. It finds that prior experience and social entrepreneurial RM are related to SEI through social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and perceived social support. This study contributes to SEI theory by modelling the relationship among prior experience, social entrepreneurial RM, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and perceived social support.

Engineers and Social Responsibility: Influence of Social Work Experience, Hope and Empathic Concern on Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Graduate Students

The synergy of technology-based innovative solutions and Social Entrepreneurship carries an immense potential to provide solutions for numerous environmental, social, and economic issues faced by an emerging economy like India. For an engineering professional, a commitment to society is regarded as integral and can be thought of as being impelled by involvement in various social causes. Therefore, this study seeks to analyze the influence of the Social Work Experience of engineering students on Empathic Concern and the newly identified construct, Hope. Additionally, the effect of Empathic Concern and Hope on Social Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Social Entrepreneurship Intention (SEI) is examined. Through a questionnaire survey of undergraduate students from 49 engineering and technical institutions across the country, 243 responses were collected. The research employed the Partial Least Squares Approach to Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to test the proposed hypotheses. This study found that students’ involvement and experience in social activities significantly influenced both Empathic Concern and Hope. Empathic Concern and Hope, the newly introduced antecedent, significantly influenced Social Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy. In line with the previous studies, self-efficacy positively and significantly influenced SEI. The establishment of Hope as an antecedent to study SEI is particularly novel and contributes to future Social Entrepreneurship research. The findings contribute to the body of knowledge on SEI of engineering students in an emerging nation where studies are particularly scarce, and techno-Social Entrepreneurship may be the ray of hope to address social, environmental, and economic concerns.

Impact of Collaborative Problem Solving on Youth Social Entrepreneurial Intention

Abstract: Social Entrepreneurship has been recognised as a means of improving the welfare and quality of life for marginalised and neglected communities around the world. Social entrepreneurs apply entrepreneurial approaches to identify problems; create solutions and marshal the necessary resources to form social ventures. To meet an increased demand for socially driven entrepreneurs we need to increase the supply of citizens armed with the competencies and desires to address future social issues. Society’s capacity to solve both social and economic problems can be augmented through the implementation of carefully designed, multidisciplinary educational programmes in second level education.
 This paper presents the findings of the theoretically informed Design Thinking process, that sought to explore how adolescent learners develop shared meaning through collaborative, social interactions centered around solving localised societal challenges. This pedagogical approach, informed by a social constructionist paradigm, required students to collaborate in teams for the creation of an artefact that addressed the sustainable transport needs of their community. The study employed a mixed methods data collection strategy that included both the student and the teacher voice. Data sources included interviews, questionnaires, lesson evaluations and classroom resources. Results from the Social Entrepreneurship Pilot Programme conducted with a teacher and 20 students in small rural post-primary school revealed that social learning is an effective approach to increasing Social Entrepreneurial Intention, 47% of students would consider starting a social venture with their group. Collaborative approaches to problem solving proved an effective means of enhancing student efficacy, empathy, and engagement. 82% of students reported confidence in solving social problems in groups but students reported a decline Social Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy – indicating collaborative learning works better to increase Perceived Collective-Efficacy. It is anticipated that the research will be of interest to those involved in the delivery of Social Entrepreneurship education and applied research within this field.

How Gender Moderates the Mechanism across Social Experience, Self-referent Beliefs, and SE Intention

This study aims to understand how social experience influences social entrepreneurial (SE) intentions through different types of self-referent beliefs, and how gender affects this mechanism. To test our conceptual model, we conducted an online survey and recruited respondents via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Our analysis is based on 743 responses. We used structural equation modeling to test the main hypotheses, conducted decomposition tests using the bootstrapping method to test mediation effects through self-referent beliefs, and executed multi-group analyses to examine gender-moderated mediation effects. The results confirm that social experience significantly influences all three types of self-referent beliefs (entrepreneurial self-efficacy, SE self-efficacy, and self-esteem). Furthermore, the mediating relationship across social experience, self-referent beliefs, and SE intentions is moderated by gender, as the relationship is stronger for women than for men. A clear gender gap exists in the relationships between the perceptual variables and attitudes towards social entrepreneurship. This study reveals gender differences in the mediating mechanism across social experience, self-referent beliefs, and SE intentions. This study also provides a practical suggestion to reduce the perceptual gender gap by showing that social experience more effectively enhances self-referent beliefs (self-efficacy and self-esteem) for women. Our findings support and extend Milliken’s (1987) framing of three distinct types of uncertainty to explain how individuals form SE intentions.

How gender moderates the mediating mechanism across social experience, self-referent beliefs and social entrepreneurship intentions

PurposeThis study aims to understand how social experience influences social entrepreneurial (SE) intentions through different types of self-referent beliefs and how gender affects this mechanism.Design/methodology/approachTo test this study’s conceptual model, the authors conducted an online survey and recruited respondents via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. This study’s analysis is based on 743 responses. This study used structural equation modeling to test the main hypotheses, conducted decomposition tests using the bootstrapping method to test mediation effects via self-referent beliefs and executed multi-group analyses to examine gender-moderated mediation effects.FindingsThe results confirm that social experience significantly influences all three types of self-referent beliefs (entrepreneurial self-efficacy, SE self-efficacy and self-esteem). Furthermore, the mediating relationship across social experience, self-efficacies, and SE intentions is moderated by gender, as the relationships between social experience and self-efficacies are stronger for women than for men.Originality/valueA clear gender gap exists in the way how social experience affects perceptual variables (self-referent beliefs), providing a practical suggestion to reduce the perceptual gender gap in social entrepreneurial contexts. This study also reveals the mediating mechanism across social experience, self-efficacies and SE intentions, also highlighting the importance of domain specific self-efficacies. This study’s findings support and extend Milliken’s (1987) framing of three distinct types of uncertainty to explain how individuals form SE intentions.

Exploring the Determinants of Nascent Social Entrepreneurial Behaviour.

Following the emergence of social, environmental, and public health issues, this study analysed the determinants of nascent social entrepreneurial behaviour. This research investigated the effects of empathy and prior experience with social problems on nascent social entrepreneurial behaviour through social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, outcome expectations of social entrepreneurship, and perceived social support. Through utilising the quantitative survey method, this study gathered a total of 560 valid responses, comprising 258 Chinese respondents and 302 Taiwanese respondents. Outcome expectations and perceived social support positively influenced nascent social entrepreneurial behaviour for the Chinese sample, whereas social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and perceived social support positively influenced nascent social entrepreneurial behaviour for the Taiwanese sample. This research enriches the existing literature by taking account of social entrepreneurial behaviour, instead of merely analysing social entrepreneurial intentions.

People-Centered Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Empathy and Social Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy for Social Entrepreneurial Intention

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of empathy on social entrepreneurial intention. This study also investigates the mediating role of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the relationship between empathy and social entrepreneurial intention. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires were employed to collect data from future social entrepreneurs. A total of 250 completed questionnaires were returned. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. Findings: Results showed that empathy and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy were positively related to social entrepreneurial intention. Further, the link between empathy and social entrepreneurial intention was mediated by social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Research limitations/implications: This study empirically confirmed that empathy and social entrepreneurial selfefficacy are important drivers of social entrepreneurial intention and also need to make an educational program that can increase the level of empathy and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Future studies may extend existing research by adopting other factors for the mediation mechanism. Originality/value: This study is one among few studies to identify the mediating effect of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the relationship between empathy and social entrepreneurial intention by examining Korea s unique dataset an Asia-Pacific country. Therefore, gaining insight from Asia-pacific country that empathy, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy positively affects social venture creation is valuable for broadening the social entrepreneurial intention research.

Factors Affecting Social Entrepreneurial Intention: An Application of Social Cognitive Career Theory

Abstract This paper aims to apply Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) to investigate social entrepreneurial intention factors. In particular, the impacts of social entrepreneurship education and prior experience with social organizations on social entrepreneurial intention through the mediating roles of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial outcome expectations are scrutinized. Based on a dataset of 503 individuals who have completed social-entrepreneurship orientation courses, the analysis results reveal that the other direct hypotheses are supported except for the insignificant direct effect of social entrepreneurship education on social entrepreneurial outcome expectations. Thus, the applicability of SCCT in the context of social entrepreneurship is confirmed. In addition, the sequential mediating roles of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial outcome expectations are also supported by this study. These two mediators fully and complementarity play a factor in the respective effects of social entrepreneurship education and prior experience on social entrepreneurial intention. Policymakers and educators can rely on the findings of this study to design curricula that aim to enhance the social education and experience of learners to stimulate social entrepreneurial intention.

Determinants of Social Entrepreneurial Intention of Sri Lankan Entrepreneurs (An Evidence from Current Entrepreneurs of Ratnapura District)

Today the whole world is embraced by harsh problems than ever in the history of mankind. People are suffering due to many kinds of social and environmental issues; climate changes, environmental pollution, natural disasters, diseases, poverty, crime, corruption, economic crises etc. Mankind has to provide innovative and sustainable solutions since they are the root causes to occur such as disasters to the world. To solve these harsh problems, social entrepreneurs have a big role to play. They are the change agents who combine change and innovations and they should possess the behavioural intention to start social enterprises. However, as per the preliminary findings, Sri Lankan entrepreneurs do not intend to start social enterprises or convert their existing businesses into social enterprises. Accordingly, the current study was dedicated to investigating the impact of the determinants on low social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) of Sri Lankan entrepreneurs which was proved by the preliminary findings. Further, the study investigated the significance of SEI in Sri Lanka. The study was conducted as a quantitative study and the deductive approach was used. Mair and Noboa’s model (2006) adopted by Hockerts (2015) was used with five latent constructs; prior Experience with social problems/social organizations, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, empathy, moral obligation and perceived presence of social support. Out of 1,800 Registered entrepreneurs in Ratnapura District to the date, 317 entrepreneurs were selected as the sample based on Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table. Convenience sampling technique was deployed, and data collection was done through a questionnaire survey. Structural equation modelling was performed to analyse the variable interested with the assistance of AMOS 16 and SPSS 21. Social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and moral obligation were not validated and analysis was done by using the rest of the three variables. Analysis results indicated that the empathy, prior experience and perceived presence of social support have a direct positive impact towards SEI. Empathy and perceived presence of social support are the partial mediators of the model which significantly affect the relationship exist between prior experience and social entrepreneurial intention. Hence, it is concluded that both the partial mediators create mechanisms for prior experience to impact the SEI rather than individual impacts.
 Keywords: Social Entrepreneurial Intention, Empathy, Prior Experience and Perceived Presence of Social Support

Millennial social entrepreneurial intent and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy: a comparative entrepreneurship study

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to propose and test predictors of millennials’ social entrepreneurial intent (SEI), mediating mechanisms and influential contextual factors.Design/methodology/approachThis study includes survey data from 1,890 respondents, 315 each from China, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia and the USA.FindingsEmpirical results show that social entrepreneurial self-efficacy (SESE) mediated the relationship between perseverance and proactive personality and the dependent variable SEI in all six countries. Life satisfaction positively moderated this relationship among US students and negatively moderated it among Chinese students. In China dissatisfaction appears to enhance SEI, while in the US satisfaction appears to do so.Originality/valueThis paper identifies the mediating role of SESE and the moderating role of life satisfaction when explaining SEI, as well as providing data from millennials in six countries.

How journalism experience translates to social entrepreneurship: An intention formation study of the Art Yard at Dadaocheng in Taiwan

Purpose: In this study, the story of the Art Yard at Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan, was adopted as a case study. We thoroughly investigated the founder, a former television reporter, and her social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) to initiate a social enterprise. Methodology: By integrating the two classic models of entrepreneurship intention, entrepreneurial event theory and theory of planned behavior, we investigated the antecedents of SEI (i.e., empathy, entrepreneurial alertness, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, social responsibility, and social capital and support). Findings: The founder possessed capability of communication and coordination because of her professional journalism experience and successfully introduced her passionate empathy and profound sense of social responsibility into her entrepreneurial aspirations. Her entrepreneurial alertness and self-disciplined entrepreneurial self-efficacy originated from in-service education and inspiration through action. Social networks accumulated during her journalism career did not represent the primary source of support when establishing her social enterprise. In this research, two additional antecedents of SEI were identified: knowledge capital and work experience. Implications for theory and practice: Social entrepreneurial attitudes can be developed on the basis of passionate empathy and social entrepreneurial alertness is required to address the professional development needs in service programs. Social entrepreneurial self-efficacy in communication and marketing management is closely associated with the journalism profession, and the journalistic passion for social justice can motivate social responsibility activities. Careful selection, maintenance, and transformation of business partners for social support are essential. Originality and value: A new SEI theory was subsequently proposed for future research, and practical implications were addressed for social entrepreneurship.

A PRODUCT OF SOCIAL MISSION, SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND MARKETING ORIENTATION: ENHANCING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SELF-EFFICACY IN INDONESIAN EDUCATION SECTOR

In the current era, there is a major need to make some effective development in the social entrepreneurship based strategic approach in business development. This paper is an informative approach based on critically consider the number of external factors that enhanced the self-efficacy of social entrepreneurship in the education sector of Indonesia. In this paper, social mission orientation, sustainability entrepreneurial orientation, and marketing orientation are act as an independent variable, risk management as a moderator, while social entrepreneurial self-efficacy is studied as a dependent variable. An online survey-based quantitative research method is used for data collection. After implementing the structural equation modeling (SEM) and moderation analysis based statistical testing, it becomes concluded that risk management acts as a strong moderator which enhance the influence of sustainability entrepreneurial orientation and marketing orientation on the social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. But the social mission orientation does not majorly impact on self-efficacy because of its higher risk factor. This is an attractive approach in front of the Indonesian education sector to enhance their understanding regarding the efficient social entrepreneurship that helps them to make a long-lasting decision. No doubt, this is a challenging and informative paper but there are some limitations like lack of mixed method based versatile research and lack of value co-creation factor may impact the authenticity of this paper which can be overcome by the upcoming related field scholars. Keywords: Social Mission; Sustainable Entrepreneurial and Marketing Orientation

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

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.

The Propensity for Social Entrepreneurship During the Coronavirus Outbreak

This research aims to explore scholarly the propensity for social entrepreneurship (PSE) under the condition of Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and the large scale of social distancing in Jakarta, Indonesia. Entrepreneurial education is expected to encourage awareness of social problems among students. This research examines the relationship between perceived social supports and PSE. Additionally, it investigates the mediating effect of self-efficacy that links among empathy, moral obligation, and prior experience towards PSE. As many as 180 students filled the questionnaire through google forms during April 22-29th 2020. By using Smart-PLS proves a significant effect of perceived social support toward PSE and discovers the mediation effect on social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The result shows a positive mindset on social entrepreneurship among students whereas this pandemic is as a trigger to intent in social entrepreneurship. It is a mechanism when understanding the social entrepreneurial education for students, thus leaders can utilize to improve regulation in the entrepreneurship learning program.

Empathy, Social Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy, and Social Entrepreneurial Intention: The Moderated Mediation Effect of Gender

공감은 사회적 기업가의 주요 특징 중 하나로 많은 연구자들의 지지를 받아왔다. 그러나 공감이 탁월하다고하여 반드시 사회적 기업가 의도로 직접 연결되는 것이 아니라, 공감은 자기효능감과 같은 특정한 매개요인을통해 간접적으로 사회적 기업가 의도로 이어질 수 있다. 따라서 공감이 뛰어난 사람이 어떠한 과정을 통해사회적 기업가 의도로 연결되는지에 대한 동기부여 과정의 매커니즘을 이해할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 공감과 사회적 기업가 의도의 관계에 대한 혼재된 연구결과들의 관계를 정리하고, 이들관계가 작동하는 매커니즘 규명에 초점을 둔다. 구체적인 연구 목적은 다음과 같다. 첫째 본 연구는 공감과사회적 기업가 의도의 관계에 대해 확인한다. 둘째, 본 연구는 사회기업가적 자기효능감과 사회적 기업가의도의 관계에 대해 검증한다. 셋째, 본 연구는 공감과 사회적 기업가 의도의 관계에 대한 사회적 기업가효능감의 매개효과에 대해 검증한다. 마지막으로, 공감이 사회기업가적 자기효능감을 매개하여 사회적 기업가의도에 미치는 효과가 성별에 따라 다른지 성별의 조절된 매개효과에 대해 검증한다. 본 연구는 전국 소재 일반 근로자들을 대상으로 하였으며, 자료 수집은 온라인 설문조사를 통해 이루어졌다. 총 342개의 자료가 수집되었고, 이 중 335개의 자료가 최종 분석에 활용되었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 25.0 프로그램과 Hayes’ PROCESS macro version 3.1 (Hayes, 2013)을 사용하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 공감은 사회적 기업가 의도에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었고, 둘째, 사회기업가적자기효능감 역시 사회적 기업가 의도에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 공감은 사회기업가적자기효능감에 매개되어 사회적 기업가 의도가 증가하는 것으로 분석되었다. 마지막으로 이러한 일련의 매커니즘에 대한 성별의 조절된 매개효과는 남성이 여성보다 더 강한 것으로 확인되었다. 이상의 결과를 토대로학문적, 실무적 시사점이 제시되었고 기존 연구의 한계점을 토대로 향후 연구 방향이 함께 제시되었다.

Sharing achievement and social entrepreneurial intention

PurposeThis study explores the influence of sharing achievement (i.e. sustainability, enjoyment, and economic benefits) obtained by participating in the sharing economy on social entrepreneurial intention (SEI), as well as the role of perceived social worth and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy (SESE).Design/methodology/approachThis study used multiple regression analysis on a sample of 331 MBA students aged between 24 and 48 years.FindingsThe findings indicate that sharing achievement is positively related with SEI, and perceived social worth mediates the relationship between them. Moreover, SESE not only has a moderating effect on the relationship between perceived social worth and SEI but also positively moderates the overall mediation model.Practical implicationsEntrepreneurship educators could focus on improving students' SESE through courses and training. Whereas, policymakers and decision makers should actively promote the sharing economy model and regulate its management. Moreover, existing organizers of the sharing economy should improve participants' sharing achievement.Originality/valueThis study determines the relationship between sharing achievement and SEI and enriches the push/pull theory from the perspective of pull factors in the context of the sharing economy. Moreover, by exploring the mediating effect of perceived social worth and the moderating effect of SESE, the study provides understanding on the influence mechanisms of sharing achievements on SEI.

Discovering differences in the relationship among social entrepreneurial orientation, extensions to market orientation and value co-creation – The moderating role of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Drawing on an integrated framework of social entrepreneurial orientation theory, this study develops and examines a mediated-moderation model of the mutual relationships among critical attributes of social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO) and tests the buffering role of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the market and value co-creation processes. In a sample of 386 cultural and creative firms’ managers, with a discussion of the mutual relationships of SEO, the results show that having a social mission orientation may influence proactiveness through innovativeness and an effectual and sustainability orientation and that risk management may strengthen the relationships between sustainability orientation and proactiveness. Moreover, the findings suggest a positive relationship between proactiveness and value co-creation mediated by market orientation. Those mutual positive effects are also influenced by the buffering mechanism of high social entrepreneurial self-efficacy.

The mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between moral judgement, empathy and social opportunity recognition in South Africa

PurposeScholars researching entrepreneurship argue that the distinct characteristics of social entrepreneurs, together with the particular category of opportunities they pursue, invite us to further understand social entrepreneurship (SE) as a distinct field of investigation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate opportunity recognition behaviour of social entrepreneurs and closely related unique attributes of empathy, moral judgement (MRJ) and self-efficacy, in an emerging market African context.Design/methodology/approachA survey was administered to social entrepreneurs across two of the largest provinces in South Africa, namely Cape Town and Gauteng. Hypotheses were statistically tested using correlational analysis and hierarchical regression with mediation effects.FindingsResults reveal that social entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) plays a significant mediating effect in the relationship between MRJ and social opportunity recognition. Moreover, perceived MRJ and social ESE act as important determinants of increased social opportunity recognition.Originality/valueThis study has brought to attention the relevance of opportunity recognition to social entrepreneurs, while recognising their distinctive features in terms of empathy and MRJ. While self-efficacy and opportunity recognition are relatively well established in the traditional entrepreneurship literature, this study extends the reach of these variables into the SE domain.

An Empirical Investigation on the Psychological Antecedents of Social Entrepreneurship

Abstract Despite the growing phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, the existing literature has limited quantitative findings on its determinants. This study examines the psychological origins of social entrepreneurial behavior based on the motivated information processing theory. Our structural equation modeling analysis of 179 nascent social entrepreneurs in South Korea indicates the indirect effects of prosocial motivation on social enterprise creation behavior through perceived meaningfulness and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Our findings empirically identify the cognitive mechanisms between prosocial motivation and social entrepreneurial behavior. Also, the results of this research complement the existing scholarly conversations that compare the motives of social entrepreneurs with those of commercial entrepreneurs.

Factors affecting social entrepreneurship intentions among agricultural university students in Taiwan

Taiwan’s agriculture is again generating local interest after years of decline as awareness of problems facing development and food safety grows. Agriculture-related social entrepreneurship is seen as a crucial solution to the challenges faced and has gradually become part of mainstream business in rural areas. This study examined whether empathy, social responsibility, social capital and support, and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy affect social entrepreneurial intentions. Through an online and offline survey, a sample of Taiwanese agricultural college students (n=464) were recruited for analysis. The factor analyses supported previous studies and proved that the factor structures of subscales used in this study were stable, with the exception of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Multiple regression analysis results indicated that management efficacy was the most prominent factor affecting social entrepreneurial conviction, followed by stakeholder perspective and communication efficacy. In addition, management efficacy was the strongest factor affecting social entrepreneurial preparation, followed by stakeholder perspective and affective empathy. Notably, cognitive empathy was revealed to be negatively associated with social entrepreneurial preparation. Social capital and support were found to have no association with social entrepreneurial intentions.