Understanding social entrepreneurial intention through social cognitive career theory: A partial least squares structural equation modelling approach

College

Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business

Department/Unit

Management and Organization Department

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies

Volume

10

Issue

1

First Page

92

Last Page

110

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

This research attempted to find empirical evidence that examines the drivers of social entrepreneurial intentions (SEI) through the lens of social cognitive career theory (SCCT). Since the SCCT model of SEI is still in the early stages and needs to be further developed, experts recommend the use of partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyze data collected from 294 business students from a Philippine university. To account for observed heterogeneity, differences among senior high school and college business students were explored via multigroup analysis (PLS-MGA). Across all respondents, perceived support and internal outcome expectations have the strongest total effects on SEI, while self-efficacy and agreeableness have marginally significant direct effects and significant indirect effects on SEI. This study contributed to the field of social entrepreneurship by looking at alternate and developing explanations to the formation of SEI apart from conceptual models based on the theory of planned behavior. © 2019 Vilnius University. All rights reserved.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.15388/omee.2019.10.00005

Disciplines

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

Keywords

Social entrepreneurship; Social cognitive theory

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