Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking
In prior studies, several researchers have adopted entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in determining students’ intention toward entrepreneurship, although the application of EO is scant in determining intention toward social entrepreneurship in existing literature. Hence, in consideration of this rese...
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doaj-fe9d5894a6924739af9fe7d6760b3e072021-06-30T23:17:15ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-06-01136386638610.3390/su13116386Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk TakingBingyan Tu0Roni Bhowmik1Md. Kamrul Hasan2Ahmed Al Asheq3Md. Atikur Rahaman4Xia Chen5School of Economy & Management, Jiujiang Vocational University, Jiujiang 332005, ChinaSchool of Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510420, ChinaDepartment of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Studies, BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology, Dhaka 1230, BangladeshDepartment of Business Administration, World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1205, BangladeshSchool of Management, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, ChinaIn prior studies, several researchers have adopted entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in determining students’ intention toward entrepreneurship, although the application of EO is scant in determining intention toward social entrepreneurship in existing literature. Hence, in consideration of this research gap, the current study empirically examines the influence of the dimensions of social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO): social vision, social proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking motive on graduate students’ entrepreneurial intention toward social entrepreneurship-based business start-up. An online-based survey method was used to collect data from a sample of 465 students purposively who were studying at different universities in Bangladesh. A PLS-based SEM was applied to analyze the data and examined the proposed relationships in the conceptual model. The findings reveal that Graduate students’ social proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking motive significantly affect their social entrepreneurial intention. However, students’ social vision does not have direct influence but has indirect influence on social entrepreneurial intention through their social entrepreneurial attitudes. The research contributes to the body of knowledge in the existing social entrepreneurship literature as well as provides practical implications for the policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working toward flourishing of social-based entrepreneurship, venture, and start-up.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/11/6386social entrepreneurshipsocial entrepreneurial orientationsocial entrepreneurial attitudessocial entrepreneurial intention |
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Bingyan Tu Roni Bhowmik Md. Kamrul Hasan Ahmed Al Asheq Md. Atikur Rahaman Xia Chen Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking Sustainability social entrepreneurship social entrepreneurial orientation social entrepreneurial attitudes social entrepreneurial intention |
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Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking |
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Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking |
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Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking |
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Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking |
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Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking |
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graduate students’ behavioral intention towards social entrepreneurship: role of social vision, innovativeness, social proactiveness, and risk taking |
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In prior studies, several researchers have adopted entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in determining students’ intention toward entrepreneurship, although the application of EO is scant in determining intention toward social entrepreneurship in existing literature. Hence, in consideration of this research gap, the current study empirically examines the influence of the dimensions of social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO): social vision, social proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking motive on graduate students’ entrepreneurial intention toward social entrepreneurship-based business start-up. An online-based survey method was used to collect data from a sample of 465 students purposively who were studying at different universities in Bangladesh. A PLS-based SEM was applied to analyze the data and examined the proposed relationships in the conceptual model. The findings reveal that Graduate students’ social proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking motive significantly affect their social entrepreneurial intention. However, students’ social vision does not have direct influence but has indirect influence on social entrepreneurial intention through their social entrepreneurial attitudes. The research contributes to the body of knowledge in the existing social entrepreneurship literature as well as provides practical implications for the policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working toward flourishing of social-based entrepreneurship, venture, and start-up. |
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social entrepreneurship social entrepreneurial orientation social entrepreneurial attitudes social entrepreneurial intention |
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