A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises

Huei-Ching Liu (), Ching Yin Ip () and Chaoyun Liang ()
Additional contact information
Huei-Ching Liu: Department of Bio-Industry Communicaton and Development, Natonal Taiwan University
Ching Yin Ip: Department of Bio-Industry Communicaton and Development, Natonal Taiwan University
Chaoyun Liang: Department of Bio-Industry Communicaton and Development, Natonal Taiwan University

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 2018, vol. 14, issue 2, 83-100

Abstract: Journalists have been facing a variety of challenges and are even being laid off in the face of changing media ecosystems in the age of digital convergence. Sharing similar characteristcs with entrepreneurs, numerous journalists have worked together to develop social enterprises, ataining social change through business approaches. The present study explores the intentons of former and current journalists to establish social enterprises, using questonnaires focused on personality traits, creatvity, and social capital. Results reveal that creatvity was found to have a signifcant influence on the social entrepreneurial intentons of journalists, as does having higher bridgingtype social capital.

Keywords: creatvity; entrepreneurial intenton; personality traits; social capital; social enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

Downloads: (external link)
http://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/v ... e2_2018_Article4.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aae:journl:v:14:y:2018:i:2:p:83-100

DOI: 10.7341/20181424

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation from Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione"
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Anna Ujwary-Gil ().