Predicting motivational outcomes in social entrepreneurship: Roles of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and situational fit

Chester K.M. To, José Manuel Guaita Martínez, Maria Orero-Blat and K.P. Chau

Journal of Business Research, 2020, vol. 121, issue C, 209-222

Abstract: This study tests a structural model of self-motivational antecedents and outcomes over the course of social entrepreneurship using data on 158 social entrepreneurs. The model antecedents stem from two categories of perceived variables, self-referent efficacy and perceived situational fit, which can result in pathways toward three outcomes, entrepreneurial goal striving, aspiration, and eudaimonic well-being. Among the five tested antecedents (experience mastery, social assertiveness, autonomy, effectual reward, and pro-sociality), experience mastery, social assertiveness, and autonomy have strong relationships with aspiration and eudaimonic well-being. Effectual reward has significant, but the least, effects on entrepreneurial goal striving. Pro-sociality measurements exhibit strong communality and cross-variability among the other antecedents. The results show that pro-sociality cannot be determined as a discernible source of entrepreneurial motivation but has an antithetical role in volitional intention. This study sheds light on self-motivational constructs that ultimately shape social entrepreneurs’ intention and orientation.

Keywords: Social entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial self-efficacy; Perceived situational fit; Self-referent motivation; Causal structure analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.08.022

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