More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? Exploring the Formation of a Social Entrepreneur’s Exit Intention via Life Satisfaction

Jianing Dong, Xiao Wang, Xuanwei Cao and David Higgins
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Jianing Dong: International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
Xiao Wang: International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
Xuanwei Cao: International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
David Higgins: Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: This study was designed to test if satisfaction with health and personal financial wellbeing mediates the relationship between prosocial motivations and exit intentions among social entrepreneurs. Using a sample of 317 social entrepreneurs, the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) revealed that prosocial motivation decreased the financial satisfaction of entrepreneurs, which increased their exit intentions. However, health satisfaction did not have a mediating effect on the relationship between prosocial motivation and exit intention. Moreover, adopting the multi-group analysis (MGA) technique, we found that the negative impact of prosocial motivation on financial satisfaction was stronger for males than for females, suggesting male entrepreneurs were more likely to experience lower financial satisfaction caused by prosocial motivation than female entrepreneurs. There was no evidence that gender moderated the relationship between prosocial motivation and health satisfaction.

Keywords: social entrepreneur; exit intention; prosocial motivation; life satisfaction; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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