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Social entrepreneurship as a catalyst to break the poverty trap : an analysis of the motivational factors in South Africa

Acta commercii, 2019-06, Vol.19 (2), p.1-13 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2019 African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS ;This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 2413-1903 ;ISSN: 1684-1999 ;EISSN: 1684-1999 ;DOI: 10.4102/ac.v19i2.652

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  • Title:
    Social entrepreneurship as a catalyst to break the poverty trap : an analysis of the motivational factors in South Africa
  • Author: Elliott, Roger M.
  • Subjects: Analysis ; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes ; Business ; College students ; Culture ; Economic aspects ; Economics ; Entrepreneurial background ; Gender ; Industrial Relations & Labor ; Intention ; Motivation in education ; Poverty ; Psychological aspects ; Social aspects ; Social entrepreneurship ; South Africa ; Study and teaching
  • Is Part Of: Acta commercii, 2019-06, Vol.19 (2), p.1-13
  • Description: Orientation: Social entrepreneurship has been advocated as a way of overcoming poverty but many of the studies purporting to explain the intention to become a social entrepreneur have resulted in inconsistent and inconclusive results.Research purpose: The purpose of this article was to examine the moderating influence of gender, family entrepreneurial background and culture (operationalised in this study as individualism or collectivism) on the antecedents to the formation of an intention to become a social entrepreneur in respect of financially disadvantaged students.Motivation for the study: Educational institutions in Africa have not implemented programmes to encourage students to become social entrepreneurs.Research design, approach and method: A questionnaire survey was conducted using a convenience sampling method in which a sample of 200 students was selected from a South African university. The data were analysed using hierarchical regression analysis.Main findings: Results provide strong support for the proposition that students’ gender and culture moderate the impact of the antecedents identified in this study (being close to the social problem and innovative) on the intention to become a social entrepreneur.Practical/managerial implications: There needs to be more collaboration and dialogue within and across all South African universities so that all educational programmes can be developed that embrace the challenges face by contemporary South African society.Contribution/value-add: This article demonstrates that current intention-based models are not adequate to explain the intention to become a social entrepreneur as they exclude extraneous personal and environmental factors.
  • Publisher: AOSIS
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2413-1903
    ISSN: 1684-1999
    EISSN: 1684-1999
    DOI: 10.4102/ac.v19i2.652
  • Source: SciELO
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