Social entrepreneurs are often at the forefront of remedying complex societal issues by linking the entrepreneurial mindset with approaches to solving these systemic societal issues. We build upon existing notions regarding the field of social entrepreneurship and existing forms of social entrepreneurship while deepening the understanding of the different roles that social entrepreneurs must embody on a daily basis. Agency theory is used by identifying principal and agent factors underlying social entrepreneurship in terms of role stressors and role conflict. We outline varying types of social entrepreneurs and discuss role duality, an area with room for much exploration. We also identify and discuss problems for principals and agents within these types of social entrepreneurship. Thus we contribute to the literature (1) by extending on the types of social entrepreneurs, (2) by identifying the threats that social entrepreneurs face through an agency lens; namely the dual role that social entrepreneurs must embark upon, and (3) by describing the boundary conditions of the different social entrepreneur types, we link the potential challenges of social entrepreneurship with a deeper look into the growing domain that is social entrepreneurship.

通过将企业家的思维方式与解决这些系统性社会问题的方法联系起来，社会企业家通常处在补救复杂社会问题的最前沿。我们以关于社会企业家精神领域和社会企业家精神的现有形式的现有观念为基础，同时加深了对社会企业家每天必须体现的不同角色的理解。代理理论是根据角色压力源和角色冲突来确定社会企业家精神背后的委托人和代理人因素。我们概述了各种类型的社会企业家，并讨论了角色双重性，这是一个有很大探索空间的领域。我们还确定并讨论了这类社会企业家精神中委托人和代理人的问题。因此，我们为文献做出了贡献（1）扩展了社会企业家的类型，（2）通过代理视角确定了社会企业家所面临的威胁；即社会企业家必须承担的双重角色；（3）通过描述不同类型的社会企业家的边界条件，我们将社会企业家精神的潜在挑战与对社会企业家精神这一不断发展的领域的更深入研究联系在一起。