This research attempted to find empirical evidence that examines the drivers of social entrepreneurial intentions (SEI) through the lens of social cognitive career theory (SCCT). Since the SCCT model of SEI is still in the early stages and needs to be further developed, experts recommend the use of partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyze data collected from 294 business students from a Philippine university. To account for observed heterogeneity, differences among senior high school and college business students were explored via multigroup analysis (PLS-MGA). Across all respondents, perceived support and internal outcome expectations have the strongest total effects on SEI, while self-efficacy and agreeableness have marginally significant direct effects and significant indirect effects on SEI. This study contributed to the field of social entrepreneurship by looking at alternate and developing explanations to the formation of SEI apart from conceptual models based on the theory of planned behavior.

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通过社会认知职业理论理解社会企业家意图：偏最小二乘结构方程模型建模方法

这项研究试图找到经验证据，通过社会认知职业理论（SCCT）来检验社会企业家意图（SEI）的驱动因素。由于SEI的SCCT模型仍处于早期阶段，需要进一步开发，因此专家建议使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）来分析从一所菲律宾大学的294名商科学生那里收集的数据。为了解决观察到的异质性，通过多组分析（PLS-MGA）探索了高中和大学商科学生之间的差异。在所有受访者中，感知的支持和内部结果期望对SEI的总体影响最大，而自我效能感和愉悦性对SEI的影响则微乎其微。