Abstract

The aim of this research study to identify the role of empathy, moral judgement and social entrepreneurial education in predicting social entrepreneurial intention. And also test the mediating effect of prosocial motivation in this relationship. Through the survey, primary sample data of 755 nascent social entrepreneurs were used to test the hypotheses. The hypothesised moderated mediation condition was supported as results suggest that prosocial motivation mediated the relationship between antecedents and social entrepreneurial intentions. Besides this social entrepreneurial education showed a strong direct relationship with social entrepreneurial intentions. These findings strengthen the argument which states that there is a great need from policy, educators and universities to start courses that can imbibe the feeling of empathy. And also support system to motivates students to go for social entrepreneurship as a career choice.

摘要

本研究旨在确定同理心、道德判断和社会创业教育在预测社会创业意向中的作用。并检验亲社会动机在这种关系中的中介作用。通过调查，使用了 755 名新生社会企业家的原始样本数据来检验假设。假设的调节中介条件得到支持，因为结果表明亲社会动机调节了前因和社会创业意图之间的关系。此外，社会创业教育与社会创业意向有着密切的直接关系。这些发现强化了这样一个论点，即政策、教育工作者和大学非常需要开设能够吸收同理心的课程。