Purpose

The purpose of this study is to analyze how university men and women in different disciplines of study in Mexico perceive social entrepreneurship competencies, using a multifactorial analysis to find possible areas of opportunity to reduce the gender gap in social-entrepreneurship-project proposals.

Design/methodology/approach

This is a quantitative study with a validated questionnaire that records the perception levels of five social entrepreneurship subcompetencies. The survey, which includes 28 indicators, was applied to 140 university students from different disciplines. Hypothesis testing was applied to identify significant differences between men and women in each subcompetency by disciplinary area.

Findings

In the global sample, significant differences by gender were observed only in the social value subcompetency. In the disciplinary analysis, significant differences were found in architecture and design, business, and engineering and science.

Research limitations/implications

The questionnaire only gathered data about the students' perceptions. To the extent that perception is triangulated with other instruments, it is possible to increase knowledge regarding how to train in social entrepreneurship.

Practical implications

The results can be useful for university training and increasing the envisioning and formulating of government projects by young people who create new businesses.

Originality/value

This research contributes to the literature on the role of gender-specific perceptions of social entrepreneurship in Mexico.

中文翻译：

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社会创业能力：一种按学科和性别分类的方法

目的

本研究的目的是分析墨西哥不同研究学科的大学男女如何看待社会创业能力，使用多因素分析来寻找可能的机会领域，以减少社会创业项目提案中的性别差距。

设计/方法/方法

这是一项带有经过验证的问卷的定量研究，该问卷记录了五种社会创业子能力的感知水平。该调查包括 28 个指标，对来自不同学科的 140 名大学生进行了调查。应用假设检验来确定各个学科领域的男性和女性在每个子能力中的显着差异。

发现

在全球样本中，仅在社会价值子胜任力方面观察到了性别的显着差异。在学科分析中，发现建筑与设计、商业、工程与科学存在显着差异。

研究限制/影响

问卷仅收集有关学生看法的数据。就感知与其他工具进行三角测量而言，可以增加有关如何培训社会创业的知识。

实际影响

研究结果可用于大学培训和增加创建新企业的年轻人对政府项目的构想和制定。

原创性/价值

这项研究有助于有关墨西哥社会企业家的性别特定看法的作用的文献。