Purpose

This paper aims to address essential questions regarding social entrepreneurial intentions. Do traits such as perceived social impact, social worth and social network influence, social entrepreneurial intentions among the young populous generation of Pakistan? To get a deeper insight, this paper further raises questions regarding the relationship of these predictors and social entrepreneurial intentions with empathy which is considered as a key determinant and a distinguishing trait to become a social entrepreneur.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper involves a quantitative research design using a partial least square structural equation modeling approach to measure the effects of the structural model. For this, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with a purposive sample of 247 university students from Pakistan.

Findings

Results showed a positive relationship between antecedents and social entrepreneurial intentions. Overall analysis exhibited social worth as a dominant trait and social network as the least influencing trait to impact social entrepreneurial intentions.

Practical implications

It will help micro and macro-level policymakers including government officials and NGOs and educators to create awareness and provide support and encouragement to individuals who aim to initiate social enterprise.

Originality/value

The present study makes significant contributions to the social entrepreneurship literature, as it is one of the first academic studies on social entrepreneurial intentions in Pakistan. This paper enriches the theoretical foundation by assessing the influence of perceived social impact, social worth and social network on social entrepreneurial intentions. Also, the relationship of Empathy with each of these antecedents is examined for the first time in the social entrepreneurial intentions context which is a valuable contribution both theoretically and practically.

中文翻译：

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同理心、感知社会影响、社会价值和社会网络对社会经济项目中社会创业意愿的影响

目的

本文旨在解决有关社会创业意图的基本问题。巴基斯坦人口众多的年轻一代是否具有感知社会影响、社会价值和社会网络影响、社会创业意向等特征？为了获得更深入的了解，本文进一步提出了有关这些预测因素和社会企业家意图与同理心之间的关系的问题，同理心被认为是成为社会企业家的关键决定因素和显着特征。

设计/方法/方法

本文涉及使用偏最小二乘结构方程建模方法来衡量结构模型效果的定量研究设计。为此，对来自巴基斯坦的 247 名大学生进行了有目的的横断面调查。

发现

结果表明，前因与社会创业意向之间存在正相关关系。总体分析表明，社会价值是主要特征，而社会网络是影响社会创业意图的最小特征。

实际影响

它将帮助包括政府官员、非政府组织和教育工作者在内的微观和宏观层面的决策者提高意识，并为旨在创办社会企业的个人提供支持和鼓励。

原创性/价值

本研究对社会创业文献做出了重大贡献，因为它是巴基斯坦最早的关于社会创业意图的学术研究之一。本文通过评估感知社会影响、社会价值和社会网络对社会创业意向的影响，丰富了理论基础。此外，在社会创业意图的背景下，首次研究了同理心与这些前因的关系，这在理论和实践上都是有价值的贡献。