More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? The Role of Work-Related Wellbeing and Gender in Incubating Social Entrepreneurs' Exit Intention

Dong, Jianing, Wang, Xiao, Cao, Xuanwei and Higgins, David (2022) More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? The Role of Work-Related Wellbeing and Gender in Incubating Social Entrepreneurs' Exit Intention. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 19 (7). 3999-.

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Abstract

Why does social entrepreneurship tend to live so shortly? A range of studies tried to answer this question, although very few delved into the "inner layer" (psychological status) to unveil how social entrepreneurs decide to quit. Accordingly, focusing on prosocial motivation of social entrepreneurs and its impact on their work-related wellbeing and then their business exit intention, we conducted this empirical research. Furthermore, gender differences are involved based on relevant calls for in-depth investigation. With a sample of 301 respondents in China, deploying the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), we found prosocial motivation decreases entrepreneurs' work-related wellbeing, which in turn, increases entrepreneurial exit intention. Furthermore, adopting the multi-group analysis (MGA) technique, we uncovered that the impact of prosocial motivation on work-related wellbeing largely is stronger for males. Our research thus contributes to the growing research and knowledge on social entrepreneurship in terms of individual personality traits and how they impact a social entrepreneur's psychological status and thus their intention of exiting the social business. This study's further theoretical and practical implications, as well as its limitations and thus future research directions, are discussed at the end.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	social entrepreneur, entrepreneurial exit intention, prosocial motivation, wellbeing, gender
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2022 08:55
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:06
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph19073999
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3151623