期刊名称：International Journal of Business and Management Studies
电子版ISSN：1309-8047
出版年度：2020
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：18-33
出版社：Social Sciences Research Society
摘要：Social inequality is on the rise globally despite the efforts that developing economies are
making to reduce the gap. Social entrepreneurship (SE) has become a fashionable
construct known for its mission to address the social exclusion of persons in vulnerable
situations. The debate on SE has reached various institutions and research networks
around the world. Scientific research in the field is growing, as is evident from the
proliferation of publications on the topic. However, empirical investigations on the
antecedents to social entrepreneurial intentions in South Africa are still rare. This study
aimed at investigating the influence of gender on antecedents to social entrepreneurial
intentions among university students and professionals in South Africa and Germany. A
questionnaire was administered to 703 students from a selection of universities in South
Africa and Germany. ANOVA was applied to examine the differences regarding the
influence of gender on social and commercial entrepreneurial intentions. Significant
differences were found regarding gender and both types of entrepreneurial intentions in a
way that social entrepreneurial intention levels were higher among women, and commercial entrepreneurial intention levels were higher among men in both samples. It
may therefore be concluded that entrepreneurship is still a rather gendered career in a way
that attributes linked to commercial entrepreneurship are usually stereotypically male,
whereas attributes linked to social entrepreneurship are usually stereotypically female.
Furthermore, given the predominantly moderate to high effect sizes of gender, it is argued
that the effect of gender in the entrepreneurial intention formation process is too
substantial to be limited to a control variable.
关键词：Social entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurial intentions; gender
