Identifying the enablers of social entrepreneurship among university students: Mediating role of social entrepreneurial intentions

Abstract

With the increasing environmental challenges, it has become necessary to consider serious measures towards the sustainability. This can be accomplished by starting the new ventures specifically focusing on the sustainability. Accordingly, study examined the influence of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and perceived university support on social entrepreneurial behavior. Additionally, study also tested the social entrepreneurial intentions as a mediator. The study adopted the quantitative deductive approach. The data were collected by using the questionnaires adapted from the previous studies. The population of the study was the students of CAMCED from Superior University, Lahore. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed among the students resulting in 291 filled responses. Study results revealed that self-efficacy and support received from the university resulted in higher intentions to go for the social entrepreneurial initiatives. Additionally, results also revealed that social entrepreneurial intentions is a significant mediator between the tested relationships in the study. It is a significant contribution to the emerging literature on social entrepreneurship. It is among the few attempts to study the role of university in encouraging social entrepreneurship in educational institutions. Its emphasis on social entrepreneurship is valuable in gaining a better understanding of the factors that foster the social entrepreneurial aspirations and behaviors.