Igniting Social Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Model Based on Social Awareness

This study assessed the influence of empathy, experience with social problems, perceived social awareness of peers, self-perceived social awareness, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy (SESE), outcome expectations of social entrepreneurship and perceived social support on social entrepreneurial intentions. An online survey of 407 Taiwanese citizens was administered, revealing that empathy, experience with social problems and perceived social awareness of peers indirectly influence social entrepreneurial intentions and that self-perceived social awareness, SESE, outcome expectations of social entrepreneurship and perceived social support directly and positively influence social entrepreneurial intentions.