Volunteering as a catalyst to social entrepreneurship

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI:10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101628

Derson da S. Lopes-Jr , Marco Antonio Figueiredo Milani Filho , Anne Kathleen Lopes Rocha

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Abstract

Social entrepreneurship has arisen as an alternative to address societal challenges, combining business objectives with social goals. This study investigates the relationships between volunteering, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and social entrepreneurship intentions using Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Data was collected from 1,052 participants across 27 countries, with 47 % of respondents being Brazilian. The results suggest that volunteering practice has a significant positive impact on social entrepreneurship intentions, with a strong coefficient of 0.455. However, the study reveals a complex relationship between these variables. While volunteering positively influences entrepreneurial self-efficacy, the direct effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on social entrepreneurship intentions was found to be minimal. These findings suggest that while volunteering plays a crucial role in fostering social entrepreneurship intentions, the relationship between self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial intentions may be mediated by other factors. The study contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence on these intricate relationships and highlights the need for future research to explore potential mediating variables that could explain the unexpected weak link between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurship intentions

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志愿服务是社会企业家精神的催化剂

社会企业家精神作为解决社会挑战的另一种选择而出现，它将商业目标与社会目标结合起来。本研究运用偏最小二乘-结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）探讨志愿服务、创业自我效能感与社会创业意向之间的关系。数据来自27个国家的1052名参与者，其中47%的受访者是巴西人。结果表明，志愿者实践对社会创业意愿有显著的正向影响，其系数为0.455。然而，这项研究揭示了这些变量之间的复杂关系。志愿服务正向影响创业自我效能感，但创业自我效能感对社会创业意向的直接影响微乎其微。这些研究结果表明，虽然志愿服务在培养社会创业意向中起着至关重要的作用，但自我效能感与社会创业意向之间的关系可能受到其他因素的中介作用。该研究为这些复杂的关系提供了经验证据，为文献做出了贡献，并强调了未来研究的必要性，以探索潜在的中介变量，这些变量可以解释创业自我效能感与社会创业意图之间意想不到的弱联系

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Sustainable Futures Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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9.30

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1.80%

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71 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Futures: is a journal focused on the intersection of sustainability, environment and technology from various disciplines in social sciences, and their larger implications for corporation, government, education institutions, regions and society both at present and in the future. It provides an advanced platform for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development in society, economics, environment, and culture. The scope of the journal is broad and encourages interdisciplinary research, as well as welcoming theoretical and practical research from all methodological approaches.