Toward Economic Growth and Value Creation Through Social Entrepreneurship: Modelling the Mediating Role of Innovation
The concept of social entrepreneurship emerged as a significant factor that contributes toward public welfare and prosperity. Recent studies showed that social entrepreneurship influences the economic growth and sustainability of the state. Therefore, the underlying aim of this study was to investig...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychology Vol. 13; p. 914700 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
15.06.2022
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Summary: | The concept of social entrepreneurship emerged as a significant factor that contributes toward public welfare and prosperity. Recent studies showed that social entrepreneurship influences the economic growth and sustainability of the state. Therefore, the underlying aim of this study was to investigate the impact of social entrepreneurship on sustainable economic growth and value creation. This study also undertook to observe the mediating role of innovation in the relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable economic growth and between social entrepreneurship and value creation. A questionnaire technique was adopted to obtain data from 343 tour operators in China. The Smart-PLS software was used to analyze the data through the aid of a structural equation modelling (SEM) technique. The results revealed that social entrepreneurship has an effect on sustainable economic growth and value creation. The results also demonstrated that innovation has an effect on sustainable economic growth and value creation. Moreover, it was also observed that innovation mediated the relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable economic growth and between social entrepreneurship and value creation. Theoretically, this study made a valuable contribution by examining the impact of social entrepreneurship on sustainable economic growth and value creation and innovation as a mediator. In terms of practical implications, this study would certainly aid the policymakers to devise policies and strategies aim to encourage and promote social entrepreneurship. Moreover, future studies can introduce other mediating and moderating variables in order to gain a deeper insight into the phenomenon. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Reviewed by: Nadia Aslam, Air University, Pakistan; Andrianarivo A. Ralison Ny Avotra, Zhejiang Wanli University, China Edited by: Umar Farooq Sahibzada, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.914700 |