Personal initiative, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial venture creation
Abstract
The addition of new social entrepreneurial ventures to the economy is vital for economic growth and development. However, little is known about the role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and personal initiative in creating social ventures that solve social problems at the bottom of the pyramid. This study examines the mediating role of personal initiative on the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial venture creation. With a quantitative methodological approach, hypotheses were statistically tested using structural equation modelling. This study incorporates Personal Initiative Theory and Social Cognitive Theory into an applied theoretical framework that explains the factors that influence social entrepreneurial venture creation. Drawing on a sample of 243 owner managers in Community Based Organisations in Kampala, our results show that personal initiative partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial venture creation. The study contributes to social entrepreneurship literature using evidence from Uganda, a developing country in Sub Saharan Africa.
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In a study of 243 entrepreneurs in Uganda, entrepreneurial self-efficacy was linked to new venture creation.
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- Authors
- Nsereko, I., Balunywa, W. J., Ntamu, D. N., Munene, J., & Babirye, H.
- Affiliations
- Makerere University (UG)
- Makerere University Business School, Entrepreneurship, Kampala, Uganda
- Corresponding author
- Nsereko, Isa
- Venue
- Small Enterprise Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-06-28
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 329-349
- ISSN
- 1175-0979 (ISSN-L)
- 1321-5906
- OpenAlex
- W3174458765
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 3.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Small Enterprise Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Business and International Management › Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Keywords
- entrepreneurial self-efficacy, personal initiative, social entrepreneurship, bottom of the pyramid, social cognitive theory, community organizations, owner-managers, Kampala
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