Comprehensive social competence and social entrepreneurial action: the mediating role of entrepreneurial tenacity
World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
ISSN: 2042-5961
Article publication date: 25 June 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to examine the relationship between comprehensive social competence, entrepreneurial tenacity and social entrepreneurial action and (2) to test the mediating role of entrepreneurial tenacity in the relationship between comprehensive social competence and social entrepreneurial action among social ventures in Uganda.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is cross-sectional and quantitative. Data were analyzed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences and analysis of moment structures.
Findings
Results show that both comprehensive social competence and entrepreneurial tenacity are significantly associated with social entrepreneurial action. Results further indicate that entrepreneurial tenacity partially mediates the relationship between comprehensive social competence and social entrepreneurial action.
Originality/value
To the authors' knowledge, this study provides initial empirical evidence on the relationship between comprehensive social competence, entrepreneurial tenacity and social entrepreneurial action using evidence from a developing African country – Uganda. Mostly, this provides an initial evidence of the mediating role of entrepreneurial tenacity on the relationship between comprehensive social competence and social entrepreneurial action.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The author is grateful for the financial and moral support received from Makerere University Business School. The author wishes to thank the Editor and the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback.
Citation
Nsereko, I. (2020), "Comprehensive social competence and social entrepreneurial action: the mediating role of entrepreneurial tenacity", World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 16-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-04-2020-0038
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited