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Entrepreneurs’ Personality Traits and Social Enterprise: A Legitimation Perspective

  • Yingzhao Xiao , Zhen Liu , David Ahlstrom and Yanzhuang Bai EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: December 16, 2022

Abstract

Prosocial personality traits are thought to be essential characteristics of social entrepreneurs. However, extant research has typically focused on how personality traits affect individuals to simply engage in social entrepreneurship but not on the actual prosocial behavior they employ or the eventual outcomes. We posit that studying the link between personality traits and organizational legitimacy, a salient outcome for social enterprise development, is a fruitful avenue for research. Building on the legitimation perspective, we examine the underlying mechanisms and contextual conditions in the relationship between personality traits (agreeableness specifically) and social enterprise legitimacy. Empirical analysis of 230 social enterprises in China demonstrates that a social enterprise’s legitimation strategy via network centrality and the contingent role of the focal venture’s development stage importantly conditions the effectiveness of the social entrepreneurs’ personality traits and their impact on social enterprise legitimacy. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.


Corresponding author: Yanzhuang Bai, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China, E-mail:

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 72091311

Award Identifier / Grant number: 72202157

Award Identifier / Grant number: 71732004

  1. Research funding: This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 72091311, 72202157 and 71732004).

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Received: 2022-05-22
Accepted: 2022-11-19
Published Online: 2022-12-16

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