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The Individual and Behavioral Factors of Social Entrepreneurs

The Individual and Behavioral Factors of Social Entrepreneurs
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Author(s): Mine Afacan Fındıklı (Beykent University, Turkey)and Uğur Yozgat (Istanbul Kültür University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 23
Source title: Creating Business Value and Competitive Advantage With Social Entrepreneurship
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): N. Oyku Iyigun (Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5687-9.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the concept of social entrepreneurs and claims that some individual and behavioral factors contribute to social entrepreneurship. In this point of view, the purpose of this study is to highlight the leading individual and behavioral factors of the social entrepreneur. While exploring the theoretical framework, the theoretical foundations of social entrepreneurship and leading personality and behavioral characteristics have been investigated. The research is based on in-depth interviews with four participants to get a better understanding of the individual and behavioral factors of social entrepreneurs. As a result, the in-depth interviews showed that the social entrepreneurial potential encompass entrepreneurial motivations and psychological, social, managerial competencies. These dimensions contain self-motivation, self-efficacy, risk-taking, purposeful and success-oriented, strategic planning capacity, innovation capacity, social capital capacity, leadership capacity, resilience, resistance to uncertainty, conflict management capacity, and political maneuver capacity.

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