Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2017.1355251
Are some cultures more favourable for social entrepreneurship than others?
Irena Kedmenec
; a Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Department of Economics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia
Sebastjan Strašek
; Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Economic Policy, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Sažetak
The goal of this paper is to examine whether certain national
cultural dimensions facilitate or hamper social entrepreneurship.
The paper offers a conceptualisation of the possible associations
between Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and social entrepreneurial
activity as defined by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, along
with its empirical testing across more than 40 countries around
the world. Based on correlation analysis that was controlled for the
countries’ level of economic development, there appears to be a
negative association between the national power distance level and
social entrepreneurial activity. In addition, the rate of young social
entrepreneurial ventures is associated with lower levels of masculinity.
The cultural dimensions of individualism and uncertainty avoidance
have no direct linear association with social entrepreneurial activities
of any kind. In factor-driven economies, lower levels of masculinity
appear to support the development of social entrepreneurship. On the
other hand, in innovation-driven economies, social entrepreneurial
ventures emerge more often in those cultures characterised by shortterm
orientation and indulgence.
Ključne riječi
Social entrepreneurship; culture; power distance; masculinity; short-term orientation; indulgence
Hrčak ID:
193194
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2017.
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