A Comparative Study of the Drive towards Social Entrepreneurship among Management and Non-Management Students

Abstract

 The emergence of social entrepreneurship as a vital process of solving the complicated societal issues with innovative and sustainable business models that combine social value generation and economic sustainability has become a reality. Since higher educational institutions have come to realize their role in the development of socially responsible entrepreneurs, there is an urgent need to comprehend the impact of academic disciplines on the entrepreneurial orientation of students. In this respect, our current study performs a comparative study on social entrepreneurial inclination between management and non-management students on the role of disciplinary training, exposure to business frameworks as well as educational experiences in entrepreneurial intentions, competencies, and motivations.

The research is founded on purposive sample of 200 students which includes 100 management students and 100 non-management students who belong to different undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The research will utilise independent samples t-tests, chi-square tests of independence and discriminant analysis to analyse group differences and predictive patterns. They are examined under five dimensions, including social entrepreneurial intentions and career aspirations, social entrepreneurship awareness and conceptual knowledge, perceived self-efficacy in starting and running social businesses, motivational factors, and perceived obstacles to social entrepreneurial careers.