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Why do good deeds go unnoticed? A perspective on the legitimacy Judgment of social entrepreneurship in China

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  • WenZhi Zheng
  • Yichao Chen
  • Yufang Dai
  • Yenchun Jim Wu
  • Mengting Hu

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The support of entrepreneurial partners is key to social entrepreneurship and the continuous creation of social value. However, social entrepreneurship in China does not receive sufficient support from venture partners, contrary to the moral spirit of benevolence advocated by traditional Chinese Confucianism. From the perspective of the legitimacy judgement of entrepreneurial partners and using information processing theory, we construct a theoretical model of the interaction between uncertainty and entrepreneurial passion in entrepreneurial engagement and test hypotheses with data from 325 questionnaires completed in China. The results show that uncertainty negatively affects social entrepreneurial engagement, entrepreneurial passion positively affects social entrepreneurial engagement, and legitimacy judgement plays a mediating role in the relationship among uncertainty, entrepreneurial passion, and entrepreneurial engagement. The interaction between uncertainty and entrepreneurial passion affects entrepreneurial engagement through pragmatic legitimacy judgements and moral legitimacy judgements but not through relational legitimacy judgements. We examine why it is difficult for meritorious Chinese social entrepreneurial activities to obtain sufficient support from the perspective of entrepreneurial partners’ judgements, extending the legitimacy judgement theory of social entrepreneurship from the perspective of interaction between individuals and the context.

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  • WenZhi Zheng & Yichao Chen & Yufang Dai & Yenchun Jim Wu & Mengting Hu, 2022. "Why do good deeds go unnoticed? A perspective on the legitimacy Judgment of social entrepreneurship in China," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(9-10), pages 788-806, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:34:y:2022:i:9-10:p:788-806
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2022.2071995
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    1. Liping Yin & Yenchun Jim Wu, 2023. "Opportunities or Threats? The Role of Entrepreneurial Risk Perception in Shaping the Entrepreneurial Motivation," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-18, January.
    2. Yingping Mai & Yenchun Jim Wu & Yu-Min Wang, 2022. "How Does Entrepreneurial Team Relational Governance Promote Social Start-Ups’ Organizational Resilience?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-18, May.
    3. Keigo Fujikura & Akitsu Oe, 2023. "The Influence of Firms’ Pragmatic Legitimacy on Investors’ Perceptions of Their Environmental Protection Activities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Bonfanti, Angelo & De Crescenzo, Veronica & Simeoni, Francesca & Loza Adaui, Cristian R., 2024. "Convergences and divergences in sustainable entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship research: A systematic review and research agenda," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).

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