Female Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Influence of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Personal Resources

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship ecosystem have been among the most rapidly growing fields in entrepreneurship research. However, even after having a strong influential basis, the study of these aspects is underexplored within a single study setting. By considering the Global entrepreneurship monitor data, we aim to investigate female social entrepreneurship (FSE) in an Asian emerging country context. We aim to use the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) lens to understand the impact of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) on FSE. We also aim to examine the moderating impact of the entrepreneurship ecosystem (EE) on the relation between ESE and FSE. By doing this study, we want to extend the SCCT to FSE in an emerging country context and find the crucial EE elements for FSE.