Faculty of Engineering and Business, Universidad de Las Américas, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas, Quito, Ecuador.
PLoS One. 2024 Apr 16;19(4):e0301178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301178. eCollection 2024.
The literature mostly has addressed the determinants of entrepreneurial intention in general and social entrepreneurship, without focusing specifically on sustainable entrepreneurial intention despite it has become highly relevant in addressing environmental degradation and social challenges. This study aims to contributes to the understanding of psychological and social factors that influence sustainable business, evaluating the effect of resilience, subjective norms, and perceived social support on sustainable entrepreneurial intention. We analysed the online survey responses of 433 students from Chile and Ecuador enrolled in business and engineering programs using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Models (PLS-SEM), moreover, a multi-group analysis (MGA) has been conducted to assess gender differences. The findings have supported the positive effect of psychological resilience and subjective norms on perceived social support, besides, an important effect of social support on sustainable entrepreneurial intention was found. These results offer new evidence regarding the significance of the social environment, support networks, and resilience of university students in fostering the establishment of sustainable businesses with a focus on social well-being and environmental protection in Latin America. This is particularly pertinent as the countries in this region are grappling with social and environmental challenges that could be addressed through sustainable entrepreneurship.
文献主要探讨了创业意向的决定因素，包括一般创业意向和社会创业意向，但没有特别关注可持续创业意向，尽管它在应对环境恶化和社会挑战方面变得非常重要。本研究旨在深入了解影响可持续商业的心理和社会因素，评估韧性、主观规范和感知社会支持对可持续创业意向的影响。我们分析了来自智利和厄瓜多尔的 433 名商业和工程专业学生的在线调查回复，使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）进行分析，此外，还进行了多群组分析（MGA）以评估性别差异。研究结果支持了心理韧性和主观规范对感知社会支持的积极影响，此外，还发现社会支持对可持续创业意向有重要影响。这些结果提供了新的证据，证明了社会环境、支持网络和大学生韧性在培养以社会福祉和环境保护为重点的可持续企业方面的重要性，特别是在该地区的国家正在应对可能通过可持续创业来解决的社会和环境挑战的情况下。
