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Article

More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? Exploring the Formation of a Social Entrepreneur’s Exit Intention via Life Satisfaction

by
Jianing Dong
1,2,
Xiao Wang
1,2,*,
Xuanwei Cao
1,2 and
David Higgins
2
1
International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
2
Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(12), 6966; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126966
Submission received: 14 March 2022 / Revised: 28 May 2022 / Accepted: 5 June 2022 / Published: 7 June 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Life Satisfaction and Psychological and Physical Well-Being)
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Abstract

This study was designed to test if satisfaction with health and personal financial wellbeing mediates the relationship between prosocial motivations and exit intentions among social entrepreneurs. Using a sample of 317 social entrepreneurs, the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) revealed that prosocial motivation decreased the financial satisfaction of entrepreneurs, which increased their exit intentions. However, health satisfaction did not have a mediating effect on the relationship between prosocial motivation and exit intention. Moreover, adopting the multi-group analysis (MGA) technique, we found that the negative impact of prosocial motivation on financial satisfaction was stronger for males than for females, suggesting male entrepreneurs were more likely to experience lower financial satisfaction caused by prosocial motivation than female entrepreneurs. There was no evidence that gender moderated the relationship between prosocial motivation and health satisfaction.
Keywords: social entrepreneur; exit intention; prosocial motivation; life satisfaction; gender social entrepreneur; exit intention; prosocial motivation; life satisfaction; gender

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Dong, J.; Wang, X.; Cao, X.; Higgins, D. More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? Exploring the Formation of a Social Entrepreneur’s Exit Intention via Life Satisfaction. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126966

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Dong J, Wang X, Cao X, Higgins D. More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? Exploring the Formation of a Social Entrepreneur’s Exit Intention via Life Satisfaction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(12):6966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126966

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Dong, Jianing, Xiao Wang, Xuanwei Cao, and David Higgins. 2022. "More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? Exploring the Formation of a Social Entrepreneur’s Exit Intention via Life Satisfaction" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12: 6966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126966

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Dong, J., Wang, X., Cao, X., & Higgins, D. (2022). More Prosocial, More Ephemeral? Exploring the Formation of a Social Entrepreneur’s Exit Intention via Life Satisfaction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), 6966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126966

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