How gender, age and education influence the entrepreneur´s social orientation: the moderating effect of economic development

Marín Rives, Longinos; Nicolás Martínez, Catalina; Rubio Bañón, Alicia

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How gender, age and education influence the entrepreneur´s social orientation: the moderating effect of economic development

dc.contributor.author	Marín Rives, Longinos
dc.contributor.author	Nicolás Martínez, Catalina
dc.contributor.author	Rubio Bañón, Alicia
dc.contributor.department	Economía Aplicada
dc.contributor.other	Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo
dc.date.accessioned	2026-02-19T08:49:30Z
dc.date.available	2026-02-19T08:49:30Z
dc.date.copyright	© 2019 by the authors
dc.date.issued	2019-08-21
dc.description.abstract	A social entrepreneur is an individual that creates a company to generate social value. Social entrepreneurs tend to develop these initiatives because they have a strong social orientation. The reason why people have a stronger or weaker social orientation has been analyzed through the lens of different subjects, among biological, social, and behavioral sciences. However, the literature does not agree about which variables influence individuals to have more or less social orientation. We investigated which variables influence the entrepreneur’s social orientation by using a large sample of individuals (n = 176,460) in 59 countries. Our results show that an entrepreneur’s social orientation is stronger for women, more educated, and older people. The economic development of the country moderates these relationships among the social orientation, gender, and education level of the individual. We found that the individual’s social orientation increases at the same rate as the country’s development level.
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dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability 2019, 11, 4514
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174514
dc.identifier.eissn	2071-1050
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/207883
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI
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dc.subject	Social orientation
dc.subject	Individual variables and economic development
dc.subject	Social entrepreneur
dc.subject.ods	No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
dc.title	How gender, age and education influence the entrepreneur´s social orientation: the moderating effect of economic development
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