Social Entrepreneur’s Psychological Capital, Political Skills, Social Networks and New Venture Performance

Frontiers in Psychology

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Li Xin Guo¹  Chi-Fang Liu²  Yu-Sheng Yain² 

[1] School of Business, Huaiyin Institute of Technology;Department of Business Administration, Cheng Shiu University

关键词: social entrepreneur;    political skill;    psychological capital;    social network;    new venture performance;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00925

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Scholars have begun to realize the importance of entrepreneurial political skills to new ventures. Namely, social entrepreneurship is a context, in which entrepreneurs expend great efforts in networking politically to integrate diverse resources and share interests (e.g., ecology wellness) for sustainability. In this paper, we integrate the social exchange theory and the resource-based view to discuss how social entrepreneurs’ political skills enhance new ventures’ performance through their social network (size/diversity and structural holes), and discuss how psychological capital in entrepreneurial contexts can influence new venture performance by political skills’ functionality. By connecting significant entrepreneurship research constructs at different levels, this article not only enriches our knowledge about the ways in which social entrepreneurs’ political skills and psychological capital affect the performance of ventures, but also offers new ventures some guidance on how to use political skill to improve their social networking and performance. Implications for social entrepreneurial sustainability are discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY