Entrepreneurial alertness, innovative behaviour and entrepreneurship education: a framework on social entrepreneurship intention among students

Recently, there is a growing concern over the increase in social problems particularly in developing countries. One way to solve these social problems is by stimulating the growth of social entrepreneurship through social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurship plays an important role in fixing social problems such as environmental concerns, poverty and unemployment. Several scholars proved that entrepreneurship intention is the most important antecedent of entrepreneurial behaviour that could influence the development of social entrepreneurship. Nonetheless, there are still limited studies on the factors responsible in predicting the intention to become a social entrepreneur, which may hamper the growth of social entrepreneurship. This study aimed to highlight the impact of entrepreneurial alertness and innovative behaviour on social entrepreneurship intention, by stressing the role of entrepreneurship education as a moderating force to these relationships. The study implies how policymakers, educational institutions and students could shape the development of social entrepreneurship through entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial alertness and innovative behaviour in developing countries.