THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION AMONG UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN YEMEN: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

[...]there is a lack of studies investigating the combined effect of classical entrepreneurial orientation and prosocial orientation as elements of social entrepreneurial personality on social entrepreneurial intention. [...]this study aims to fulfil this gap by proposing a conceptual framework on the combined effect of both classical entrepreneurial orientation (risk-taking, innovativeness, proactivity) and prosocial orientation (empathy and social responsibility) as elements of social entrepreneurial personality on social entrepreneurial intention among university graduates in Yemen. In this relation, the level of voluntary participation among young Yemenis are low, in which their willingness to engage in social entrepreneurship activities is less likely to do so compared to Arab countries (Silatech Index Rankings, 2013). [...]more efforts to develop social entrepreneurial mind-set and generate entrepreneurial behaviour in students is needed (Alshebami, Al-Jubari, Alyoussef, & Raza, 2020). [...]there are several calls for more research to be conducted among university students and graduates in order mobilize them to become change agents in their communities (Mandyoli, Iwu, & Nxopo, 2017; Leon C Prieto, Phipps, & Friedrich, 2012; Waghid & Oliver, 2017). [...]based on the theory of planed behaviour (TPB) (Ajzen, 1991), this study aims to fulfil this gap by proposing a conceptual framework on how both classical entrepreneurial orientation and prosocial orientation as elements of social entrepreneurial personality effect social entrepreneurial intention among university graduates in Yemen. According to (Stephan & Drencheva, 2017), the selection of social entrepreneurial activity as career in some individuals can be linked to their personality traits, where individuals are drawn towards such type of business if they see their personalities, impetuses, and expertise align with the necessities of that occupational decision. [...]there is a need to take insight into which traits make up social entrepreneurs' personality which may influence their desire toward pursing social entrepreneurship as a career path.