TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jasniak, Michael
A1  - Ermakova, Tatiana
A1  - Baierl, Ronny
A1  - Halberstadt, Jantje
T1  - What drives social entrepreneurial appraisal among hearing-impaired individuals?
JF  - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
N2  - Involvement of disadvantaged individuals into entrepreneurship facilitates their social integration into mainstream societies. The present study addresses the drivers of social entrepreneurial appraisal among hearing-impaired individuals within a unique social minority environment. In prior research, social appraisal was empirically shown to determine social entrepreneurial intention. Adopting the theory of planned behaviour, this study investigates the impact of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, general social support and perceived barriers on social entrepreneurial appraisal. Based on a survey with 221 respondents, our results demonstrate that social entrepreneurial appraisal of hearing-impaired individuals result from their entrepreneurial self-efficacy and general social support. In terms of taking advantage of social opportunities, importance should be given to the role of entrepreneurial education and heterogeneous networks across minorities.
KW  - social entrepreneurial appraisal
KW  - social entrepreneurship
KW  - social minority entrepreneurship
KW  - hearing-impaired individuals
KW  - disabled minority sample
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2018.092734
SN  - 1742-5360
SN  - 1742-5379
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
SP  - 236
EP  - 255
PB  - Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
CY  - Geneva
ER  -