This paper responds to calls for more empirical research in social entrepreneurship (SE) and aims to empirically establish the role of intrinsic, extrinsic, and complex motivations, alongside employment status and the existence of start-up capital on motivation for SE. A quantitative methodology is employed, using multiple linear regressions (MLR). Six hypotheses are tested and the results reported show that all variables have a positive effect on SE. For the first time, this study tested the “complex motivation” which has a positive impact on SE up to the level that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, become non-significant.

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社会创业动机的实证模型

本文回应了对社会企业家精神（SE）进行更多实证研究的呼吁，旨在实证地确定内在、外在和复杂动机的作用，以及就业状况和启动资本的存在对社会企业家精神的影响。采用定量方法，使用多元线性回归 (MLR)。对六个假设进行了测试，报告的结果表明所有变量都对 SE 有积极影响。本研究首次测试了对 SE 产生积极影响的“复杂动机”，达到了内在和外在动机变得不显着的程度。