IMPACTS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL CONSTRUCTS AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS ON SUSTAINABILITY OF CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA IN PRE AND POST COVID 19 PANDEMICS
Keywords:
Social entrepreneurship strategy, Social entrepreneurial constructs, Economic entrepreneurial constructs, Behavioural entrepreneurial constructs, Governmental entrepreneurial constructs, Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurs, Pre and Post Covid 19Abstract
Social entrepreneurship (SE) has been significantly recognised to be the solution to
worsening global pandemic, social issues and economic crises, which were caused by
the pre and post era COVID 19 pandemics. The study determined the impacts of social
entrepreneurial constructs and the moderating role of social entrepreneurs on
sustainability of corporate organizations in Nigeria in pre and post Covid 19 pandemic.
Five alternative hypotheses guided the study and were tested at 0.05 level of
significance. A descriptive longitudinal-survey research design was utilised in this
study. The population of the study comprises of 97,091 Nano, micro, small and medium
scale enterprise in Lagos state (NMSMEs) in Lagos State, Nigeria. Random sampling
and purposive sampling techniques was employed and a sample size of 146 and 140 of
social entrepreneurs was derived during pre and post pandemic. Survey Online Google
form of questionnaire distribution was used as instrument administration and data
collection for the study. The instrument reliability was assessed with Cronbach’s Alpha
reliability test of .70. Hence, the data collected was analysed using Partial least square
structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The analysis of the results showed that SEF,
EEF, BEF and GEF has significant impact on sustainability during the pre-covid
pandemic. The study also revealed that EES does not impact significantly on
sustainability and social entrepreneurs have a significant role to play in the
sustainability of NMSMEs.
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