Title: A resource-based view of social entrepreneurship: how the human capital influences the job creation in the Lebanese market

Authors: Diala Kozaily; Nehme Azoury

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon ' Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon

Abstract: Social entrepreneurship is a hybrid model - a double mission implementation which is easily perceived separately but less simple when combined together. The entrepreneurship resource-based view introduces the resource-based theory into the entrepreneurship topic and discipline. Since the entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship are closely comparable, in this study, the entrepreneurship resource-based view is introduced to the social entrepreneurship topic. In particular, the human resources, one out of two other resources or capitals - are part of the social entrepreneur personal development. The social entrepreneur capacities could influence the flourishing of the social enterprise, in consequence the job opportunities created in the market. The methodology is designed on a sample of 38-Lebanese social enterprises to find support for our null or alternative hypothesis for each independent variable we are studying. In details, we find that human capital could influence social entrepreneurship capacity of job creation. On one hand, the education level of the social entrepreneur does not have a significant influence on the expectations of the social entrepreneur to create jobs. On the other hand, the professional experience of the social entrepreneur prior to its social enterprise creation affects the social enterprise job creation expectations.

Keywords: social entrepreneur; resource-based theory; human resource; job creation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWI.2023.130441

International Journal of Work Innovation, 2023 Vol.4 No.1, pp.13 - 34

Received: 03 Nov 2022
Accepted: 08 Nov 2022
Published online: 20 Apr 2023 *