사회적기업가정신이 조직성과에 미치는 영향: 관계적 자원 및 자원동원력의 매개효과

Social entrepreneurship is known to play an important role in the growth for social enterprises. However, previous studies have shown that social entrepreneurship has a consistently positive effect on social performance, but not on economic performance. It is necessary to clearly identify the impact of social entrepreneurship on organizational performance, especially economic performance. Therefore, this study examines the effect of social entrepreneurship exerted by the CEO of social enterprises on organizational performance (economic and social performance). In addition, we examine the process in which social entrepreneurship affects organizational performance by using relational resources and resource mobilization capacity as mediating variables. This study was analyzed using the survey data conducted in 2021 by the Center for Social Value Enhancement Studies. The results of the study are as follows. First, social entrepreneurship had a positive effect on economic performance as well as social performance. Second, relational resources partially mediated the relationship between social entrepreneurship and organizational performance. Third, resource mobilization capacity partially mediated the effect of internal relational resources on organizational performance. In addition, resource mobilization capacity partially mediated the effect of external relational resources on economic performance, and completely mediated their effect on social performance. These results show that social entrepreneurship is the key factor in solving social problems through business. It also suggests that relational resources can be a strategic factor in securing the competitiveness of social enterprises through resource mobilization capacity.