사회적경제기업가의 사회적 자본이 기업의 지속가능성에미치는 영향 : 사회적 기업가정신의 매개효과 검증

This study analyzed the mediating effect of social capital on corporate sustainability through social entrepreneurship targeting social economy enterprises in Jeollabuk-do. To verify this research model, according to the three-step procedure suggested by Baron and Kenny (1986), First, we examine whether the independent variable (social capital) has a significant impact on the dependent variable (sustainability), Second, we examined whether social capital and the mediating variable, social entrepreneurship, had impact. In the final third step, the mediating effect of social entrepreneurship, which is a mediating variable between the independent variable (social capital) and the dependent variable (sustainability), was tested. Finally, the statistical significance of the mediation effect was verified through the Sobel test. As a result of the analysis, it was found that as social capital increases, it has a positive (+) impact on corporate sustainability at a statistically significant level. Second, as social capital increases, social entrepreneurship appears to have a positive (+) effect at a statistically significant level. Third, social entrepreneurship was found to mediate the relationship between social capital of social economy enterprise leaders and corporate sustainability. This analysis result confirms that entrepreneurship can increase or decrease as social capital increases because entrepreneurs belonging to social groups with more social capital are more likely to be placed in useful situations internally through networks.