The relationships between Big-Five personality traits and social entrepreneurship intention

Figures & data

Table 1. Respondent demographics (n = 753)

	Categories	Frequency (percentage)
Gender	Male	439 (58.3%)
	Female	314 (41.7%)
Major	Business	345 (45.8%)
	Education	107 (14.2%)
	Environment	75 (9.9%)
	Agriculture	72 (9.5%)
	Hospitality	71 (9.4%)
	Information technology	59 (7.8%)
	Others	24 (3.1%)

Figure 1. The theoretical model.

Table 2. CFA measurement model fit indices

	Observed value	Ideal threshold
CMIN/df	1.519	Between 1 and 3
RMSEA	0.033	< 0.05
GFI	0.942	> 0.95
CFI	0.961	> 0.95
AGFI	0.890	> 0.80

Table 3. Construct reliability and convergent validity

Construct	Factor loading range	Cronbach’s alpha	Composite reliability (CR)	Average variance extracted (AVE)
OPEN	0.558–0.771	0.708	0.871	0.619
EXTRAV	0.672–0.773	0.712	0.701	0.546
AGREE	0.789–0.910	0.802	0.703	0.602
NEURO	0.757–0.877	0.878	0.788	0.545
CONSC	0.609–0.894	0.845	0.755	0.510
SEI	0.789–0.914	0.745	0.702	0.561

Table 4. Correlation between latent constructs

Constructs	Mean	SD	OPEN	EXTRAV	AGREE	NEURO	CONSC	SEI
OPEN	3.727	1.178	0.786
EXTRAV	3.103	1.095	0.390	0.738
AGREE	3.122	1.422	0.242	0.4242	0.775
NEURO	3.345	1.528	0.369	0.4108	0.489	0.738
CONSC	3.742	1.097	0.429	0.454	0.412	0.456	0.714
SEI	3.172	1.058	0.490	0.345	0.401	0.305	0.678	0.748

Note: The square roots of AVE are highlighted in bold

Table 5. Hypothesis testing

Hypothesis	Relationships	Coeff.	p-value	Result (Supported/Not)
H1	OPEN → SEI	0.47	0.000	Supported
H2	EXTRAV → SEI	0.32	0.000	Supported
H3	AGREE → SEI	0.22	0.000	Supported
H4	CONSC → SEI	−0.41	0.001	Supported
H5	NEURO → SEI	−0.38	0.012	Supported