A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises

Journalists have been facing a variety of challenges and are even being laid off in the face of changing media ecosystems in the age of digital convergence. Sharing similar characteristcs with entrepreneurs, numerous journalists have worked together to develop social enterprises, ataining social chan...

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Main Authors: Huei-Ching Liu, Ching Yin Ip, Chaoyun Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nowy Sacz Business School National-Louis University 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
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Online Access: http://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/vol14/issue2/JEMI_Vol14_Issue2_2018_Article4.pdf
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spelling doaj-1805c4db369045c4b4897fbd11e7c9402020-11-24T20:58:02ZengNowy Sacz Business School National-Louis UniversityJournal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation2299-73262018-01-011428310010.7341/20181424A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social EnterprisesHuei-Ching Liu0Ching Yin Ip1Chaoyun Liang2 Department of Bio-Industry Communicaton and Development, Natonal Taiwan University Department of Bio-Industry Communicaton and Development, Natonal Taiwan University Department of Bio-Industry Communicaton and Development, Natonal Taiwan University Journalists have been facing a variety of challenges and are even being laid off in the face of changing media ecosystems in the age of digital convergence. Sharing similar characteristcs with entrepreneurs, numerous journalists have worked together to develop social enterprises, ataining social change through business approaches. The present study explores the intentons of former and current journalists to establish social enterprises, using questonnaires focused on personality traits, creatvity, and social capital. Results reveal that creatvity was found to have a signifcant influence on the social entrepreneurial intentons of journalists, as does having higher bridgingtype social capital. http://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/vol14/issue2/JEMI_Vol14_Issue2_2018_Article4.pdf creatvityentrepreneurial intentonpersonality traitssocial capitalsocial enterprise
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A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises
Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
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entrepreneurial intenton
personality traits
social capital
social enterprise
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title A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises
title_short A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises
title_full A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises
title_fullStr A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises
title_full_unstemmed A New Runway for Journalists: On the Intentions of Journalists to Start Social Enterprises
title_sort new runway for journalists: on the intentions of journalists to start social enterprises
publisher Nowy Sacz Business School National-Louis University
series Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
issn 2299-7326
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Journalists have been facing a variety of challenges and are even being laid off in the face of changing media ecosystems in the age of digital convergence. Sharing similar characteristcs with entrepreneurs, numerous journalists have worked together to develop social enterprises, ataining social change through business approaches. The present study explores the intentons of former and current journalists to establish social enterprises, using questonnaires focused on personality traits, creatvity, and social capital. Results reveal that creatvity was found to have a signifcant influence on the social entrepreneurial intentons of journalists, as does having higher bridgingtype social capital.
topic creatvity
entrepreneurial intenton
personality traits
social capital
social enterprise
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