Social entrepreneurship attitudes and activity in Indonesia

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been one of the most desirable career choice in Indonesia. On the other hand, Indonesia is on the second place in terms of entrepreneurial intention, and has 17.67% of earlystage entrepreneurial activity, which is the highest number in 2015 among the five ASEAN countries. This phenomenon shows that Indonesia has the potential to develop more established entrepreneurs. The social entrepreneurs are aiming to change the society into a better one. They can be considered as a successful social entrepreneur when the society perceived the benefits of their businesses. The social entrepreneurs would receive higher status in the society when their businesses could affect and change the society positively, and exceedingly when their businesses are exposed by the media. The study at national level shows that social entrepreneurs in Indonesia are more likely to engage with one another to solve the issues in the society. Social entrepreneurs are more likely to engage with their environment, and that could give them more understanding about their environment. Although, the social entrepreneurs are on the third rank, but not too far behind the established Indonesia entrepreneurs. Moreover, finding shows that perceived capabilities from social entrepreneurs are lower than traditional entrepreneurs. It might happen because social entrepreneurs need to exercise social innovation higher than other entrepreneurs, thus they were expected to have higher capabilities.