Research On The Relationship Between Psychological Distance And Social Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification

Social entrepreneurship,as a form of entrepreneurship embedded with social goals,is based on the "three failures" of the government,the market and non-profit organizations.With the increasingly prominent contradictions in the process of China's economic and social transformation,social entrepreneurship,as a new social governance model,plays an important role in reconciling the contradiction between economic development and social progress.Social entrepreneurship as a research hotspot,foreign related research started earlier,the country is still in its infancy,and social entrepreneurship theory research cannot effectively support the development needs of social entrepreneurship practice.Social entrepreneurship opportunity identification is a key variable in social entrepreneurship research.Relevant research is in the exploratory stage.There are few empirical research results,and localization research is not enough.Promoting the identification of opportunities for social entrepreneurship is not only enriching the needs of social entrepreneurship theory research,but also deeply responding to the requirements of social entrepreneurship practice development.Based on the theoretical and practical needs,the research of this paper is based on the theory of construal level and is devoted to exploring the relationship between psychological distance and the identification of opportunities for social entrepreneurship.This study cuts through the perspective of social psychology,constructs a theoretical model between psychological distance,Entrepreneurial alertness and social entrepreneurship opportunity identification,and based on this to carry out corresponding theoretical and empirical research.This paper analyzes 215 valid questionnaires by means of data analysis software.The results show that the social distance and probability distance of psychological distance have significant positive effects on social entrepreneurship opportunity identification.Entrepreneurial alertness plays a mediating role between social distance and social entrepreneurship opportunity identification;entrepreneurial alertness plays a mediating role between probability distance and social entrepreneurship opportunity identification.The research results of this paper deepen and enrich the research on the identification of social entrepreneurship opportunities,and promote the developrment of social entrepreneurship theory.At the same time,it provides theoretical enlightenment for promoting the development of social entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship practice in China,and also supports the government to support the theory of social entrepreneurship.The public policy of social entrepreneurship practice development proposes theoretical recommendations.