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Journal of Business Ethics
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics 2/2022

10-06-2021 | Original Paper

The Role of Compassion in Shaping Social Entrepreneurs’ Prosocial Opportunity Recognition

Authors: Ronit Yitshaki, Fredric Kropp, Benson Honig

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Issue 2/2022

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Abstract

Compassion is acknowledged as a key motivational source of prosocial opportunity recognition (OR). This study examines the underlying processes of different types of compassion that lead to prosocial OR interventions designed to solve or ameliorate social problems. Self-compassion is associated with intimate personal experiences of suffering and encompasses a desire to alleviate the distress of others based on common humanity, mental distance and mindfulness. Other-regarding compassion is associated with value structures and social awareness and is based on a desire to help the less fortunate. Using a life-story analyses of 27 Israeli social entrepreneurs, we identified two OR process mechanisms, reflexivity (identifying overlooked social problems) and imprinting (identifying a known social problem within the social context). The relationship between these two types of compassion are equifinal, that is, both can lead to prosocial OR; however, the mechanisms differ. We contribute to the literature by showing that compassion serves as an internal enabler based on both cognitive and affective motivations for prosocial OR. We introduce a theoretical perspective that establishes a process model for further research on the role of compassion in identifying and leading prosocial action.
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Footnotes
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Although it is possible that OR can contain elements of both reflexivity and imprinting, our analysis showed that in those cases where both are present, one of the two mechanisms exerted a stronger influence; therefore, we selected the dominant mechanism.
 
2
Israel’s 1973 victory emerging from existential crisis came at the cost of heavy casualties, and Israelis criticized the government’s lack of preparedness. Many soldiers (on all sides) were killed or wounded. After the war, Israel's prime minister, Golda Meir, was forced to resign, and the war became established as a national traumatic event, only highlighting individual trauma.
 
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A significant number of rural Jews from Ethiopia immigrated to Israel during the past 30 years, representing about 1% of the population. They are in a low socioeconomic position according to income and education.
 
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Metadata
Title
The Role of Compassion in Shaping Social Entrepreneurs’ Prosocial Opportunity Recognition
Authors
Ronit Yitshaki
Fredric Kropp
Benson Honig
Publication date
10-06-2021
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Business Ethics / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04860-x

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