Navigating mission drift in social enterprises: the interplay of social entrepreneurs’ dual “business facet” and governance structure
基于高层梯队理论，研究社会企业家的财务动机和商业经验如何影响使命漂移，以及组织治理结构如何调节这种影响。基于200家中国社会企业调查数据，发现财务动机促进使命漂移，商业经验抑制使命漂移，而治理结构能缓解财务动机的负面影响并增强商业经验的正面作用。
Based on upper echelons theory (UET), this study investigates the impact of social entrepreneurs’ ‘business facet’ on mission drift in social enterprises. In particular, we examine their financial motivation (ends) and prior business work experience (means) while considering the contextual role of organizational governance structure. We conduct empirical tests with data from a survey of 200 Chinese social enterprises. The findings indicate that the financial motivation and prior business work experience of social entrepreneurs respectively facilitate and restrain the occurrence of mission drift in social enterprises. Moreover, a comprehensive organizational governance structure mitigates the positive relationship between financial motivation and mission drift while strengthening the negative influence of prior business work experience on mission drift. Our study contributes to the research on mission drift, the UET theory, and the literature on social entrepreneurship.