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초록/요약

This study categorizes social entrepreneurs by type using Latent Profile Analysis and examines the differences in entrepreneurial satisfaction, social and financial performance between the latent groups. The study included a total of 343 social entrepreneurs or equivalent executives who participated in the SPC conducted by CSES, a public foundation. The findings of the study were as follows. First, the latent profiles of social entrepreneurship were categorized into three groups: the ‘social value biased’ group, the ‘risk-taking passive’ group, and the ‘balanced ideal’ group. Second, when comparing the differences in entrepreneurial satisfaction, social performance, and financial performance among each group, significant mean differences were found in the overall group comparison. However, the mean differences between the 'social value oriented' and 'risk-taking passive' groups in entrepreneurial satisfaction and financial performance were not significant among the individual groups. In contrast, in the case of social performance, the differences between the 'social value oriented' group, 'risk-taking passive' group, and 'balanced ideal' group were all statistically significant. This study is significant in that it differentiates itself from previous studies that dealt with the behavioral tendencies and skills of social entrepreneurship by using a variable-centered approach. It identifies and categorizes the degree of social entrepreneurship that develops independently according to individual characteristics using a person-centered approach.