Modeling the orientation of social entrepreneurship based on social responsibility (Case study: Iranian mining industry holdings)

Subject Areas : Jounal of Marketing Management

Maryam Abbasi ¹ , َAfsaneh Zamani Moghaddam ^{2 *} , Hossin Vazifehdoost ³

1 - Graduate, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Business Administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2025-06-09 Accepted : 2025-09-21 Published : 2025-10-18

Keywords: Social entrepreneurship orientation, corporate social responsibility, mining industry holdings.,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted within the framework of the pragmatism paradigm and by adopting an inductive approach, and its goal is to model the orientation of social entrepreneurship based on social responsibility in the country's mining industry holdings. The research design is of the nested type and is classified as applied-developmental research. From the perspective of the data collection method, this study is a non-experimental and descriptive research that has been implemented using a cross-sectional survey method. In the qualitative part, during a systematic search process in reputable scientific databases, 217 articles published between 2000 and 2025 (1390 to 1404 AH) were evaluated, and finally, 40 articles were purposefully selected and analyzed using the meta-synthesis method. The participant population included experienced managers of the country's mining industry holdings with experience in the fields of entrepreneurship and social responsibility, of which 15 people were selected through purposeful sampling. Data collection tools included previous studies and questionnaires, and qualitative data analysis was performed using Maxqda software. In the quantitative part, data were analyzed using the structural-interpretive modeling method and MicMac software. The results of the study indicate that three fundamental factors - including organizational structures, social entrepreneurship culture, and entrepreneurial ecosystem - play a key role in strengthening social responsibility. This responsibility, as an intermediary variable, is considered to be a driver of the development of three key capacities in mining organizations: entrepreneurial competencies, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial awareness. In the final stage, the three strategic components of innovation, risk-taking, and pioneering as driving forces complete the process of realizing the social entrepreneurship orientation in mining holdings. By drawing a chain of causal relationships and interaction levels, this model paves the way from structural requirements to effective social activism in the context of production and export activities.

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