Feeling your pain, pursuing my gain: Assessing status-striving, empathy, and social entrepreneurship intent

• We examine the relationship between a self-oriented motivator, status-striving, and social entrepreneurship intent. • Status-striving has a positive and significant relationship with social entrepreneurship intent. • The interaction between status-striving and empathy has a negative relationship on social entrepreneurship intent. • Results suggest that both self- and other-oriented motivators can influence social entrepreneurship...