Human Capital Attributes and Social Innovation Capabilities in Social Enterprises: The Mediating Effect of Organizational Learning Capabilities

Abstract

Human Capital has always played a very crucial role for the development of any entrepreneurial firm. Building and enhancing human capital attributes strengthens many corelating capabilities. With social enterprise becoming the new widely acclaimed field of entrepreneurship, this study is focused to research on the effect of human capital attributes on social innovative capabilities in social enterprises with the mediating role of organizational learning capabilities. The target sample in the study were the individuals working in the social enterprises, majorly targeting the big cities of Pakistan. The data collected was done through online survey forms. The responses were taken and analyzed through SPSS software (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), to study the relationships and effects of variables. There was a significant effect of human capital attributes on the determinants of social innovative capabilities and an indirect effect of the mediating variable. The study showed a significant relation and an overall impact of the between the variables giving us a more in dept insight on developing the social sector of the market.