**7. Conclusions**

We found that prosocial motivation negatively influenced the financial satisfaction of social entrepreneurs, which in turn was associated with an increase in their exit intentions. This relationship was significantly stronger for male entrepreneurs than for female entrepreneurs.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, J.D., X.W., X.C. and D.H.; methodology, J.D.; software, J.D.; validation, J.D.; formal analysis, J.D.; investigation, J.D.; resources, J.D.; data curation, J.D.; writing—original draft preparation, J.D.; writing—review and editing, X.W.; visualization, J.D.; supervision, X.W.; funding acquisition, X.W. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This work was supported in part by the XJTLU doctoral scholarship PGRS 1901010.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** Ethical review and approval were waived for this study as this was not an invasive survey. We obtained verbal informed consent from all participants before the study, and the survey questionnaire notified participants of their anonymity in this study.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** The data will be made available upon request from the first author.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
