Rural–Urban Features of Social Innovation: An Exploratory Study of Work Integration Social Enterprises in Ireland

IF 1.7 Q2 SOCIOLOGY
Societies Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI:10.3390/soc14060082
Lucas Olmedo, María José Ruiz-Rivera, Mary O’Shaughnessy, Georgios Chatzichristos
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Geography is a significant element of social innovation. This paper focuses on exploring differences and similarities in the characteristics and contributions towards impact of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs), a form of social innovation which provides otherwise unmet services and opportunities to people at risk of social and economic exclusion and distant from the labour market, in rural and urban areas of Ireland. To do so, we use data from 336 surveys from urban (213) and rural (123) WISEs and conduct an exploratory and spatially sensitive analysis to compare the characteristics, in terms of organisational age, legal and governance form, multiplicity of activities, revenue diversification; and contributions towards impact, in terms of geographical focus/reach, employment, volunteers, and income generation. Our analysis shows that WISEs in urban and rural areas present rather similar organisational characteristics and ways of functioning (legal structure, multiactivity, multiple sources of funding), but their contributions to socioeconomic impact differ according to their spatial location, with urban WISEs generating significantly more employment and income than their rural counterparts. Our study illustrates that socially innovative organisations are spatially sensitive, and that context influences their capacity to create sustainable employment opportunities and contribute to the local economy.
社会创新的城乡特点:爱尔兰工作一体化社会企业的探索性研究
地理是社会创新的一个重要因素。工作融入社会企业(WISEs)是一种社会创新形式,为爱尔兰农村和城市地区面临社会和经济排斥风险、远离劳动力市场的人们提供尚未得到满足的服务和机会。为此,我们使用了来自城市(213 家)和农村(123 家)的 336 份调查数据,并进行了探索性和空间敏感性分析,以比较以下方面的特征:组织年龄、法律和治理形式、活动多样性、收入多样化;以及在地理重点/影响范围、就业、志愿者和创收方面对影响力的贡献。我们的分析表明,城市和农村地区的 WISE 呈现出相当相似的组织特征和运作方式(法律结构、多种活动、多种资金来源),但它们对社会经济影响的贡献却因空间位置而异,城市 WISE 创造的就业和收入明显多于农村 WISE。我们的研究表明,社会创新组织对空间很敏感,环境影响着它们创造可持续就业机会和促进当地经济发展的能力。
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Societies
Societies SOCIOLOGY-
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