Social entrepreneurship and social change: a practice-based study in non-governmental organizations

IF 1.3 Q3 BUSINESS
Maria Fernanda Rios Cavalcanti
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Purpose This paper aims to examine how social entrepreneurship (SE) practices give rise to social change in the context of urban Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on a broader inductive, ethnographic and iterative practice-based study conducted in three Brazilian non-governmental organizations. Findings Social change is established through intertwined practices that involve active interplay of ambivalent positive and negative feelings associated with the social mission pursued by the social enterprise; flat organizational structures that encourage participation and taking of ownership among all stakeholders; and focused organizational objectives (social purposes). Research limitations/implications The paper presents an analytical framework composed of five propositions that may be used in future research aimed at maturing and refining the understanding of SE. The study also provides a methodological contribution for future studies of new phenomenon and young fields of research that often must rely on inductive methodologies, by demonstrating how an iterative thematic analysis can be used in practice-based studies. Practical implications This paper has practical implications directly connected to its social implications, because understanding how social change is achieved may enhance the effectiveness of SE practitioners in bringing desired changes about. Furthermore, the discussion also provided insights for practitioners to reflect upon the paradoxical nature of practices aimed at social change. Originality/value The study suggests a set of propositions and an original definition of SE that mitigates conceptual inconsistencies found in literature drawing on empirical data and by incorporating the political lens found in practice theory.
社会企业家精神与社会变革:非政府组织的实践研究
本文旨在研究社会企业家精神(SE)实践如何在巴西城市背景下引发社会变革。设计/方法/方法本研究借鉴了在三个巴西非政府组织进行的更广泛的归纳、人种学和基于实践的反复研究。社会变革是通过相互交织的实践建立起来的,这些实践涉及与社会企业所追求的社会使命相关的矛盾的积极和消极情绪的积极相互作用;扁平的组织结构,鼓励所有利益相关者的参与和所有权;集中组织目标(社会目的)。本文提出了一个由五个命题组成的分析框架,可以在未来的研究中使用,旨在成熟和完善对SE的理解。该研究还通过展示如何在基于实践的研究中使用迭代主题分析,为通常必须依赖归纳方法的新现象和年轻研究领域的未来研究提供了方法贡献。实际意义本文的实际意义与其社会意义直接相关,因为了解社会变革是如何实现的,可能会提高社会服务从业者带来预期变化的效率。此外,讨论还为实践者反思旨在社会变革的实践的矛盾性质提供了见解。原创性/价值该研究提出了一系列命题和SE的原始定义,通过借鉴经验数据并结合实践理论中的政治视角,减轻了文献中发现的概念不一致。
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