Abstract
In spite of paying much attention to social entrepreneurship in academia, such is not the case in social entrepreneurship organizations. Although to fulfill economic and social missions, managers are required to possess economic and social competencies, only few studies investigated this important subject. The present study aims to identify the social entrepreneurship competencies of managers in social entrepreneurship organizations in the field of healthcare. Purposive sampling was used in the population of managers of social entrepreneurship organizations in the field of treatment and prevention of specific diseases (such as cancer, MS, thalassemia, etc.) and also social entrepreneurship organizations in the field of treatment and empowerment of the disabled. Eight managers in this field were interviewed and data was analyzed by open and axial coding using ATLAS.ti software. In total, 42 competencies have been identified in 10 categories and 5 main dimensions including communication competencies, personal competencies, managerial competencies, social competencies and health professional entrepreneurial competencies.
Highlights
Since most social organizations face low productivity and lack of efficiency, and many humanitarian activities do not meet government expectations and plans, social entrepreneurs are coming to pay more attention to social issues (Ahmadpour and Behrouz Azar, 2014).Social entrepreneurship is defined as the creative use of resources for both economic and social values
The identified health professional entrepreneurial competencies in this study include executive and contextual competencies. These competencies include being influenced by role model in the field of health, entrepreneurial intention in the field of health, benefit from others’ experiences in the field of health, previous experience in the field of health, specific and technical knowledge and education, the ability to analyze health business environment, the ability to identify opportunities in the field of health, financing, the ability to recognize target groups in the field of health and the ability to recognize the requirements of target groups in the field of health, can be seen in the content provided by some interviewees, as one of them which himself is a doctor and has worked in social entrepreneurial organizations for more than 20 years mentioned:
As one of the key competencies required by managers of social entrepreneurship organizations identified in this research is personality abilities and competencies and generally these abilities can be developed and the first step for development of these features is considering self-knowledge, it is suggested that managers of organizations under study participate in educational courses of strengthening individual abilities and increase this ability
Summary
Since most social organizations face low productivity and lack of efficiency, and many humanitarian activities do not meet government expectations and plans, social entrepreneurs are coming to pay more attention to social issues (Ahmadpour and Behrouz Azar, 2014).Social entrepreneurship is defined as the creative use of resources for both economic and social values. Social entrepreneurship has become increasingly important among the public, researchers and players of this field (Mair & Marti, 2006). In spite of paying much attention to social entrepreneurship in universities, the actual social enterprises are on the decline because of double-missioned organizations and due to the lack of knowledge in terms of competencies and skills that students need in this field (Short, Moss, & Lumpkin, 2009). Accomplishing both missions (economic and social) requires managers to possess economic and social knowledge (Mair & Marti, 2006).
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