Social Entrepreneurship Perspective Research Articles

Sustainable HR Practices in Indonesian MSMEs from a Social Entrepreneurship Perspective: Training, Recruitment, Employee Engagement, Social Impact of Local Communities

This study looks into the complex interactions that exist between Indonesian Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and training, hiring, employee engagement, social entrepreneurship performance, sustainable business practices, and the social impact on local communities. The study employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS) through a quantitative analysis encompassing 487 MSMEs to explore a broad range of hypotheses. The findings highlight the paradoxical relationship that exists between sustainability and training, underscoring the necessity for HR procedures to be approached with delicacy. High employee engagement and successful hiring emerge as key factors that influence the performance of social entrepreneurship and sustainable business practices. Moreover, the research highlights the positive effects of MSMEs involved in social entrepreneurship on sustainable practices and the larger community, underscoring the connection between sustainability and social entrepreneurship. While the practical consequences direct strategic HR planning and the reform of training programs, the theoretical implications cover the advancement of Sustainable Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the enrichment of social entrepreneurship theory. The research offers significant perspectives for MSMEs aiming to harmonize HR procedures with sustainability goals and promote constructive societal influence.

Towards a Sustainable Society: Exploring the Services of Social Entrepreneurs through an Islamic Lens

Financial support is the basic need of a society to fulfil its economic requirements. But due to the limited resources, it is not possible for the governments of poor countries to perform sustainable tasks for the betterment of human society. This paper examines the significance of social entrepreneurs who establish their businesses to resolve social, cultural, or environmental issues while taking higher financial risks. This act of social entrepreneurship is the novelty of this study. Moreover, this study adds to the body of knowledge by contrasting the Islamic perspective of Social Entrepreneurship with contemporary thoughts. The science-direct and google-scholars databases have been used for reviewing the data collection. The study may provide a benchmark to assist government policymakers. This paper is also discussing the Islamic perspective of social entrepreneurship.

Social entrepreneurship for young people with disabilities: A conceptual analysis

Employment is one of the most basic needs of everyone, including people with disabilities (PWD). However, the numerous obstacles faced by PWD limit their ability to actively participate in the labour market, become economically self-sufficient, and contribute to national economic development. In general, PWD all over the world face a high risk of unemployment. Therefore, this study explored the function of social entrepreneurship in eradicating unemployment among young PWD. This research also emphasised the challenges experienced by PWD in securing employment in Malaysia. Among the issues highlighted are the negative attitudes of employers towards PWD and how employers could adopt the social entrepreneurship perspective. The systematic review method was used to examine the previous literature to accomplish the highlighted purpose and seek answer to the research questions. The literature review revealed problems of unemployment among young PWD. Hence, the improvement of young PWD’s employment have to be focused systematically by taking into account the social entrepreneurship’s perspective. This study is expected to provide a significant contribution to the knowledge on employment of young PWD and would increase the number of their participation in the workplaces.

An Institutional Nexus Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship

In this paper, we contribute to the nascent field of transnational social entrepreneurship by developing an institutional nexus perspective to predict how the different migration directions and human capital endowments of transnational entrepreneurs may facilitate or constrain their social entrepreneurship activities in different institutional contexts. The institutional nexus perspective links the previously developed institutional void and institutional support perspectives of social entrepreneurship by introducing transnational social entrepreneurs as bridging agents between different institutional environments. Since existing research on transnational and migrant entrepreneurship has neglected a number of important migration directions, theoretical development remains considerably limited, necessitating a better understanding of the role of context-spanning migration at the intersection of transnational and social entrepreneurship. In this paper, we address these shortcomings and provide a contextualized framework of transnational social entrepreneurship from the institutional nexus perspective. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of our work and provides suggestions for future research to test and advance the theory.

Social entrepreneurship mengatasi krisis sosial dan ekonomi di masa Covid-19: perspektif ekonomi islam

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world's economic and social crisis. The implementation of Social Distancing causes a fundamental change in the community's social behavior and a decrease in the level of the economy due to restrictions on mobility and economic activities. Difficulties from the government and industry to rise must be encouraged by initiatives and breakthroughs from the community to grow together with the emergence of social solidarity. Starting from this sense of empathy and concern, this paper analyzes the importance of developing social entrepreneurship and its supporting elements, namely altruism and social capital or trust, in realizing sustainable economic goals in overcoming the current social and economic problems. Using a literature review approach with content and comparative analysis approach, this article on the perspective of social entrepreneurship will touch on the paradigm of classical/conventional capitalist economic theory, which has the opportunity to be perfected by Islamic Economics. It is time for the economy to prioritize a socially oriented approach rather than a money-oriented one. So it is hoped that it will foster a sense of empathy and spread kindness which is a reflection of Islamic religious values, namely the principle of justice and the benefit of the people, as the ultimate goal to go to Falah (the glory of life in this world and the hereafter).

Program One Pesantren - One Product in the Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship

One Pesantren-One product is a social entrepreneurship program that has the aim of developing an Islamic boarding school-based economy. Participants of one pesantren one product will be assisted through entrepreneurship training, capital, packaging design and creating an online platform. The aim of the research is to explain the program from a social entrepreneurship perspective. This study used a qualitative approach with a case study method at the Pesantren At-Taqwa Digitalpreneurship. Data collection was carried out by observation, in-depth interviews and literature study. The results showed that the one pesantren-one product program was based on 4 concepts, namely social value, Innovation, civil society and economic activity so that the implementation was in line with the local wisdom of the pesantren itself.

A xenophilic perspective of social entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship has grown as an established field of inquiry, accompanied by growth in both academic and practice. In this paper, we offer a novel perspective on why some social entrepreneurs venture for foreigners. We employ xenophilia, a love of foreigners, to explain why some people care for foreigners by venturing for them. We conceptualize that religious and social class logics influence a xenophilic perspective of foreigners. We also analyze how xenophilia can have a darker side, particularly in social entrepreneurship. Our arguments and analysis allow us to provoke future research questions and offer practical implications.

Emotional Competence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, and Entrepreneurial Intention: A Study Based on China College Students' Social Entrepreneurship Project.

Entrepreneurship education has a lot of research on influencing factors of entrepreneurial intention but rarely studies the influence mechanism of emotional competences on entrepreneurial intention from the perspective of social entrepreneurship. This article takes college students’ social entrepreneurs as research objects, drawing on Krueger’s model, theory of planned behavior, social cognitive theory, and triadic reciprocal determinism theory. This paper constructs a conceptual model with emotional ability, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, to further study their relationship. The 312 students from China College Students’ Social Entrepreneurship Project engaged in early entrepreneurship practice, conducted a questionnaire survey and used the empirical test of the structural equation model to analyze the relationship between college students’ emotional competences, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention. The result show: First, social–emotional competence had a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention, and the positive effect of personal affective competence on entrepreneurial intention was not supported or only partially supported. Second, all the dimensions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy were significantly and positively correlated with entrepreneurial intention. Third, emotional competence has a significant positive impact on entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Fourth, entrepreneurial self-efficacy mediated the relationship between emotional competence and entrepreneurial intention.

Coronavirus (covid-19) and social value co-creation

PurposeSociety has changed forever as a result of coronavirus (covid-19) with the new normal referring to lifestyle changes including social distancing and working from home. The purpose of this article is to understand how covid-19 has resulted in increased levels of social value co-creation aimed at producing innovative benefits to society.Design/methodology/approachA commentary is provided on crisis management from a social entrepreneurship perspective with the goal of understanding the social benefits of collective action resulting from the covid-19 pandemic. This approach offers a novel way to understand the social policy implications derived from the covid-19 crisis.FindingsThe article highlights how there has been an increased emphasis on social policy focussing on finding entrepreneurial ways to handle the covid-19 crisis that incorporates some degree of value co-creation. Examples from seed plant initiatives and reducing homelessness in times of crisis are discussed as a way to explain social value co-creation. Moreover, the different ways countries have responded to the covid-19 crisis are stated as a way to understand contextual differences in global society.Originality/valueThis article is amongst the first to focus on the link between covid-19 and social entrepreneurship from a value co-creation perspective thereby enabling a new way of thinking about the crisis from a social policy perspective. This will provide a theoretical basis from which to understand social policy differences regarding the covid-19 crisis.

Social enterprise as catalyst of transformation in the micro-mobility sector

Abstract The need to transition towards more sustainable futures is evident. This paper explores the role of social enterprise in urban sustainability transitions. Using the UP Bike Share (UPBS), a university-based bicycle-sharing social enterprise (in Metro Manila, Philippines) as a case study, this paper aims to bring a more explicit social entrepreneurship perspective towards sustainability transitions research as well as draw insights from social enterprise as a social innovation to challenge existing sociotechnical regimes. Existing operator models of bike-sharing systems in other countries are predominantly for-profit vendors, publicly-owned entities and non-profit organizations. Emerging from civil society, UP Bike Share, on the other hand, is a social enterprise that grew into a social movement with a well-defined advocacy, and became part of a bigger social movement of sustainability advocates. Where previous attempts to establish a bike-sharing program by the local government, international development institution and public transport agency in Metro Manila failed, the UP Bike Share represents the first bike-sharing system in the Philippines that was successfully piloted, implemented and sustained. We then expound on three mechanisms by which UP Bike Share can achieve such transformation, namely: market formation, insertion into the broader social movement, and replication of innovation in other localities, supporting wider sustainability goals. We end with agenda for future research.

How can the maritime industry meet Sustainable Development Goals? An analysis of sustainability reports from the social entrepreneurship perspective

Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are a comprehensive agenda agreed upon globally that aims to stimulate actions towards economic, environmental and social sustainability. Being one of the key stakeholders, the international maritime industry plays an important role in contributing to global sustainability. By applying the concept of social entrepreneurship (SE), this study aims to examine (1) the basic and extended responsibilities (SDG 1–SDG 16) and (2) the potential collaborations within the value chain (SDG 17) concerning SDG implementation in maritime industry. To achieve these, we conduct a content analysis of sustainability reports published by container shipping liners and terminal operators from 2016 to 2019. More specifically, manual text classification is adopted to categorise the text content of sustainability reports based on 17 SDGs, and automatic text mining is employed to further identify the key roles of maritime industry related to each SDG. A unified framework is proposed, which points to varied motives and levels of comprehensiveness of the sustainability efforts by the maritime industry. This framework reveals the theoretic process of maritime industry's transitional involvement in sustainability from the SE perspective. It also creates managerial implications regarding the resource allocation strategies by maritime industry in meeting SDGs.

El arraigo local en proyectos energéticos comunitarios. Una perspectiva de emprendimiento social

Recientemente, han surgido un número creciente de proyectos energéticos comunitarios, que reflejan diversas configuraciones socio-técnicas en el sector energético. Este artículo se basa en un estudio empírico que examina diferentes tipos de proyectos energéticos comunitarios como las cooperativas energéticas, las empresas de servicios públicos y otras iniciativas de orientación empresarial en toda la Unión Europea. Basado en un análisis en profundidad de tres estudios de caso, el artículo tiene como objetivo introducir una perspectiva de emprendimiento social cuando se discute la relación entre el arraigamiento local y los diferentes tipos de organización y propiedad en la energía comunitaria. Los resultados indican que los proyectos energéticos comunitarios pueden expandirse más allá de la escala local sin perder su forma colectiva y democrática de funcionamiento y propiedad. Además, los movimientos sociales pueden actuar como catalizadores de esta expansión más allá de lo local, en busca de una transformación social más amplia. El emprendimiento social puede proporcionar una lente analítica adecuada para evitar la “trampa local” al examinar diferentes formas de organización y propiedad en el sector de la energía renovable, mientras nos permite ahondar aún más en la cuestión de la expansión territorial de estos proyectos.

A Dynamic Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship as a Virtuous Cycle of Social and Financial Focus

This paper conceptualizes social entrepreneurship through the lens of a social venture’s social and financial focus. The majority of social entrepreneurship scholars claims that the social goals ca...

A conceptual model of social entrepreneurial intention based on the social cognitive career theory

PurposeEntrepreneurial intention plays a major role in entrepreneurship academia and practice. However, little is known about the intentions of entrepreneurs in the social area of venture creation. This paper aims to formulate a well-organized model of social entrepreneurial intention.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on intention models in entrepreneurship literature in general and social entrepreneurship in particular to identify gaps. Based on these findings, a new conceptual model is formulated.FindingsThere is no research to be found which uses the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) to explain about an individual’s intention to become a social entrepreneur, although this theory is recently suggested as an inclusive framework for entrepreneurial intention (Doan Winkelet al., 2011). It is also supportive by the empirical research of Segalet al.(2002). Therefore, a conceptual model of entrepreneurial intention in the field of social entrepreneurship is formulated based on adapting and extending the SCCT.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the social entrepreneurship literature by providing new insights about social entrepreneurial intention. The result has important implications for theory and practice. In theory, it is the first model offering the SCCT as the background of formation for social entrepreneurial intention, with a distinct perspective of social entrepreneurship as a career. It raises a future direction for researchers to test this model. In practice, this framework provides a broad view of factors that could contribute to the success of the would-be a social entrepreneur.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY OF LIFE MANAGEMENT: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PERSPECTIVE

This article shows that initiatives of social entrepreneurs and socially-active entrepreneurs can enhance collaboration for value creation between business- and social-markets. In global business understanding, co-creation for social and economic value more often becomes an important self-accelerating mechanism, helping to improve a country’s quality of life, competitiveness, and economic growth. By given holistic approaches to Welfare, Quality of Life, and Co-creation in the perspective of Social Entrepreneurship, this article seeks a more systematic understanding of social and economic development at regional and national level, which requires active input from all market actors and interest groups – including entrepreneurs, academics, and policy makers – in order to create and co-create value together and achieve visible results. Main aim of this article is to introduce conceptual framework for quality of life management by highlighting the role of social entrepreneurs as main accelerators for social capital and value creation in a certain region or country. Accordingly, article stresses that businesses in practise need to consider a wider competitive environment, starting with the rapidly changing local environment (both institutional and socio-economic) and the global infrastructure in order to gain significant insights and align the company’s strategy accordingly. Scientific literature review and synthesis are applied as a research methodology.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.em.17.4.3002

Case study of an artists' retreat in Ireland: an exploration of its business model

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the business model adopted by an artists' retreat.Design/methodology/approachThe paper comprises qualitative, case‐based exploratory research.FindingsThe paper argues that there are some aspects of arts tourism that ally themselves naturally with social enterprise. The case study outlines challenges facing artistic ventures such as the importance of maintaining artistic integrity and managing the tension between creativity and financial return, between the local and the international. The paper argues that partnership between the tourism industry, state agencies, social entrepreneurs and the arts community, has the potential to influence socio‐economic outcomes. The case study suggests that arts tourism has the potential to achieve social change in a peripheral region but obstacles remain. Policy makers require more systematic research, statistics or figures to detail the exact impact of socially‐inspired arts tourism.Research limitations/implicationsThe number of interviews conducted was limited and so no, generalisations could be made.Practical implicationsThe general conclusion for managers of artistic ventures is that is that there seems to be a need to demonstrate the “multiplier effect” of arts tourism.Originality/valueTo date there has been little analysis of arts tourism from a social entrepreneurship perspective.