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Social entrepreneurship and values work: The role of practices in shaping values and negotiating change

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Prior research on social entrepreneurship highlights the role and importance of values in managing change, yet few studies examine processes of managing values to achieve social change. Through a longitudinal case study of the social organization Barefoot College, we explored how a social entrepreneur navigated conflicting values to address issues of gender inequality and effect social change. We found that the social entrepreneur engaged in values-related work, purposively interpreting and enacting values-laden practices to bring about a quiet transformation within the community. In our resulting value augmentation model, we capture a process that anchors and amplifies social values, rather than replaces them, and with this model, we develop theory on values work and sustainable social change.

Source: Journal of Business Venturing

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2020.106064

Authors: Ira Chatterjee, Joep Cornelissen, Joakim Wincent

Institutions: Hanken School of Economics, University of Liverpool, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of St.Gallen

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,000