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Linking Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change: The Mediating Role of Empowerment

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Entrepreneurship is increasingly considered to be integral to development; however, social and cultural norms impact on the extent to which women in developing countries engage with, and accrue the benefits of, entrepreneurial activity. Using data collected from 49 members of a rural social enterprise in North India, we examine the relationships between social entrepreneurship, empowerment and social change. Innovative business processes that facilitated women’s economic activity and at the same time complied with local social and cultural norms that constrain their agency contributed to changing the social order itself. We frame emancipatory social entrepreneurship as processes that (1) empower women and (2) contribute to changing the social order in which women are embedded.

Source: Journal of Business Ethics

DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2449-4

Authors: Helen M. Haugh, Alka Talwar

Institutions: University of Cambridge, Tata Chemicals (India)

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, Gender equality, No poverty

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,790