Influence of Corporate Culture on Social Enterprise

Abstract

The potential of the social entrepreneurship and the social economy to find solutions to social problems, create sustainable jobs, facilitate social and social labour integration, the fight against poverty and social exclusion leads to continuous development of social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria in recent years. The focus of this article is on the nature of social enterprises, the main characteristics of social entrepreneurs and the impact of organizational culture on the activities of social enterprises. The main objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the importance and impact of organizational culture in the context of social entrepreneurship. The main tasks are related to: research the essence of social enterprise; identification of the main characteristics of the social entrepreneur; identifying the link between the social enterprise and the organisational culture; assessing the impact of the organisational culture on the social enterprise by studying the impact of the organisational culture on the achievement of the social enterprise objectives and the social impact; and analysing the relationship between the organisational culture and motivation, commitment and satisfaction of employees in the social enterprise. The expected results are: to establish a thorough understanding of the relationship between organisational culture and social enterprises, to demonstrate that a strong and strategically aligned organisational culture positively influences the overall performance and impact of social enterprises.