Leading in Social Entrepreneurship: Developing Organizational Resources in Confrontation with Paradoxes

Galuppo, Laura; Gorli, Mara; Alexander, Benjamin Nathan; Scaratti, Giuseppe

doi:10.1108/s0897-301620190000027010

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“…It is especially critical to differentiate people who are vulnerable from people who are not, although the risk of stigmatisation that this type of categorisation fosters has been widely criticised (Sperling, 2020). Although we are aware of these challenges, in this study we understand socially vulnerable youth as a specific group of young people who are daily subjected to multifaceted stressors (e.g., social, emotional and economic), which include poor family management, poverty, deviant conduct, lack of motivation, disaffection towards institutions and lack of social networks, which may lead to social maladjustment (Galuppo, Gorli, Alexander, & Scaratti, 2019;Haudenhuyse, Theeboom, & Skille, 2014;Regoliosi & Scaratti, 2010). Tackling these fragilities is delicate and complex and, thus, requires specific attention involving a diverse set of skills from different professional fields (Edwards, Lunt, & Stamou, 2010).…”

Section: Intersectorial Actions In Sport-based Intervention For Socially Vulnerable Youthmentioning

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Sport for Vulnerable Youth: The Role of Multi-Professional Groups in Sustaining Intersectoral Collaboration

D’Angelo

Corvino

Cianci

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Intersectoral actions in the sport-for-development field constitute a pre-condition for the implementation of sport-based interventions. At an operational level, the multi-professional group is the tool through which intersectoral collaboration may successfully achieve its aims. Despite the prominent role of the group, this topic is under-researched in terms of understanding intersectoral actions in the sport-for-development field. By applying a psycho-sociological perspective, our research explores the role of the multi-professional group as a limit/resource for sport-for-development workers that operate with vulnerable youth. Following a phenomenological interpretive approach, 12 practitioners (six sport workers and six social workers) participated in semi-structured interviews to explore the role of multi-professional groups as a resource/limit in working with socially vulnerable youth through sport. The results indicate that, in the participants’ experience, belonging to a multi-professional group is a meaningful resource to trigger reflexivity, promote collaboration and integrate their different professions. The interviews highlighted the positive potential of this tool to address the challenges that emerge when working with socially vulnerable youth, including the management of negative emotions, unexpected events and the relationship with young people. Some interviews also suggested that the presence of multiple professions, under certain circumstances, may be a risk when working with youth. These findings have significant value for programme design, strategy and management as they show the value of trans-disciplinary practices as an agenda for social inclusion through sport.

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Sport for Vulnerable Youth: The Role of Multi-Professional Groups in Sustaining Intersectoral Collaboration

D’Angelo

Corvino

Cianci

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“…Seeking a collective development and endeavor requires to cross complex dynamics related to the acknowledgment of tensions and contradictions (Galuppo et al , 2019): it also implies the possibility to reflect on them, discuss sustainable alternatives, reconceive the object and reshape systems of activity. Such a transformative stance conveys the assumption of a relational lens, capable of combining and connecting individuals, groups, formal organizational processes and artifacts (Blackler and Regan, 2009).…”

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Renewing the object of work as a trigger for inter-organizational learning

Piria

Gorli²,

Scaratti³

2022

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Purpose The study refers to a health-care organization engaged in adopting “home health care” as a new object of activity. This study aims to explore how the reconfiguration of the object influences the transformative perspective, affecting not just a service but a broader approach and meaning behind patient care. It also investigates the main contradictions at play and the levers to support inter-organizational learning while facing the new challenges and change processes. Design/methodology/approach The work is based on a qualitative and ethnographic methodology directed to examine cultural, practical and socio-material aspects. The activity theory is assumed as a powerful approach to understand collective learning and distributed agency processes. Findings The renewal of the new object of work is analyzed as a trigger for shifts in representations, cultural processes and collective support implemented by the organization. Three agentic trajectories – technical, dialogical and collaborative agency – were cultivated by the management to deliver home health care through joint exercises of coordination and control, dialogical spaces and collaborative process. Research limitations/implications The data collection was disrupted by the pandemic. A follow-up study would be beneficial to inquire how the learning processes shifted or were influenced by the contextual changes. Practical implications This contribution provides a practical framework for health-care organizations aiming to navigate and explore the physiological tensions and contradictions emerging when the object of work is changed. Originality/value The paper develops the field of intra- and inter-organizational learning by presenting an intertwined and structural connection between these processes and the renewing of the object of work. It advises that processes of transformation must be handled with attention to the critical and collective dynamics that accompany sustainable and situated changes.

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“…People often ask themselves what makes sense. The individual and collective imaginary seem to “freeze,” and the future appears as a never-ending present, characterized by a continuous escalation of emergency ( Hsiu-Ying Kao et al, 2020 ; Galuppo et al, 2019 ). The COVID-19 emergency can be narrated by HR managers as either an irreversible crisis or as a temporary one.…”

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Unmasking Reflexivity in HR Managers During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy

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This paper explores how some Italian HR managers narrate the changes imposed by the COVID-19 threat in the workplace. Events since December 2019 have presented exceptional circumstances to which HR managers have reacted in very different ways. This study explored how HR managers came to introduce organizational changes aimed at coping with the emergency, as well as how employees were involved in those organizational changes. The article is based on a thematic analysis of some interviews with Italian HR managers whose companies decided to switch working from home on a massive scale. We wanted to offer some reflections on the actions taken by a few HR managers and Italian companies to keep working at a time when most workers were forced to respect the lockdown.

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Leading in Social Entrepreneurship: Developing Organizational Resources in Confrontation with Paradoxes

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Sport for Vulnerable Youth: The Role of Multi-Professional Groups in Sustaining Intersectoral Collaboration

Sport for Vulnerable Youth: The Role of Multi-Professional Groups in Sustaining Intersectoral Collaboration

Renewing the object of work as a trigger for inter-organizational learning

Unmasking Reflexivity in HR Managers During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy

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