Sources of expertise in social enterprises

Allen, Robert A.

doi:10.1002/jsc.2356

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“…Tension 6: MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES Doherty, et al (2014) present several pertinent tensions that SEs face when dealing with human resources and suggest that these can play a significant role in stifling their ability to operate and grow. They include challenges in recruiting and managing volunteers' performance (Richards and Reed, 2015), identifying and leveraging sources of expertise (Allen, 2020), technical competency (Manea, Istudor, Dinu, Paraschiv, 2021;Allen, Samuel, Abdullah and Thomas, 2020), staff retention, preserving staff motivation and dealing with the conflict that often occurs between volunteers and paid staff. Doherty, et al (2014) also state that SEs will often be in a position where clients that use their services will also be employees of the SE.…”

Section: Tension 5: Sources Of Income and Investmentmentioning

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Reconciling social enterprise: beyond the paradox perspective

White

Samuel

Peattie

et al. 2022

IJEBR

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PurposeThe paper aims to critically review the increasingly taken-for-granted view of social enterprise (SE) as inherently paradoxical and tackles the research question as follows: are the tensions experienced by SE and social entrepreneurs (SEnt) actually paradoxical and if not, what are the implications for theory and practice?Design/methodology/approachA paradox theory (PT) approach has been utilized to explore the implications, validity and helpfulness of the paradox perspective in understanding and managing the tensions that are inherent in SE.FindingsConceptualizing the primary tension of doing social good through commercial activity as a paradox is argued to be a limiting misnomer that conspires to reify and perpetuate the tensions that SE and SEnt have to manage. Drawing upon PT, the findings of the paper reconceptualize these tensions as myths, dilemmas and dialectics, which are subsequently used to develop a more complete ontological framework of the challenges that arise in SE and for SEnt.Practical implicationsReconceptualizing the “inherent paradoxes” of SE as either dilemmas or dialectics affords a means of pursuing their successful resolution. Consequently, this view alleviates much of the pressure that SE managers and SEnt may feel in needing to pursue commercial goals alongside social goals.Originality/valueThe work presents new theoretical insights to challenge the dominant view of SE as inherently paradoxical.

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Section: Tension 5: Sources Of Income and Investmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconciling social enterprise: beyond the paradox perspective

White

Samuel

Peattie

et al. 2022

IJEBR

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“…This has resulted in greater awareness of the importance and potential of SEs and, in some instances, local authorities have budgeted funds specifically for SE support and development. Similarly, the challenge of establishing and communicating their social purpose is recognised to be constrained by expertise and resource availability (Allen 2020;Jenner 2016;Peattie and Morley 2008;White et al 2018). However, the SEP initiative seems to afford a means of collectively establishing and operationalising a clear macromarketing proposition that communicates to consumers and organisations alike the positive impacts that supporting SEs can have on their immediate and wider community (Hunt 1981).…”

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Social Enterprise Places: A Place-Based Initiative Facilitating Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Constructions of Legitimacy

Samuel

White

Peattie

et al. 2021

Journal of Macromarketing

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Social Enterprises are becoming a significant force of social as well as economic good despite facing many difficulties that are brought about by their unique characteristics. Chief among these is the question of their perceived legitimacy that impinges upon their ability to gain funding, acquire contracts and appear as capable organisations to potential partnering institutions. This study explores the means by which Social Enterprises are legitimized through participation in the Social Enterprise Place (SEP) programme in the UK. By examining the Boundary Objects (BO) that span the intersections of the incumbent social groups it identifies three pillars upon which SEPs have facilitated SE legitimacy. These pillars comprise (i) the place-based language (syntactic BO), that enables the identification of (ii) common social goals (semantic BOs), and thereby enables the (iii) mobilization of resources toward their resolution (pragmatic BOs). This research provides insight into the facilitation of legitimacy for Social Enterprises that are engaged in a place-based initiative. By responding to Peterson’s (2016) call for macromarketers to take more note of meso level marketing dynamics in different industries the paper highlights the potential for place to facilitate the legitimacy of SEs. In addition, it reveals a further macromarketing dimension to Boundary Object plasticity whereby they may evolve through syntactic, semantic and pragmatic forms over time.

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“…These studies, being uniformly interpretivist in nature, utilised Grounded Theory approaches (Saldana, 2010), and semi-structured interviews (Fox, 2009;Denscombe, 2010), coupled with analytical techniques that broadly conform to methods of thematic analysis (Guest, MacQueen & Namey, 2012). The five studies comprise examinations of the UK's Social Enterprises Places (SEP) initiative (Samuel, 2018;, the expert resources that are utilised by SEnts (Allen, 2020), the internalisation of strategic intent of a community mutual housing association (CMHA) (Taylor, 2020), the cyber-security preparations of SEs (White, Allen, Samuel, Abdullah and Thomas, 2020), and the influence of football clubs' social programmes upon children (Thomas, 2020): see Table 1. (Samuel, 2018; In 2014, Social Enterprise UK rolled out a Social Enterprise Places Programme (SEP), describe as geographical areas (quarters, towns, cities and zones, areas around the UK) where social enterprise activity and investment in the sector is thriving.…”

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“…EXPERT RESOURCES (Allen, 2020) SEs draw upon a complex and expansive ecosystem of expertise, the makeup of which is determined by their legal structure, social goals and commercial aims. SEss become skilled at learning from their experience.…”

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The Ecosystem of UK Social Entrepreneurship: A Meta-Analysis of Contemporary Studies

White¹,

Allen²,

Samuel³

et al. 2022

Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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This chapter explores social enterprises as an alternative addition to traditional entrepreneurial ecosystems. It reviews the substantial social enterprise literature in order to identify the myriad of competing tensions that constrain the development and success of social entrepreneurial ecosystems in areas of significant poverty and economic deprivation. Following this, the findings of several contemporary and novel studies are discussed. These collectively evidence the ways in which social enterprises are overcoming the seemingly immutable constraints that they operate under. In particular, the Social Enterprise Places initiative has been highly effective in supporting the development of flourishing social entrepreneurial ecosystems in many locations in the UK. However, the growth of social enterprises, both in number and economic importance, presents further challenges that social enterprise owners and managers will have to contend with. Consequently, these organizations and their allied ecosystems require continued structural, financial and skills support.

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Sources of expertise in social enterprises

Cited by 6 publications

References 78 publications

Reconciling social enterprise: beyond the paradox perspective

Reconciling social enterprise: beyond the paradox perspective

Social Enterprise Places: A Place-Based Initiative Facilitating Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Constructions of Legitimacy

The Ecosystem of UK Social Entrepreneurship: A Meta-Analysis of Contemporary Studies

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