Values and women-led social entrepreneurship
Purpose: This paper aims to identify and categorise the values expressed in women-led social entrepreneurship based on a typology of universal values. It explores the influence of gender and religious faith on the values that inspire social entrepreneurial organisations to engage in positive social change. Design/methodology/approach: Inductive multiple case study research investigates the values manifest in five social entrepreneurial organisations founded and led by women in three Southeast Asian countries. Findings: Organisations and their women-leaders express values related to benevolence, universalism, self-direction and security. Gender and religious faith are found to be mediators that influence approaches to social transformation. Research limitations/implications: Purposive sampling and interpretive research design favour rich description but limit the generalisability of the findings. Further enquiry is needed into the gender-values-religion nexus in social entrepreneurship. Practical implications: Social entrepreneurship is shown to be a process embedded in and motivated by prosocial values of benevolence and social justice and other values of self-direction and security. Findings provide evidence for the critical but often overlooked influence of gender and religious faith on the values foundation of social entrepreneurship. Social implications: Social entrepreneurial organisations led by women contribute to positive social change through the values they incorporate and express. Originality/value: Research on the link between gender, values and religious faith in social entrepreneurship is virtually non-existent.
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2019
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Authors: | Borquist, Bruce R. ; de Bruin, Anne |
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International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. - Emerald, ISSN 1756-6266, ZDB-ID 2497568-0. - Vol. 11.2019, 2 (10.06.), p. 146-165
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Emerald |
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