Is Social Innovation Fostering Satisfaction and Well-Being at Work? Insights from Employment in Social Enterprises Providing Long-Term Eldercare Services

Considering insights from socio-economics, work psychology, and occupational health, this study focuses on the job satisfaction and well-being of employees working in nonprofit social enterprises (SE). We question the idea suggested by the recent literature that working for a SE brings employees a h...

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Published in:Voluntas (Manchester, England) England), 2018-12, Vol.29 (6), p.1244-1260
Main Authors: Casini, Annalisa, Bensliman, Rachida, Callorda Fossati, Ela, Degavre, Florence, Mahieu, Céline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employees
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Health psychology
Health services
Innovations
Job satisfaction
Multivariate analysis
Nonprofit organizations
Occupational health
Original Paper
Political Science
Quality of life
Social change
Social entrepreneurship
Social innovation
Social Policy
Social Sciences
Well being
Workplaces
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Summary:Considering insights from socio-economics, work psychology, and occupational health, this study focuses on the job satisfaction and well-being of employees working in nonprofit social enterprises (SE). We question the idea suggested by the recent literature that working for a SE brings employees a high level of job satisfaction and well-being. We also investigate whether being involved in social innovation is associated with even higher job satisfaction and well-being. Indeed, understood as a manifestation of positive social change, social innovation is expected to improve outcomes such as the quality of life at work. However, because social innovation is an umbrella concept, it embraces different innovation-related concepts. Here we explore the distinction between service innovation and workplace innovation. This article applies a multivariate analysis to an original dataset covering 1134 employees working in the field of elder homecare in Wallonia. Its implications for social entrepreneurs and scholars are also examined.
ISSN:0957-8765
1573-7888
DOI:10.1007/s11266-018-0001-3