Linking Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change: The Mediating Role of Empowerment

Entrepreneurship is increasingly considered to be integral to development; however, social and cultural norms impact on the extent to which women in developing countries engage with, and accrue the benefits of, entrepreneurial activity. Using data collected from 49 members of a rural social enterpri...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2016-02, Vol.133 (4), p.643-658
Main Authors: Haugh, Helen M., Talwar, Alka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Communities
Developing countries
Economic activity
Education
Employment
Empowerment
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Ethics
Females
Gender roles
India
LDCs
Management
Philosophy
Quality of Life Research
Rural areas
Sewing
Social change
Social enterprises
Social entrepreneurship
Social order
Social responsibility
Studies
Women
Womens empowerment
Working women
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Summary:Entrepreneurship is increasingly considered to be integral to development; however, social and cultural norms impact on the extent to which women in developing countries engage with, and accrue the benefits of, entrepreneurial activity. Using data collected from 49 members of a rural social enterprise in North India, we examine the relationships between social entrepreneurship, empowerment and social change. Innovative business processes that facilitated women's economic activity and at the same time complied with local social and cultural norms that constrain their agency contributed to changing the social order itself. We frame emancipatory social entrepreneurship as processes that (1) empower women and (2) contribute to changing the social order in which women are embedded.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-014-2449-4