Artikel

Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers

We propose that social entrepreneurs may act as altruistic brokers helping their beneficiaries patch the structural holes that separate the disenfranchised and marginalized individuals and groups from the opportunities, resources, and capabilities available to more privileged actors. We test our model on a database of social entrepreneurs that received funding from the Schwab Foundation and Ashoka. Our case analysis and frequency analysis performed in NVivo shows that social entrepreneurs' institutional work comprises: (1) bridging: helping beneficiaries gain access to resources and opportunities; (2) enabling: helping beneficiaries develop capabilities; and (3) bonding: helping beneficiaries form cohesive networks. Furthermore, some of these key types of institutional work may take the lead depending on various contextual factors so that either bridging, enabling, or bonding may become dominant.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK) ; ISSN: 2444-569X ; Volume: 6 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 103-111 ; Amsterdam: Elsevier

Klassifikation
Management
Thema
altruistic brokers
bridging
enabling
bonding
Social innovation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Goduscheit, René Chester
Khanin, Dmitry
Mahto, Raj V.
McDowell, William C.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Elsevier
(wo)
Amsterdam
(wann)
2021

DOI
doi:10.1016/j.jik.2020.12.001
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Goduscheit, René Chester
  • Khanin, Dmitry
  • Mahto, Raj V.
  • McDowell, William C.
  • Elsevier

Entstanden

  • 2021

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