Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being

Social entrepreneurship has been a subject of academic interest for more than two decades. However, it is still considered as an emerging field of academic research. Some scholars attribute this to the lack common agreement of what social entrepreneurship is. Concurrently, the issue of the transform...

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Main Authors: Nur Sa’adah Muhamad,, Khairul Akmaliah Adham,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling my-ukm.journal.69892016-12-14T06:42:47Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6989/ Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being Nur Sa’adah Muhamad, Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Social entrepreneurship has been a subject of academic interest for more than two decades. However, it is still considered as an emerging field of academic research. Some scholars attribute this to the lack common agreement of what social entrepreneurship is. Concurrently, the issue of the transformative service for improving well-being has been identified as one of the emerging areas of priorities service research. Despite the potential, such research has been under researched. This article thus aims to contribute to the knowledge by conceptualizing social entrepreneurship as a model of transformative service through the integrated theoretical lenses of innovation, entrepreneurship and service research. This conceptual paper maps social entrepreneurship and social innovation in a continuum of transformative service according to the types of change and the values they bring to the organizations and/or to the society. This conceptualization enhances understanding of the social entrepreneurship and innovation constructs in relation to transformative service concept. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6989/1/4989-13956-1-PB.pdf Nur Sa’adah Muhamad, and Khairul Akmaliah Adham, (2013) Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being. Jurnal Pengurusan, 39 . pp. 111-118. ISSN 0127-2713 http://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/index
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description Social entrepreneurship has been a subject of academic interest for more than two decades. However, it is still considered as an emerging field of academic research. Some scholars attribute this to the lack common agreement of what social entrepreneurship is. Concurrently, the issue of the transformative service for improving well-being has been identified as one of the emerging areas of priorities service research. Despite the potential, such research has been under researched. This article thus aims to contribute to the knowledge by conceptualizing social entrepreneurship as a model of transformative service through the integrated theoretical lenses of innovation, entrepreneurship and service research. This conceptual paper maps social entrepreneurship and social innovation in a continuum of transformative service according to the types of change and the values they bring to the organizations and/or to the society. This conceptualization enhances understanding of the social entrepreneurship and innovation constructs in relation to transformative service concept.
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author Nur Sa’adah Muhamad,
Khairul Akmaliah Adham,
spellingShingle Nur Sa’adah Muhamad,
Khairul Akmaliah Adham,
Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
author_facet Nur Sa’adah Muhamad,
Khairul Akmaliah Adham,
author_sort Nur Sa’adah Muhamad,
title Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
title_short Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
title_full Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
title_fullStr Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
title_full_unstemmed Social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
title_sort social entrepreneurship as transformative service for societal well-being
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6989/1/4989-13956-1-PB.pdf
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