Social entrepreneurship and organizational effectiveness: Evidence from Malaysia
Malaysia has made great strides in eradicating poverty. Based on the latest figures of the 9th Malaysian Plan Mid-term Review, the overall hard core poverty percentage is down to 0.7%, and only 3.6% of the Malaysian population is living below the overall poverty line. The government has taken ef...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5063/1/FH02-FESP-16-04941.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5063/ |
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| Summary: | Malaysia has made great strides in eradicating poverty. Based on the
latest figures of the 9th Malaysian Plan Mid-term Review, the overall hard
core poverty percentage is down to 0.7%, and only 3.6% of the Malaysian
population is living below the overall poverty line. The government has taken
efforts successfully through various developmental projects to alleviate poverty
in rural area. Today, urban poverty in Malaysia has increasingly visible
phenomenon due to rural-urban migration and the natural population growth in
urban areas. As a result of emerging new forms of poverty, there is a dire need
to re-examine and re-visit urban poverty in Malaysia. This study affirmed that
social entrepreneurship organisations in Malaysia have tried to overcome the
urban poverty through social entrepreneurship. The new framework has been
developed as a result of this study. It shows that social entrepreneurship
contributed to the organisational effectiveness. This result indicates that social
entrepreneurship is important to increase the socio economy and achieve the
organisation’s mission. Therefore, this study has proven that social
entrepreneurship is beneficial to Malaysians. |
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