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Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]

Accountability is a pervasive issue for social entrepreneurial non-profit organisations (NPOs), which are also known as social enterprises as they seek to balance their social mission with financial responsibility. With the increased need for accountability, social enterprises need to identify the r...

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Main Authors: Ab Samad, Nur Hayati, Arshad, Roshayani, Asat, Siti Haliza, Kasim, Nawal
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Language:English
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017
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HC Economic History and Conditions
Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management
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spelling my.uitm.ir.311422020-06-17T02:08:57Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31142/ Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.] Ab Samad, Nur Hayati Arshad, Roshayani Asat, Siti Haliza Kasim, Nawal HC Economic History and Conditions Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management Accountability is a pervasive issue for social entrepreneurial non-profit organisations (NPOs), which are also known as social enterprises as they seek to balance their social mission with financial responsibility. With the increased need for accountability, social enterprises need to identify the relevant factors of sustainability since increased in the scope and size of the social enterprise will indirectly trigger sustainability issue. Thus, this study aims to examine the extent of social enterprise’s sustainability in relation to the relevant factors that affect organisational sustainability. The four main factors are leadership capacity, adaptive capacity, management and technical capacity and financial viability. Content analysis was used to measure the extent of sustainability from the information disclosed in annual reports by 210 organisations registered under the Registry of Societies (ROS) in Malaysia. Findings from the study indicate that most of the social enterprises are aware that effective leadership is vital for organisational sustainability. However, management and technical aspects tend to be neglected possibly due to lack of adequate resources and facilities to adapt to current changes. Overall, this study highlights that in order to discharge accountability, the social enterprise need to appropriately address relevant factors that influence organisational sustainability especially on management and technical aspect in achieving the balance between social mission and financial responsibility. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31142/1/AJ_NUR%20HAYATI%20AB%20SAMAD%20MAR%20B%2017.pdf text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31142/2/AJ_NUR%20HAYATI%20AB%20SAMAD%20MAR%20B%2017.pdf Ab Samad, Nur Hayati and Arshad, Roshayani and Asat, Siti Haliza and Kasim, Nawal (2017) Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]. Management & Accounting Review, 16 (2). pp. 1-26. ISSN 2550-1895 http://arionline.uitm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/MAR/article/view/562
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English
topic HC Economic History and Conditions
Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management
Ab Samad, Nur Hayati
Arshad, Roshayani
Asat, Siti Haliza
Kasim, Nawal
Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]
description Accountability is a pervasive issue for social entrepreneurial non-profit organisations (NPOs), which are also known as social enterprises as they seek to balance their social mission with financial responsibility. With the increased need for accountability, social enterprises need to identify the relevant factors of sustainability since increased in the scope and size of the social enterprise will indirectly trigger sustainability issue. Thus, this study aims to examine the extent of social enterprise’s sustainability in relation to the relevant factors that affect organisational sustainability. The four main factors are leadership capacity, adaptive capacity, management and technical capacity and financial viability. Content analysis was used to measure the extent of sustainability from the information disclosed in annual reports by 210 organisations registered under the Registry of Societies (ROS) in Malaysia. Findings from the study indicate that most of the social enterprises are aware that effective leadership is vital for organisational sustainability. However, management and technical aspects tend to be neglected possibly due to lack of adequate resources and facilities to adapt to current changes. Overall, this study highlights that in order to discharge accountability, the social enterprise need to appropriately address relevant factors that influence organisational sustainability especially on management and technical aspect in achieving the balance between social mission and financial responsibility.
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author Ab Samad, Nur Hayati
Arshad, Roshayani
Asat, Siti Haliza
Kasim, Nawal
author_facet Ab Samad, Nur Hayati
Arshad, Roshayani
Asat, Siti Haliza
Kasim, Nawal
author_sort Ab Samad, Nur Hayati
title Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]
title_short Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]
title_full Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]
title_fullStr Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / Nur Hayati Ab Samad … [et al.]
title_sort sustainability and accountability of social enterprise / nur hayati ab samad … [et al.]
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor
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