Revising Entrepreneurial Orientation Construct in a Social Enterprise
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2017
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Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu - National Louis University in Nowy Sącz and Foundation for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Science “Cognitione”
Abstrakt
Entrepreneurial behavior and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) have received
significant scholarly attention in entrepreneurship and management research,
but mainly in the commercial context. However, some attempts discussing such
behavior and EO among non-profit organizations, but limited in the social
enterprise context. The literature argues that EO is higher in such contexts
(Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum & Shulman, 2009; Lumpkin, Moss, Grass, Kato
& Amezcua, 2013). Also, some new EO dimensions are proposed, at the same
time existing EO dimensions are redefined. Based on this limited literature, the
author undertakes an overview of existing work on EO dimensions and analyses
how EO can be reconstructed and redefined in the social enterprise context.
New, additional EO dimensions are compiled and discussed: cooperation
capacity, agility, and persistence. In the light of anecdotal, empirical efforts
on EO construct and relationship to performance among social enterprises,
it seems that EO needs more revision and theoretical discussion, combined
with inductive and qualitative studies. This change can provide more insights
into the nature of individual dimensions and their relevance for social and
business performance of social enterprises. It also poses the question whether
EO dimensions should go beyond the split between what is commercial and
social in social enterprises, and encompass both or whether focus separately
on each of the two.
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entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial behavior, social entrepreneurship, social enterprise
Cytowanie
Business and non-profit organizations facing increased competition and growing customers' demands : volume 16 : proceedings of the 16th Conference: Tomaszowice, Poland, 19-20 June 2017. Ed. by A. Nalepka, A. Ujwary-Gil. Nowy Sącz : WSB-NLU ; Nowy Targ : Foundation for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Science “Cognitione”, 2017. S. 117-130