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 mod...
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| author | René Chester Goduscheit Dmitry Khanin Raj V. Mahto William C. McDowell |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31f27211096044eab2d2ff54d78fe45b2022-12-21T22:35:53ZengElsevierJournal of Innovation & Knowledge2444-569X2021-04-0162103111Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokersRené Chester Goduscheit0Dmitry Khanin1Raj V. Mahto2William C. McDowell3Aarhus University, Birk Centerpark, 15 Building 8001, 1407, 7400 Herning, DenmarkAlfaisal University, P.O. Box 50927, Riyadh, 1153, Saudi ArabiaThe University of New Mexico, 1922 Las Lomas NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USABradley University, 1501 West Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625, USA; Corresponding author.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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444569X20300524Social innovationaltruistic brokers, bridging, enabling, and bonding |
| spellingShingle | René Chester Goduscheit Dmitry Khanin Raj V. Mahto William C. McDowell Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Social innovation altruistic brokers, bridging, enabling, and bonding |
| title | Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers |
| title_full | Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers |
| title_fullStr | Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers |
| title_short | Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers |
| title_sort | structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers |
| topic | Social innovation altruistic brokers, bridging, enabling, and bonding |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444569X20300524 |
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