Practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia

The issue of social entrepreneurship got immense importance in the eyes of the researchers recently. Moreover, data are very limited in the context of Malaysia especially for Muslim entrepreneurs. Realizing these current needs and trends, this study aimed at understanding the current level of practi...

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Main Authors: Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Ismail, Yusof
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/34458/1/certFirstworldcongress.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34458/2/Suhaimi_Practice.pdf
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Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
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description The issue of social entrepreneurship got immense importance in the eyes of the researchers recently. Moreover, data are very limited in the context of Malaysia especially for Muslim entrepreneurs. Realizing these current needs and trends, this study aimed at understanding the current level of practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia. This study has conducted total five in-depth interviews of various Muslim social entrepreneurs to reveal the entrepreneurial dimension that is prevailing in the non-profit organizations. Moreover, this study addresses the research gap and proposes a model of social entrepreneurship for Muslim social entrepreneurs. To end with, this study summarized that, social enterprises have a valuable role to play in creating and sustaining civil society, the benefits of which are consumed by the whole of society. It is in society’s interest therefore to ensure that their contribution in this respect is protected.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:344582014-01-23T06:18:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34458/ Practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Ismail, Yusof HF5387 Business ethics The issue of social entrepreneurship got immense importance in the eyes of the researchers recently. Moreover, data are very limited in the context of Malaysia especially for Muslim entrepreneurs. Realizing these current needs and trends, this study aimed at understanding the current level of practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia. This study has conducted total five in-depth interviews of various Muslim social entrepreneurs to reveal the entrepreneurial dimension that is prevailing in the non-profit organizations. Moreover, this study addresses the research gap and proposes a model of social entrepreneurship for Muslim social entrepreneurs. To end with, this study summarized that, social enterprises have a valuable role to play in creating and sustaining civil society, the benefits of which are consumed by the whole of society. It is in society’s interest therefore to ensure that their contribution in this respect is protected. 2013-08-23 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34458/1/certFirstworldcongress.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34458/2/Suhaimi_Practice.pdf Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi and Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun and Ismail, Yusof (2013) Practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia. In: First World Congress on Integration and Islamicisation of Acquired Knowledge, 23-25 August 2013, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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Practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia
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title_short Practice of social entrepreneurship among the Muslim entrepreneurs in Malaysia
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