Social entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial team; Hybridity; Institutional logics
Abstract :
[en] This chapter examines the composition of teams involved in social entrepreneurship and more particularly their heterogeneity in terms of “institutional logics”. It proposes that when social welfare and market logics are integrated within founding teams, such hybridity is likely to infuse the whole entrepreneurial process to ultimately lead to the creation of a social enterprise as a “hybrid” organization. To theorize this process, a model is proposed that examines the implications of entrepreneurial team heterogeneity in social entrepreneurship. It makes clear that complexity and dynamism, in particular with regard to individuals’ social network structure, as well as interactions between team members, are necessary to understand the impact of team composition on the entrepreneurial process. An illustrative case study is presented to demonstrate the practical relevance of the model.
Research center :
CES - Centre d'Économie Sociale - ULiège
Disciplines :
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory Social economics Strategy & innovation
Author, co-author :
Dufays, Frédéric ; Université de Liège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Management en économie sociale
Huybrechts, Benjamin ; Université de Liège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Management en économie sociale
Language :
English
Title :
Entrepreneurial teams in social entrepreneurship: When team heterogeneity facilitates organizational hybridity
Publication date :
2017
Main work title :
Research handbook on entrepreneurial teams: Theory and practice
Editor :
Ben-Hafaïedh, Cyrine
Cooney, Thomas
Publisher :
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
ISBN/EAN :
978-178471-319-5
Pages :
273-287
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
IAP-SOCENT
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE] BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
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