An organisational approach to understanding how social enterprises address health inequities: A scoping reviewResearchers are turning greater attention to the role of social enterprise in addressing health inequities. However, few studies explicate the organisational features through which social enterprise may improve health equities. This article reports on a scoping study (Arksey and O'Malley 2005) that finds researchers are focusing on understanding the perspectives of target beneficiaries, thus examining the 'transactional' organisational features that are most apparent in daily life-including interpersonal relationships and the allocation of tasks. The role of 'transformational' features-including organisational strategy and leadership-remain relatively unexamined. Given that the transactional and transformational features of organisations are intertwined, future research should develop holistic analyses of organisations that show how social enterprises improve health equities and health equity outcomes.
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