Social Entrepreneurship and Its Competences

Abstract

Entrepreneurship needs a vision and leadership skills to accomplish it and a motivation to build something new, which will develop and sustain it. And society needs social entrepreneurs, contributing to a new organization of the welfare system, while making a difference and helping each other. The central theme in the existing social entrepreneurship literature is the pursuit of a social mission or objective. Thus, social entrepreneurs play a role as reformers and revolutionaries, who are intending to solve social problems, and not being answered by governmental policies. Entrepreneurial thinking and acting as well as innovation driving managers is a need for society. However, it is not the organization but the people, united by a proactive and market-driven culture, that are innovative and which combine to populate and to equip the organization with the required competencies. The chapter proposes a methodology to analyze the competencies that should be fostered by higher education programs to provide graduates with the desired competencies for entrepreneurship and driving innovation.

Keep the fire burning: Social entrepreneurs’ motives, role stress, perceived work competence and passion

“…This study’s findings suggest that social entrepreneurship education focus on values-led practices with an emphasis on social value creation for a sustainable society. The mediating effects of perceived work competence on motives-passion and job stress-passion relationships also imply the value of social entrepreneurship education in providing future social entrepreneurs with the desired competencies (Lindner, 2018; Rossano et al, 2019). Social entrepreneurship education grounded on social values will prepare aspiring individuals for their new social ventures and keep their fire burning.…”

Is Corporate Social Entrepreneurship a (So Far) Missed Opportunity for Higher Education Institutions? Evidence from Germany

“…Further research is needed to decisively address the competences for corporate social entrepreneurs. Compared to the already differentiated research on social or sustainability entrepreneurship [73][74][75][76] and the scant research on corporate entrepreneurship [77,78] and corporate intrapreneurship [79], few competency frameworks for corporate social entrepreneurs are available so far.…”