Implementation of a social mission in social enterprise: fit among content, motivation and practice
Publication date
2021Abstract
A mission statement is commonly considered a strategic tool in any organisation. While hybridity is what characterises the mission in a social enterprise, the centrality of the social component of the mission over the economic component is generally acknowledged. Only few investigations focus on achievement of social component of a mission. To close this gap, this study takes a configurational approach and empirically analyses 143 social enterprises using qualitative comparative analysis. We find that irrespective of the organisational form, SE companies should align the formal (content), motivational (stakeholder motivation) and dynamic (organizational practice) perspectives of their mission, fostering the fit among these three in order to fulfil a desired social impact. The simultaneous absence of (1) fit between mission content and organizational practice and (2) fit between mission content and stakeholder motivation was found to go in hand with social mission non-achievement. The results are consistent among different organisational forms, albeit, for different reasons.
Document Type
Conference / Class
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
3 - Social Sciences
Keywords
AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2021
Pages
Desconocido
Publisher
Academy of Management
Collection
2021; 1
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Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Citation
Akhmedova, Anna; Mas-Machuca, Marta; Magomedova, Nina. Implementation of a social mission in social enterprise: fit among content, motivation and practice. En: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2021, 2021(1). Disponible en: <https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.13169abstract>. Fecha de acceso: 26 ene. 2024. DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2021.13169abstract
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