VENTURING FOR OTHERS WITH HEART AND HEAD: HOW COMPASSION ENCOURAGES SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Social entrepreneurship has emerged as a complex yet promising organizational form in which market-based methods are used to address seemingly intractable social issues, but its motivations remain undertheorized. Research asserts that compassion may supplement traditional self-oriented motivations i...

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Published inThe Academy of Management review Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 616 - 640
Main Authors MILLER, TOYAH L., GRIMES, MATTHEW G., MCMULLEN, JEFFERY S., VOGUS, TIMOTHY J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Briarcliff Manor Academy of Management 01.10.2012
Subjects
Compassion
Emotional distress
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Motivation
Motivation research
Nonprofit organizations
Organization theory
Organizational behavior
Organizational behaviour
Organizational research
Organizational structure
Small and medium sized enterprises
Social enterprises
Social entrepreneurship
Social issues
Social responsibility
Special Topic Forum on Understanding and Creating Caring and Compassionate Organizations
Studies
U.S.A
United States > US
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Summary:Social entrepreneurship has emerged as a complex yet promising organizational form in which market-based methods are used to address seemingly intractable social issues, but its motivations remain undertheorized. Research asserts that compassion may supplement traditional self-oriented motivations in encouraging social entrepreneurship. We draw on research on compassion and prosocial motivation to build a model of three mechanisms (integrative thinking, prosocial cost-benefit analysis, and commitment to alleviating others' suffering) that transform compassion into social entrepreneurship, and we identify the institutional conditions under which they are most likely to do so. We conclude by discussing the model's contribution to and implications for the positive organizational scholarship literature, entrepreneurship literature, and social entrepreneurship literature.
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ISSN:0363-7425
1930-3807
DOI:10.5465/amr.10.0456