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What Does It Take to Be a Social Entrepreneur? Authentic Leaders and Their Effect on Innovation
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Crawford, J and Kelder, J-A and Knox, MW, What Does It Take to Be a Social Entrepreneur? Authentic Leaders and Their Effect on Innovation, Leadership Styles, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Digitalization, IGI Global, C Dogru (ed), Turkey, pp. 282-310. ISBN 9781799811084 (2020) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2020 IGI Global
DOI: doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1108-4.ch011
Abstract
Contemporary society is characterized by the prevalence of wicked problems to which the efforts and actions of some entrepreneurs have negatively contributed to social problems. Corporate social responsibility emerged as an early response to multifactor problems that are difficult to conceptualize or structure, but it has had limited success in engendering significant structural societal change. Social entrepreneurship is a contested construct that typically includes the social entrepreneur. A definition of social entrepreneurs is provided drawing on the literature. Social entrepreneurs offer leadership for social innovation outcomes as an antidote to prevailing social issues. This contributes to the literature on social entrepreneurs by examining how social entrepreneurs lead in the digital era. Importantly, this chapter considers the role that authentic leader behaviors (awareness, sincerity, balanced processing, positive moral perspectives, and informal influence) has in enabling social entrepreneurs to create and innovate.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | authentic leadership, authentic leader, leadership, social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneur, ethics of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial leadership, authentic followers, innovation |
Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Strategy, management and organisational behaviour |
Research Field: | Entrepreneurship |
Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
Objective Group: | Management and productivity |
Objective Field: | Technological and organisational innovation |
UTAS Author: | Crawford, J (Dr Joseph Crawford) |
UTAS Author: | Kelder, J-A (Dr Jo-Anne Kelder) |
UTAS Author: | Knox, MW (Mr Matthew Knox) |
ID Code: | 135812 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Deposited By: | Curriculum and Academic Development |
Deposited On: | 2019-11-15 |
Last Modified: | 2021-07-19 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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