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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR EARNED INCOME OPPORTUNITIES ADOPTION BY (2011)
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@MISC{Ankinun11socialentrepreneurship:,
author = {Pawana Ankinun},
title = {SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR EARNED INCOME OPPORTUNITIES ADOPTION BY},
year = {2011}
}
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of how social entrepreneurs adopt earned income opportunities to benefit their financial organization sustainability. The study seeks to 1) investigate the concept of social entrepreneurship, 2) analyze the factors that may contribute to the adoption of earned income opportunities, and 3) propose and integrated framework. A multiple case study was preferred for this study. Purposeful sampling was particularly relevant to this qualitative study because of the small sample size. The specific sampling strategy used for this study was criterion sampling. The selection criteria were: 1) organizations should be based in Thailand for pragmatic reasons; 2) organizations should have developed earned income activities; and 3) organizations must be nonprofit. In depth interviews and document research were used to obtain the data. Key participants were selected and interviewed via using open-ended questions. The results of the study show that various factors influence how nonprofit organizations adopt their earned income opportunities. The analysis of the interview transcripts and the observations and documents indicate that motivation factors,
Keyphrases
social entrepreneurship earned income opportunity motivation factor key participant qualitative study study show criterion sampling nonprofit organization specific sampling strategy purposeful sampling document research earned income activity pragmatic reason open-ended question interview transcript integrated framework multiple case study financial organization sustainability social entrepreneur depth interview various factor small sample size selection criterion
