Challenges in a Social Enterprise from the Case of a Social Enterprise in Slovenia

Hyemi Shin; Michelle Booth; Alenka Slavec Gomezel

Challenges in a Social Enterprise from the Case of a Social Enterprise in Slovenia

Hyemi Shin
, Michelle Booth
, Alenka Slavec Gomezel

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There are a growing number of studies exploring the capacity building and business aspects of social enterprise in an attempt to increase the understanding of business sustainability and resilience in the social economy. However, little is known about how social enterprises or social entrepreneurs emerging from notfor-profit sectors have faced challenges. In this study, we focus on a hospitality social enterprise founded by NGO workers in Slovenia as a single case study. We investigated challenges that a social entrepreneur and her team faced when pursuing sustainable social business. We uncovered several challenges at different levels, which existing studies have neglected. We found two organisational level challenges, such as managing the dual purpose of a social enterprise and absence of a business strategy, and two HRM level challenges, such as people management and leadership issue. This study can pave a path for future studies to focus on various challenges and even some resolutions

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management & Social Collaboration
Place of Publication	Chonnam National University
Publisher	Chonnam National University
Pages	13-21
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management and Social Collaboration - Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of Duration: 4 Jul 2018 → 6 Jul 2018

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Conference	Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management and Social Collaboration
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Gwangju
Period	4/07/18 → 6/07/18

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Challenges in a Social Enterprise from the Case of a Social Enterprise in Slovenia. / Shin, Hyemi; Booth, Michelle; Gomezel, Alenka Slavec.
Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management & Social Collaboration . Chonnam National University: Chonnam National University, 2019. p. 13-21.

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Shin, H, Booth, M & Gomezel, AS 2019, Challenges in a Social Enterprise from the Case of a Social Enterprise in Slovenia. in Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management & Social Collaboration . Chonnam National University, Chonnam National University, pp. 13-21, Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management and Social Collaboration, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of, 4/07/18.

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