TY - JOUR
T1 - Human Resource Management Challenges in a Slovenian Social Enterprise
T2 - A Case Study
AU - Booth, Michelle
AU - Shin, Hyemi
AU - Gomezel, Alenka Slavec
N1 - The International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy & Research is a publication of the the European Association of People Management (EAPM), the University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD) and the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA). It is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) License. This permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - There is a growing number of studies exploring social enterprise in order 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 not-for-profit sectors have faced human resource management (HRM) challenges in practice. In this study, we focus on a hospitality social enterprise founded by social workers in Slovenia as a single case study. Through a series of combined interview and observation methods, we investigate the HRM challenges this social entrepreneur faced when pursuing sustainable social business. We uncovered four strategic and HRM challenges that contribute to the existing body of knowledge in the social enterprise literature. This study paves the way for future studies to focus on HRM in social enterprise.
AB - There is a growing number of studies exploring social enterprise in order 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 not-for-profit sectors have faced human resource management (HRM) challenges in practice. In this study, we focus on a hospitality social enterprise founded by social workers in Slovenia as a single case study. Through a series of combined interview and observation methods, we investigate the HRM challenges this social entrepreneur faced when pursuing sustainable social business. We uncovered four strategic and HRM challenges that contribute to the existing body of knowledge in the social enterprise literature. This study paves the way for future studies to focus on HRM in social enterprise.
KW - Social enterprise
KW - HRM
KW - entrepreneurship
KW - Slovenia
UR - https://www.ijhrdppr.com/human-resource-management-challenges-in-a-slovenian-social-enterprise-a-case-study/
U2 - 10.22324/ijhrdppr.4.205
DO - 10.22324/ijhrdppr.4.205
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 65
EP - 81
JO - International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy and Research
JF - International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy and Research
IS - 2
ER -