Making Money is not an End in Itself : Creating Meaningfulness among Employees of Social Enterprises
Institution: | Roskilde University |
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Year: | 2014 |
Keywords: | Social enterprise; meaningfulness; negotiation; plural economy; anthropology |
Record ID: | 1121406 |
Full text PDF: | http://rudar.ruc.dk/handle/1800/22888 |
The different experiences, motivations and negotiations associated with the social and profit-making dimensions of money are of central concern to the employees of social enterprises. These negotiations become apparent because the social dimension plays a primary role within such organizations. Consequently, it is important for employees that a balance should be achieved between the two. The meaningfulness of what social enterprises do in expression of their social relations introduces a broader discussion of employees as actors who are embedded within and act across several dimensions and traditions.