Based on stakeholder theory, human resource management literature, and the main research streams on engagement, this study aims to develop and validate a scale of stakeholder engagement specifically suitable for the social enterprise domain. Despite the evidence that stakeholder management is crucial and specific for the social enterprise domain, there is not yet an established measure of stakeholder engagement that can be used to foster the design of the effective organizational practices to manage the specific stakeholder relationship in the social enterprise context. A survey among 328 social enterprise stakeholders working in a variety of enterprises, roles, jobs (i.e., employees, social entrepreneurs, and volunteers) enables us to validate a comprehensive and multidimensional scale of stakeholder engagement. The new measure includes dimensions of job, enterprise, organizational formula, professional, and social engagement. Results advance some practical and theoretical considerations both for the social enterprise research and for the engagement literature.

Bissola, R., Imperatori, B., From Governance to Action: Measuring the Engagement of Active Stakeholders in the Social Enterprise, in Hinna, A., Gnan, L., Monteduro, F. (ed.), Governance and Performance in Public and Non-Profit Organizations (Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance, Volume 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, UK 2016: <<STUDIES IN PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT GOVERNANCE>>, 159- 179. 10.1108/S2051-663020160000005007 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/76698]

From Governance to Action: Measuring the Engagement of Active Stakeholders in the Social Enterprise

Bissola, Rita
Primo
;
Imperatori, Barbara
Ultimo
2016

Abstract

Based on stakeholder theory, human resource management literature, and the main research streams on engagement, this study aims to develop and validate a scale of stakeholder engagement specifically suitable for the social enterprise domain. Despite the evidence that stakeholder management is crucial and specific for the social enterprise domain, there is not yet an established measure of stakeholder engagement that can be used to foster the design of the effective organizational practices to manage the specific stakeholder relationship in the social enterprise context. A survey among 328 social enterprise stakeholders working in a variety of enterprises, roles, jobs (i.e., employees, social entrepreneurs, and volunteers) enables us to validate a comprehensive and multidimensional scale of stakeholder engagement. The new measure includes dimensions of job, enterprise, organizational formula, professional, and social engagement. Results advance some practical and theoretical considerations both for the social enterprise research and for the engagement literature.
2016
Inglese
Governance and Performance in Public and Non-Profit Organizations (Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance, Volume 5)
978-1-78635-108-1
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Bissola, R., Imperatori, B., From Governance to Action: Measuring the Engagement of Active Stakeholders in the Social Enterprise, in Hinna, A., Gnan, L., Monteduro, F. (ed.), Governance and Performance in Public and Non-Profit Organizations (Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance, Volume 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, UK 2016: <<STUDIES IN PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT GOVERNANCE>>, 159- 179. 10.1108/S2051-663020160000005007 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/76698]
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