Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia
Recent interest in social entrepreneurship among young people has led to a heightened interest in new research. Few studies, however, have yet to investigate motivators of involvement, particularly from countries that are new to social entrepreneurship. The current study set out to better understand...
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| author | Ahrari, Seyedali Krauss, Steven Eric Ariffin, Zaifunizam Lee, Kwan Meng |
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| description | Recent interest in social entrepreneurship among young people has led to a heightened interest in new research. Few studies, however, have yet to investigate motivators of involvement, particularly from countries that are new to social entrepreneurship. The current study set out to better understand this phenomenon among young social entrepreneurs in Malaysia. In-depth one-to-one interviews with 12 young entrepreneurs were carried out to collect the data. Four themes and ten sub-themes emerged from the interviews, including early life experience (childhood experience and family experience), inspiration from clients and colleagues (interactions with the target group and exposure to social entrepreneurs), work-related experience (volunteer experience and job-related experience), and personal meaning (contribute back to society, desire for more meaning in life, and personal passions). The implications for policy-makers and interested parties are outlined in regard to enhancing participation and interest among youth for social entrepreneurship. |
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| spelling | upm-788512021-07-11T11:26:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78851/ Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia Ahrari, Seyedali Krauss, Steven Eric Ariffin, Zaifunizam Lee, Kwan Meng Recent interest in social entrepreneurship among young people has led to a heightened interest in new research. Few studies, however, have yet to investigate motivators of involvement, particularly from countries that are new to social entrepreneurship. The current study set out to better understand this phenomenon among young social entrepreneurs in Malaysia. In-depth one-to-one interviews with 12 young entrepreneurs were carried out to collect the data. Four themes and ten sub-themes emerged from the interviews, including early life experience (childhood experience and family experience), inspiration from clients and colleagues (interactions with the target group and exposure to social entrepreneurs), work-related experience (volunteer experience and job-related experience), and personal meaning (contribute back to society, desire for more meaning in life, and personal passions). The implications for policy-makers and interested parties are outlined in regard to enhancing participation and interest among youth for social entrepreneurship. Emerald Dana, Leo Paul Ratten, Vanessa 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78851/1/Making%20a%20difference%20.pdf Ahrari, Seyedali and Krauss, Steven Eric and Ariffin, Zaifunizam and Lee, Kwan Meng (2019) Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia. In: Societal Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness. Emerald, United Kingdom, 227 - 246. ISBN 9781838674724; EISBN: 9781838674717 10.1108/978-1-83867-471-720191015 |
| spellingShingle | Ahrari, Seyedali Krauss, Steven Eric Ariffin, Zaifunizam Lee, Kwan Meng Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia |
| title | Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia |
| title_full | Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia |
| title_short | Making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in Malaysia |
| title_sort | making a difference … on my own terms: motivational factors of youth involvement in social entrepreneurship in malaysia |
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