Ambivalence and ambiguity in social enterprise; narratives about values in reconciling purpose and practices

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-109

  Diochon, Monica ^a   Anderson, Alistair R ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Narratives; Practices; Purpose; Social enterprise; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951724594     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-010-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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