Negotiating tensions: How do social enterprises in the homelessness field balance social and commercial considerations?

Housing Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 514-532

  Teasdale, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Housing policy; Hybrid organizations; Social enterprise; Work integration

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84868105394     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2012.677015     Document Type: Article

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