Motives and Characteristics of Social Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka: A Case Study from the Handloom Industry

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dc.contributor.authorGunaratne, A.B.D.C.
dc.contributor.authorThudugala, T.G.D.V.
dc.contributor.authorKarunarathna, M.S.S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-19T05:33:53Z
dc.date.available2019-07-19T05:33:53Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe interest among the academia and the practitioners in the field of social entrepreneurship is developing tremendously attributed to its socioeconomic impact. The research in social entrepreneurship of Sri Lanka is significant due to the social entrepreneurs' potential contribution on economic development. Consequently, this research was conducted with two objectives, to analyze 'why' social entrepreneurs emerge and to analyze 'how' social entrepreneurs address the social needs compared with competitive businesses operating in Sri Lanka. Hence, the research was conducted based on a handloom manufacturing company in Kurunegala district. A qualitative inquiry was conducted adopting a case study method as the methodology. The data was generated through semi-structured interviews and observation at the handloom manufacturing company while secondary sources were referred to understand the competitive business practices. Then data was analyzed using a thematic analysis. As the findings suggest, the prime reason for the emergence of the case enterprise was the owner's intention to uplift the lives of the marginalized people living around the area. Secondary objectives such as to maintain an egalitarian structure, to facilitate a participative style of management, to maintain equality in pay, recruitment and working conditions, to promote innovation and to ensure the sustainability of the environment was also evident from the practices. Furthermore, it was evident that there is a clear difference on how social entrepreneurs address the social needs compared with the competitive businesses in perspectives of their objectives, operations, structure, domain, identity, funding, innovations and concern for the environment. Likewise, it was evident from the case organization that the social entrepreneurs emerge to solve social issues creating social wealth and value. Therefore, it is vital to promote social entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka to solve the pressing social issues we face.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9789550481194
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/1490/168-2018-Motives%20and%20Characteristics%20of%20Social%20Entrepreneurship%20in%20Sri%20Lanka-%20A%20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUva Wellassa University of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.subjectManagementen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectHuman Resource Managementen_US
dc.titleMotives and Characteristics of Social Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka: A Case Study from the Handloom Industryen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Research Conference 2018en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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