... 23 10 2025 02 01 2026 09 02 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Social capital Work Motherhood Women often experience non-linear career trajectories that are frequently characterised...

... enterprise literature and proposes an SEE relational governance process. Grounded in social capital theory, the authors explain how networks, norms and trust enhance relationships within SEEs. Findings The authors identify how diverse ecosystem actors shape governance processes in SEEs: Socializing...

... Building on Young’s (2006) dimensions of social value and Hidalgo et al.’s (2021) theorisation of social capital in social entrepreneurship, the authors find that an SE draws on multiple levels of social capital on SoMe to express the meaning of the social value it creates. Research limitations...

...Adil Mgueraman; Manal EL Abboubi Purpose This research seeks to analyse the process by which undergraduate students make decisions on social entrepreneurship intention (SEI) using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model, as well as to comprehend the influence of social capital (SC...

...Md. Fazla Mohiuddin; Ida Md Yasin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inform scholars and practitioners about the current body of knowledge on the role of social capital in scaling social impact since these concepts are still poorly understood and literature is fragmented despite...

...Erwin Stoop; Taco Brandsen; Jan-Kees Helderman Purpose Most research into the relationship between social capital and cooperatives takes social capital as the independent variable and the cooperative as the dependent variable, but as yet the authors know little about causality in the other...

...Jacopo Sforzi; Michele Bianchi Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between community-owned enterprises and social capital in urban neighbourhoods. Focussing on community-owned pubs (COPs), the paper investigates how social capital elements have a role in generating these innovative...

... with the aim of increasing the potential for social enterprise and networks literature to be detected. Boolean operations were used in the search which was based on the following key word string: Social entrepreneurship Social innovation Embeddedness Social capital Networks Actor-network theory...

...Adam Richards; John Reed Purpose – The purpose of this study is to evaluate how social capital is developed in a third sector organisation based in the north-west of England, a small food cooperative run by volunteers. Social capital comprises the bonds, bridges and linkages that hold together...

...Laura Ann Scheiber Purpose – The purpose of this article is to shed light on opportunities for social capital during the conceptualization and initial implementation of innovative social enterprises dedicated to violence prevention and youth empowerment in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach...

... and monitored in social enterprises. Originality/value – This paper advances the debate over the use of the concept of ethical capital in social enterprises and explores the relationship between ethical and social capital – both under researched areas. It also contributes to the emerging discussions...

... argument is that desirability and feasibility of social entrepreneur in the decision‐making process, human capital, and social capital at the individual level will have the positive effects on social entrepreneurship. The author also discusses the moderation effects between the desirability and feasibility...

... voluntary organisations; are more entrepreneurial than public service delivery; use business models but are not just in it for the money. A focus on the economic implies a business model where deep tensions lie. A focus on social capital offers a different frame of reference, yet both...

... to public sector agents working with social entrepreneurs to understand the trust resources required, and the limits to that trust, and the impact of bureaucratisation on the socially entrepreneurial startup. Originality/value This paper builds on existing literature on social capital and inter...

...) and their families. The paper takes a Kantian perspective on the position of service users as ends in themselves, is informed by social capital theory and is carried out as a single case study with survey, interviews and triangulation. Findings The service delivery model is found to increase social capital...