Social entrepreneurship (SE) is a beautiful and growing vehicle in society to tackle social
problems in innovative ways. Unfortunately, existing research has failed to address to what …

The question what impact does third sector generate is an increasingly important theme of
academic, policy making and practitioners' debates. This trend is fuelled by a move towards …

Contingent forms of employment are usually associated with low‐quality jobs and, by
inference, jobs that workers find relatively unsatisfying. This assumption is tested using data …

Working in non-profit organizations has been shown to be good for individuals' satisfaction
with their jobs despite lower incomes. This paper explores the impact of non-profit work on …

It cannot be assumed that technological innovations and social innovations are desirable
per se. An innovation usually has positive as well as negative impacts on people, making its …

Based on decades of research, this book explores global social change processes through
the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) and social change makers (SCMs)–the …

There has been a surge of interest in the notion of and possibilities for meaningful work—ie
work that is experienced as holding positive meaning and significance for individuals (Bailey …

Previous studies have found that employment in the voluntary sector offers a so-called 'job
satisfaction premium': despite lower salaries, voluntary sector employees are more satisfied …

Employee control over work-time arrangements promotes work-family reconciliation and
buffers against stress. But which human service context provides employees with the best …

The twenty-first century has witnessed growth of the social enterprise sector in the
developed world and increased discussion about the potential of such organizations to …