Africa Journal of Management

This study examines how social entrepreneurs mobilize resources to innovate in divided urban settings. Over a period of two years, we followed four social start-up entrepreneurs in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, characterized by some of the highest inequality levels in the world. We analyzed how social entrepreneurs navigate this urban divided context to mobilize resources from both resource-affluent and resource-constrained spaces to achieve innovation. Our findings suggest that these entrepreneurs use bridging and building approaches that cross over between spatial and digital spaces. Specifically, we discovered that social entrepreneurs mobilize resources using four distinct types of spaces and observed that they make use of these very spaces in their bricolage, hence expanding their portfolio of resources at hand. Based in our analysis, we build on the recently introduced concept of spatial bricolage to develop the notion of spatial awareness. By identifying a link between spatial awareness and frugal innovation, we contribute to the literature on social entrepreneurship and innovation in the African context.

Susanne Nilsson

Mikael Samuelsson

Camille Meyer

Social entrepreneurs’ use of spatial bricolage to create frugal innovation in a divided urban setting

社会企业家在分裂的城市环境中利用空间拼凑创造节俭创新

There have been calls in social entrepreneurship research to move beyond conceptual arguments and to ground definitions and conceptualizations of this field in empirical research, especially pertaining to the developing world. Owing to the socially embedded nature of social enterprises, the context in which social enterprises originate is a key determinant of their modus operandi. In South Africa, a context fraught with social ills, the lack of clarity on the nature and form of social enterprises constrains research and policy formulation. Using a survey methodology, we collected data from a sample of 453 social enterprises on domains of social entrepreneuring identified in previous studies and performed a cluster analysis to identify different types of social entrepreneuring models. The findings point to the existence of two main types of social entrepreneuring models in South Africa: beneficiary-centric entrepreneurial nonprofits and customer-centric social businesses. This paper contributes a more contextual understanding of social entrepreneuring models in South Africa. By showing that social enterprises in South Africa are partly unique to their context, this paper underscores the theoretical and empirical importance of the context in which social enterprises originate and operate when testing the universal validity of social entrepreneuring models.

Alex Bignotti

Kerrin Myres

A typology of social entrepreneuring models continued: Empirical evidence from South Africa

社会创业模式类型学续篇：来自南非的实证证据

This research exposes a process of bottom-up development that supports leaders’ transcendent motives and self-determination needs to instigate transformative entrepreneurship within their communities. The process is illuminated by actions taken in development organizations working within subsistence communities. Findings reveal that as community leaders and members served by these organizations experience fulfillment of their need for transcendence and self-determination they become change-agents in their communities. Development organizations support the move from personal transcendence to taking action, as they empower, connect, and equip community leaders to become the change they want in their communities. When leaders take action, they launch initiatives in the form of transformative entrepreneurship, provide services, fuel much-needed economic growth, and stimulate a positive upward spiral of wellbeing in communities. This research contributes a practical, holistic, yet nuanced, grounded theory useful for development of initiatives to instigate transformative effort that targets wellbeing uplift in impoverished and oppressed communities.

Steven W. Rayburn

Gideon Ochieng

Instigating transformative entrepreneurship in subsistence communities: Supporting leaders' transcendence and self-determination

在自给社区中激发变革性创业：支持领导者的超越与自主

Africa’s strong entrepreneurial spirit and desire for social change has led to growth in social entrepreneurship and incubation throughout the continent. However, there is a limited understanding of how entrepreneurial learning occurs during incubation. This study explored social entrepreneurs’ learning experience in South African incubators. A phenomenological methodology provided a deeper understanding of their lived experience. The findings show that during incubation, social entrepreneurs learn business and entrepreneurship concepts from champions and use this knowledge to transform themselves and their businesses. However, the unique needs of social entrepreneurs are not being met; they are not taught social enterprise specific concepts, not connected to those in the public or social sectors, and are pushed to prioritize profit motives over their social mission. The findings help incubators create a more supportive learning environment for social entrepreneurs through focused content, expanded network embeddedness, and recognition of the importance of social values.

Aleia Bucci

Jonathan Marks

Social entrepreneurs’ learning experience in South African incubators

南非孵化器中社会企业家的学习经历

David Littlewood

Giacomo Ciambotti

Diane Holt

Laurel Steinfield

Special issue editorial: Social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa

特刊社论：非洲的社会创新与创业

Sam Zisuh Njinyah

Geofry Areneke

Isaac K. Ofori

Gaelle Lesly Chofor Lepawa

The mediation effect of innovation in the relationship between external knowledge and firm performance in Africa

非洲外部知识与企业绩效关系中创新的调节作用

That collaboration has always been the foundation of human development as well as the coping strategy of some animal species is a view widely shared by scholars. In fact, no individual, organization or nation can produce everything it needs without collaboration. Therefore, nations and organizations use the concept of the triple helix as a collaborative tool to find solutions for commercial and social challenges. However, the main challenge of the model when applied has always been how to ensure its sustainability and its outcomes. Central to this challenge is the rationalist paradigm adopted in its conception and implementation, especially in an African context where communal and collectivist values are features of the society. Therefore, this paper advances a different model of collaboration. The African philosophy of Ubuntu is used as the framework for the conception and application of the triple helix. Our approach is grounded on the assumption that "culture" is one of the key determining success factors in sustainable collaboration. The approach requires a change in mindset and organizational structure and culture. Our practical approach to addressing the needed change is supported by renowned scholars in management.

Motolani Agbebi

Jianing Song

Aminu Mamman

Nabil Baydoun

Afrocentric triple helix: A communal perspective on addressing Africa’s economic and social challenges

非洲中心三螺旋：解决非洲经济和社会挑战的集体视角

Drawing on resource orchestration and social network theories, this study examines the relationships between bricolage, optimization, and new venture performance. We argue that optimization (i.e. standard application of resources acquired from resource markets) increases performance whereas bricolage (i.e. improvisation and unconventional resource applications) causes the opposite effect. We also argue that the effect of these resource mobilization approaches is contingent upon entrepreneurs' network diversity. Using survey data from agricultural ventures in Nigeria, we found support for our propositions. The findings also show that entrepreneurs' social capital affects the value of resource orchestration in relationship-based economic systems. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Abiodun Samuel Adegbile

Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong

Heinz-Theo Wagner

Linking resource mobilization approaches and venture performance in highly resource-constrained environments

在高度资源受限环境下，资源动员方法与创业绩效的关联

This article presents a systematic review of strategy research in Africa. The quantity of management research in general and strategy research in particular is growing on the continent, though from a low level. It is, however, characterized by a strong focus on South Africa and Ghana, hence not reflecting the cultural and economic diversity of the continent in detail. This review consists of 161 articles. The review found that research on strategy-performance relationship dominates the field. The cultural context and how it may influence strategy and strategy-making is still not well addressed. The article ends by suggesting future research directions based on the identified gaps.

Gemechis Terfa Eticha

Olof Brunninge

Workneh Kassa Tessema

Strategy research in an African context: A systematic literature review

非洲情境下的战略研究：系统性文献综述

This study examines the effect of ethical ideology on fraud rationalization among future accountants in Nigeria. Specifically, it investigates whether being a moral idealist or moral relativist influences the ability of future accountants to rationalize fraud. The study collected data from 225 participants with a scenario-based questionnaire, which was analysed using independent sample t-tests and regression estimation techniques. The results reveal a direct correlation between ethical ideology and fraud rationalization, indicating that future accountants who are high in moral relativism and low in moral idealism have higher tendencies to rationalize fraud than those who are high in moral idealism and low in moral relativism. These findings emphasize the importance of ethical ideology as an intrinsic psychological mechanism that can predict fraud rationalization tendencies in individuals. The study highlights the important implications of its findings and provides suggestions for future research.

Collins Sankay Oboh

Peter Sproat

Ethical ideology and fraud rationalization among future accountants in Nigeria

尼日利亚未来会计师的道德意识形态与欺诈合理化

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Journal Impact	1.13
国际分区	MANAGEMENT(Q4)

ISSN	2332-2373, 2332-2381
h-index	22

涉及主题	政治学经济业务法学地理计算机科学社会学生物财务历史工程类经济增长管理心理学考古物理
出版信息	出版商: Taylor and Francis Ltd.，出版周期: ，期刊类型: journal，开源期刊: 否
基本数据	创刊年份: 2015，原创研究文献占比: 100.00%，自引率:8.30%， Gold OA占比: 15.63%

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