Network centrality and performance of social enterprises: Government certified social enterprises in Seoul, South Korea
제목
Network centrality and performance of social enterprises: Government certified social enterprises in Seoul, South Korea
저자
Bae Junghee
; Heung Seek Cho
; Mary Ager Caplan
키워드
network
; centrality
; social
; and
; economic
; performance
; enterprise
; theory
발행연도
2018-04-17
발행기관
John Wiley & Sons
인용정보
Asian Social Work and Policy Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 75 - 85
초록
Social enterprises
which have been dramatically increasing all over the world for several decades
are facing the challenge of how best to develop strategies to improve performance and achieve sustainable growth. In South Korea
the government has supported active networking among social enterprises as a tactic for overcoming insufficient material and human resources. However
it is unclear whether active networking activities among social enterprises are associated with higher performance. In this study
a network survey of certified social enterprises (n = 78) in Seoul
South Korea was conducted. Multivariate regression models examined whether degree centrality
closeness centrality
and betweenness centrality were associated with the economic and social performance of social enterprises after controlling for organizational factors. The results revealed that a social enterprise with higher degree centrality in the network of regular meetings achieved higher social and economic performance.
