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Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship: Is It Ability or Skill?

Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship: Is It Ability or Skill?
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Author(s): Jorge Colvin Díez (International Schiller University (SIU), Spain)and José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0097-1.ch008

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Abstract

The social entrepreneur has been analyzed from many perspectives, either from its social impact, its proposed social value, or its direct or indirect action. This chapter attempts to analyze the entrepreneur from a new approach: the perspective of the leader. Therefore, the question arises: is leadership in social entrepreneurs an evolutionary process or not? Is it a natural ability or a learned technique? Is the social entrepreneur a leader born or made? To answer this, [1] we will analyze the main contemporary theories of leadership from two different paradigms (Colvin, 2013), [2] we will define new concepts in the world of social entrepreneurship, [3] we will establish a life cycle of strategic leadership promoted by the social entrepreneur focused on his or her organization in order to serve as a seed for the intended social impact.

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