Challenging the assumptions of social entrepreneurship education and repositioning it for the future: Wonders of cultural, social, symbolic and economic capitals

Karatas-Ozkan, Mine, Ibrahim, Shahnaz, Ozbilgin, Mustafa, Fayolle, Alain, Manville, Graham ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-1363, Nicolopoulou, Katerina, Tatli, Ahu and Tunalioglu, Melike (2023) Challenging the assumptions of social entrepreneurship education and repositioning it for the future: Wonders of cultural, social, symbolic and economic capitals. Social Enterprise Journal, 19 (2). pp. 98-122. ISSN 1750-8614

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Abstract

Purpose: Social entrepreneurship education (SEE) is gaining increasing attention globally. This paper aims to focus on how SEE may be better understood and reconfigured from a Bourdieusian capital perspective with an emphasis on the process of mobilising and transforming social entrepreneurs’ cultural, social, economic and symbolic resources. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on qualitative research with a sample of social entrepreneurship educators and mentors, the authors generate insights into the significance of challenging assumptions and establishing values and principles and hence that of developing a range of capitals (using the Bourdieusian notion of capital) for SEE. Findings: The findings highlight the significance of developing a range of capitals and their transformative power for SEE. In this way, learners can develop dispositions for certain forms of capitals over others and transform them to each other in becoming reflexive social agents. Originality/value: The authors respond to the calls for critical thinking in entrepreneurship education and contribute to the field by developing a reflexive approach to SEE. The authors also make recommendations to educators, who are tasked with implementing such an approach in pursuit of raising the next generations of social entrepreneurs.

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Additional Information: Funding Information: The research underpinning this paper was originally supported by a seed funding grant by the Higher Education Entrepreneurship Group of SEEDA (South East England Development Agency).
Uncontrolled Keywords: social entrepreneurship education,capital,symbolic capital,capital conversion,bourdieu,habitus,symbolic capital,capital,capital conversion,habitus,development,business, management and accounting (miscellaneous),economics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous),management, monitoring, policy and law,sociology and political science,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3303
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Strategy and Entrepreneurship
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2022 04:04
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2024 03:25
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90134
DOI: 10.1108/SEJ-02-2022-0018

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