Social entrepreneurship’s solutionism problem

Chalmers, D. (2021) Social entrepreneurship’s solutionism problem. Journal of Management Studies, 58(5), pp. 1363-1370. (doi: 10.1111/joms.12676)

Abstract

As a child I used to regularly visit New Lanark, a UNESCO world heritage site just south of Glasgow, where I grew up. It was, and still is, a remarkable place that has been carefully preserved to show what conditions were like for workers during the ‘Dark Satanic Mills’ era of the industrial revolution. New Lanark’s significance lies in the utopian philosophy of the owner, Robert Owen, who in 1799 introduced a then unprecedented raft of measures to educate and enhance the social welfare of employees and their families: a significant innovation at a time when children as young as five were expected to work long hours in dangerous and dirty factories.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Social entrepreneurship, social innovation, solutionism.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Chalmers, Professor Dominic
• Authors: Chalmers, D.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General); H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory; J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• Journal Name: Journal of Management Studies
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 0022-2380
• ISSN (Online): 1467-6486
• Published Online: 01 December 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 Society for the Advancement of Management Studies
• First Published: First published in Journal of Management Studies 58(5): 1363-1370
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy