ABSTRACT

Social entrepreneurship has garnered increased attention from scholars in a number of disciplines, especially international development and to a growing degree, sport management. Responding to recent calls within institutional theory and sport management, in this study, the lens of institutional work is employed to explore how a refugee-led organization in Uganda and its members utilize sport-related social entrepreneurship to create, maintain, and disrupt institutions. Data analysis revealed three overarching themes related to the purposeful, intentional work of actors, including: the use of sport microfinance savings groups to fill institutional voids; social entrepreneurship work by refugees to build social and economic value; and experimentation work to disrupt gender norms. Findings underscore the way in which both organizations and individuals engage in sport-related social entrepreneurial activities to create, maintain, and contest interrelated institutions, in particular institutionalized poverty and gender. Discussion is presented which expands theoretical and practical knowledge on the institutional work and practices of individuals and organizations acting innovatively to contest institutional arrangements and the poverty of refugees.

摘要

社会企业家精神越来越受到许多学科学者的关注，特别是国际发展以及越来越多的体育管理。为了响应最近机构理论和体育管理领域的呼声，本研究采用机构工作的视角来探讨乌干达难民领导的组织及其成员如何利用与体育相关的社会企业家精神来创建、维持和瓦解机构。数据分析揭示了与行为者有目的、有目的的工作相关的三个总体主题，包括：利用体育小额信贷储蓄团体来填补机构空白；难民开展社会创业工作，以创造社会和经济价值；以及破坏性别规范的实验工作。研究结果强调了组织和个人参与与体育相关的社会创业活动的方式，以创建、维持和竞争相互关联的制度，特别是制度化的贫困和性别。讨论扩展了机构工作的理论和实践知识以及个人和组织以创新方式对抗机构安排和难民贫困的实践。