Related to the
entrepreneurial culture of organisations, this
research suggests that most participating social
enterprise are perceived to have an “open” and
“creative” culture. However, unlike profitorientated
enterprises, the collective structure and
approach of social enterprises suggests that few
founders, managers or volunteers are comfortable
at being identified as the “social entrepreneur”
who drives the enterprise towards its objectives.
This is not to imply that the owners, volunteers
and managers of social initiatives are not
entrepreneurial. Rather, this suggests that given