Design of a Social Entrepreneurship Paradigm Model with an Approach to Empowerment of Female Household Heads, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, Fars Province  (Case Study: The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation of Fars Province)

Zare, Reza; Safari Dashtaki, Mohammad

doi:10.22059/jwdp.2019.268055.1007520

Document Type : Practical article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Management, Department of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

² PhD in Public Management, Islamic Azad University, Deylam Branch, Deylam, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jwdp.2019.268055.1007520

Abstract

It is generally accepted that women and girls are more vulnerable to the exploitation, poverty, violence and malnutrition than men. They have less opportunity for education and training. Social entrepreneurship gives women the opportunity to control their own destinies. It allows women enjoy greater independency, empowerment and social participation than the traditional and state-owned investments. The present study aimed to provide a social entrepreneurship model with an approach to empowerment of female household heads in the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and identification and explanation of effective factors in the formation of this process and its consequences through applying a qualitative research method and the Grounded Theory (GT) strategy. In this regard, interviews were conducted with eighteen university experts and family workers from Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation in Fars province as the statistical sample using a semi-structured theoretical and purposive method. The interview results were analyzed in three stages namely the open, axial and selective coding. According to obtained results, empowering policies create the social entrepreneurship and the phenomenon orientation in the interaction with other factors. Relationships of these factors are shown in the final model of research. Capacity-building, physical-psychological boosting and supportive laws have significant effects on the creation of empowering policies. This attitude ultimately becomes a basis for the emergence of social entrepreneurship phenomenon.

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Welfare and Planning

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Design of a Social Entrepreneurship Paradigm Model with an Approach to Empowerment of Female Household Heads, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, Fars Province (Case Study: The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation of Fars Province)

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Volume 17, Issue 1
April 2019
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Design of a Social Entrepreneurship Paradigm Model with an Approach to Empowerment of Female Household Heads, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, Fars Province (Case Study: The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation of Fars Province)

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Volume 17, Issue 1April 2019Pages 147-171

Volume 17, Issue 1
April 2019
Pages 147-171