TY - JOUR
T1 - Work integration social enterprises as vessels of empowerment? Perspectives from employees
AU - Chui, Cheryl Hiu Kwan
AU - Shum, Michelle H Y
AU - Lum, Terry Y.S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - Various countries across the East Asian region have witnessed the rapid proliferation of social enterprises, especially work integration social enterprises (WISEs) in the recent decade. Drawing from qualitative interviews with WISE employees and middle managers in Hong Kong, we examined what working in a WISE meant for employees with disabilities, and how such work differs from traditional service delivery organisations and other employment-support schemes. Three emergent themes, Meaningful Engagement, Individual-Based Empowerment and Relational-Based Empowerment, were identified as critical outcomes. Discussion pertaining to the role of WISE in the production of welfare and practice implications are presented.
AB - Various countries across the East Asian region have witnessed the rapid proliferation of social enterprises, especially work integration social enterprises (WISEs) in the recent decade. Drawing from qualitative interviews with WISE employees and middle managers in Hong Kong, we examined what working in a WISE meant for employees with disabilities, and how such work differs from traditional service delivery organisations and other employment-support schemes. Three emergent themes, Meaningful Engagement, Individual-Based Empowerment and Relational-Based Empowerment, were identified as critical outcomes. Discussion pertaining to the role of WISE in the production of welfare and practice implications are presented.
KW - Asia
KW - disability
KW - empowerment
KW - welfare
KW - Work integration social enterprises
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rswd20/2019/00000029/00000002/art00004
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055586157&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02185385.2018.1538899
DO - 10.1080/02185385.2018.1538899
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85055586157
SN - 0218-5385
VL - 29
SP - 133
EP - 148
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
IS - 2
ER -
