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    Social entrepreneurship education enhancement through innovative training pedagogies across Europe.


    Loukopoulos, Argyrios, Taylor, Marie, Sotiropoulou, Aikaterini, Erzetic, Barbara Hvalic, Mikolic, Sara, Slavic, Irma Potocnik and Manti, Arianna (2022) Social entrepreneurship education enhancement through innovative training pedagogies across Europe. Irish Journal of Management, 41 (2): 5. pp. 135-154. ISSN 1649-248X

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    Abstract

    Social Enterprises (SEs) have become the focus of increased policy attention internationally and at the EU level in recent years. Not as much attention, however, has been given to identifying and eliminating their skills gaps and training needs. Following the principles of the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) methodology and collecting data from different stakeholders on the social entrepreneurship sector of four EU countries (Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Slovenia) participating in the EU project 'SocialB', this paper examines the development of its training content, and how this addresses the SEs' training challenges regarding management, sustainability and growth issues. This paper outlines the steps this project followed in tackling these issues through developing innovative learning content and training delivery methodology.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: social enterprise; skills training; social entrepreneurship needs; action and experiential learning; practice-based pedagogy;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 20498
    Identification Number: 10.2478/ijm-2023-0002
    Depositing User: IAM School of Business
    Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2025 09:21
    Journal or Publication Title: Irish Journal of Management
    Publisher: Irish Academy of Management
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20498
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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