A xenophilic perspective of social entrepreneurship

Reginald Tucker and Randall M. Croom

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2021, vol. 15, issue C

Abstract: Social entrepreneurship has grown as an established field of inquiry, accompanied by growth in both academic and practice. In this paper, we offer a novel perspective on why some social entrepreneurs venture for foreigners. We employ xenophilia, a love of foreigners, to explain why some people care for foreigners by venturing for them. We conceptualize that religious and social class logics influence a xenophilic perspective of foreigners. We also analyze how xenophilia can have a darker side, particularly in social entrepreneurship. Our arguments and analysis allow us to provoke future research questions and offer practical implications.

Keywords: Social entrepreneurship; Religious logic; Xenophilia; Religion; Cosmopolitan; Empathy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00217

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