A Mixed-Method Study of Programme Management Resources and Social Enterprise Sustainability: A Developing-Country Context

Arif ud Din, Syed Mohsin Ali Shah, Hatem El-Gohary, Raza Ur Rahman, Muhammad Haleem, Muhammad Jehangir, Syed Haider Khalil and Sayyam
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Arif ud Din: Garden Campus, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Syed Mohsin Ali Shah: Garden Campus, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Hatem El-Gohary: College of Business and Economics, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
Raza Ur Rahman: Garden Campus, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Muhammad Haleem: Department of Computer Science, Kardan University, Kabul 1003, Afghanistan
Muhammad Jehangir: Garden Campus, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Syed Haider Khalil: Garden Campus, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Sayyam: Garden Campus, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: This research investigates the relationship between enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) and programme management (PgM) resources, and subsequently how PgM resources and sustainability integrate into social enterprise. With a resource-based view (RBV) concept as the theoretical starting point, a systematic literature review identified EEFs relating to PgM resources, and PgM resources relating to sustainability in private and public organisations. A mixed-method research approach was used that is founded on a sequential exploratory strategy. In the preliminary phase, meta qualitative analysis was conducted; in the second phase, 16 semi structured interviews were undertaken to customise and confirm the concepts by using thematic analysis within 4 selected case studies. In the final phase, the model was validated by a survey that returned (n = 302) completed questionnaires from around Pakistan, and the used method of analysis was PLS-SEM. These research findings highlight that PgM resources within social enterprises are highly influential and dependent on external and internal EEFs, and that PgM resources are critical to consider for social enterprise sustainability. In addition, this study highlights that PgM resources positively influence social, economic, and environmental sustainability in SEs. Furthermore, this study developed a validated novel theoretical framework.

Keywords: sustainability; social enterprise; programme management resources; enterprise environmental factors; resource-based view; mixed-method; PLS-SEM; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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