How social enterprise executives perceive their relationship with the government in South Korea: Insights from a Q‐methodological study

Casper Hendrik Claassen (), Eric Bidet (), Junki Kim and Yeanhee Choi
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Casper Hendrik Claassen: Yonsei University
Eric Bidet: ARGUMans - Laboratoire de recherche en gestion Le Mans Université - UM - Le Mans Université
Junki Kim: SNU - Seoul National University [Seoul]
Yeanhee Choi: SNU - Seoul National University [Seoul]

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Abstract: This study utilizes Q‐methodology to assess the perspectives of 37 executives of government‐certified social enterprises in South Korea on their organization's relationship with the public sector in terms of the complementary‐supplementary‐adversarial conceptual frameworks of Toepler et al. and Young and the literature on co‐production. The perspectives of social enterprise executives that participate in co‐production arrangements represent an underexplored domain. Our findings contribute to the framework of Toepler et al. by empirically gauging the effects of, in particular, an enabling regulatory framework and public funding relative to the tensions represented by potentially excessive regulation. Although the focus on a single context limits the generalizability of the study, it provides insights on the nuances and complexities of public sector patronage while highlighting that such patronage is generally seen as being more complementary than adversarial. Our findings contribute to efforts to empirically gauge perceptions of co‐production arrangements.

Keywords: Social enterprise; Q methodology; South Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-10-04
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Published in Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2023, ⟨10.1002/nml.21584⟩

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DOI: 10.1002/nml.21584

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