Religious influences on social enterprise in Asia : observations in Cambodia, Malaysia and South Korea

Isaac Lyne, Jieun Ryu, Yong Yuan Teh, Tetsuya Morita

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Abstract

This chapter takes a look at the influence of religion on SEs in East Asia - the most religiously diverse region of the world (Pew Research Center 2014). We start by analysing the influence of religion on international development discourse in recent decades, considering that major international development institutions have increasingly embraced SE as part of “sustainable development” (Power et al. 2012). We then narrow the 294 Lyne, Ryu, Teh and Morita discussion to nuanced specificities by considering institutional perspectives, finding value in a text by James (1993) as the basis for a theoretical framework. We proceed with a presentation of the research that was carried out, including a summary of the methodology used, before describing three case studies that illustrate the influence of different religions on SEs: Christian Protestant influence, in South Korea; Islamic influence, in Malaysia; and Buddhist influence, in Cambodia. Our specific research questions are: How does the institutional influence of religion impact on social enterprises’ strategies for successfully achieving social goals and organisational sustainability? And how is this affected in turn by variations in religious heterogeneity and national income status?
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Enterprise in Asia: Theory, Models and Practice
EditorsEric Bidet, Jacques Defourny
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages293-313
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9780429265761
ISBN (Print)9780367211592
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Asia
  • business
  • religion
  • social entrepreneurship

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