%0 Journal Article
%T Passionate Leaders in Social Entrepreneurship: Exploring an African Context
%A Adesuwa Omorede
%A Sara Thorgren
%J Business & Society
%@ 1552-4205
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0007650315612070
%X Nonstate actors such as social enterprises are increasingly influential for addressing pressing social needs in sub-Saharan Africa. Moving responsibility from the state to private entrepreneurs calls for a greater understanding of how single individuals achieve their social mission in a context characterized by acute poverty and where informal institutions, such as trust and collective norms, are strong governance mechanisms. This study recognizes the role of leader passion as a key element for gaining people¡¯s trust in the social enterprise leader and the social mission. Qualitative data were collected on 37 leaders of Nigerian social enterprises in arenas such as health, women¡¯s rights, children¡¯s rights, AIDS/HIV care and education, and sustainable development. Drawing on 100 semistructured interviews, the authors develop an inductive model illustrating how leader passion interrelates with the social enterprise organizing and outcomes
%K social entrepreneurship
%K sub-Saharan Africa
%K passion
%K leadership
%K qualitative orientation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0007650315612070