Abstract

The most appropriate type of entrepreneurship to achieve the goals of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is social entrepreneurship (SE). However, the NGOs face many barriers in their SE that should be studied. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to assess the barriers to development of SE in NGOs of Kermanshah province in Western Iran using a qualitative paradigm along with the method of grounded theory. Using purposeful and theoretical sampling, 12 cases were selected. The techniques used for data collection were open questionnaires (unstructured), individual depth interviews, and taking notes. The findings showed that the most important barriers to the development of SE in NGOs of Kermanshah province include cultural-social, economic, educational, infrastructure, communication-information, management, psychological, legal-policy, and supportive barriers. These barriers have resulted in the phenomenon of SE underdevelopment among NGOs of Kermanshah province. Moreover, these barriers have played a major role in the failure of the process of solving the social problems of the province of Kermanshah, which eventually has led to the underdevelopment of its status. These barriers should be controlled, adjusted, or even eliminated. Finally, based on the findings and in order to overcome these barriers, some recommendations were presented.

摘要

实现非政府组织 (NGO) 目标的最合适的创业类型是社会创业 (SE)。然而，非政府组织在其社会企业中面临许多值得研究的障碍。因此，本研究的主要目的是使用定性范式和扎根理论的方法来评估伊朗西部克尔曼沙赫省非政府组织发展 SE 的障碍。使用有目的和理论抽样，选择了12个案例。用于数据收集的技术是开放式问卷（非结构化）、个人深度访谈和做笔记。调查结果表明，克尔曼沙阿省 NGO 发展 SE 的最重要障碍包括文化社会、经济、教育、基础设施、通信信息、管理、心理、法律政策、和支持性障碍。这些障碍导致了克尔曼沙阿省非政府组织中社企发展不足的现象。此外，这些障碍在解决克尔曼沙阿省社会问题的过程中发挥了重要作用，最终导致其地位的不发达。这些障碍应该得到控制、调整甚至消除。最后，根据调查结果，为了克服这些障碍，提出了一些建议。这些障碍应该得到控制、调整甚至消除。最后，根据调查结果，为了克服这些障碍，提出了一些建议。这些障碍应该得到控制、调整甚至消除。最后，根据调查结果，为了克服这些障碍，提出了一些建议。