Investigating the outcome performance of work-integration social enterprises (WISEs): do WISEs offer ‘added value’ to NEETs?

Richard Hazenberg; Frederick A Seddon; Simon Denny

doi:10.1080/14719037.2012.759670

Investigating the outcome performance of work-integration social enterprises (WISEs): do WISEs offer ‘added value’ to NEETs?

Richard Hazenberg
, Frederick A Seddon
, Simon Denny

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Abstract

This study takes a comparative approach to study the ‘outcome’ performance of a WISE and a ‘for-profit’ work-integration organisation that both provided employment enhancement programmes to NEETs. Participants at both organisations completed general self-efficacy questionnaires before and after engagement on the programmes. Additionally, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were held with the owners and staff at both organisations. Results revealed no significant difference between the ‘outcome’ performance of the WISE and for-profit organisation. However, analysis of the organisational aims, values and structures suggests that the ‘added value’ offered by the WISE came from the different induction policy that it operated

Original language	English
Article number	6
Pages (from-to)	876-899
Number of pages	24
Journal	Public Management Review
Volume	16
Issue number	6
Early online date	21 Mar 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2012.759670
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM XVI) 16th Conference - University of Rome Duration: 11 Apr 2012 → … http://www.irspm.net/conferences.html

Keywords

WISE
NEET
general self-efficacy
comparative research and evaluation

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