Social Development & Welfare Planning

Identifying and ranking barriers to social entrepreneurship development in NGOs in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Vahid Khorshidi 1
Mehdi Mohammadi 2
Abolfazl Baghbani Arani 3
Hossein Sotudeh- Arani 4

1 M.Sc. Student in governmental management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor, Governmental Management Dept, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjsd.2024.71876.2449
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of identifying and ranking the barriers to the development of social entrepreneurship in the NGOs of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces and based on a qualitative method. Based on this, first, by conducting a semi-structured interview with the managers of the province's NGOs, the barriers to the development of social entrepreneurship were identified, and in the next step, the factors were ranked using the fuzzy hierarchical analysis method. The statistical population of this research was 74 people from the managers of the NGOs of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, from which a random sample of 20 people was selected for the interview and a random sample of 40 people was selected for the rating questionnaire. The results of the research show that the non-cooperation of the government&government agencies is the first factor, and the non-awareness of NGOs about social entrepreneurship is the second factor, and the factors of people's lack of acceptance of entrepreneurial plans and people's lifestyles and obstacles Mentally, They were ranked next. Facilitating the provision of licenses to social entrepreneurial activities and their financial support, holding training workshops for the activists NGOs, and creating a culture among people for the desire for collective activities through public media, including There are solutions to remove the obstacles to the development of social entrepreneurship in the NGOs of Chaharmahal&Bakhtiari provinces.

Keywords

social participation
NGO
entrepreneurship
social capital
civil society
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Social Development & Welfare Planning
Volume 15, Issue 61
Winter 2025
Pages 239-272

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