Prof. Dr. Rainer Loidl, has a Doctorate in Sociology and 4 years of social-pedagogic work with yo... more Prof. Dr. Rainer Loidl, has a Doctorate in Sociology and 4 years of social-pedagogic work with youth. He is a Professor at the degree program Social Work and Management at the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM Graz (2004-present). Research and teaching visits have taken him into Berlin (Germany), Berkeley (USA), Dublin (Ireland), Warsaw (Poland), Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Baia Mare (Romania). Working fields include topics as Labor Market, Working Time Management, Vocational Education and professions. Organization, management, leadership, entrepreneurship; Social economy, social policy, social entrepreneurship; Performance measurement, Quality Management, impact research in social services; Youth, family, elderly, people with handicaps; Domestic Violence; Quality of Life research; Evaluation research and methods in social research. Marie-Therese Sagl is a social worker and doctoral student in sociology; junior researcher at the degree program Social Work and Management at the Univ...
Abstract. The mission of a social enterprise is to improve the living conditions of individuals a... more Abstract. The mission of a social enterprise is to improve the living conditions of individuals and to contribute to social-economic welfare, which are traditionally the agenda of social work. From a sociological theory of profession view and supported by experiences in six case studies on SROI (Social Return on Investment) in social enterprises in Austria we discuss the implementation of socioeconomic performance measurement models as identity-formation and profession development of Social Work. SROI programmatics and semantics are understood as a professionalization strategy for the acquisition of societal acknowledgment. If organizations fail in presenting performances and effectiveness, their legitimacy is put into question and consequently the acknowledgment is discredited. In pursuing both economic and social “double-bottom-lines ” social enterprises are challenged to create complex value and performance measurement models and tools and to “signal ” performance, efficiency and...
Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch ge... more Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.
Prof. Dr. Rainer Loidl, has a Doctorate in Sociology and 4 years of social-pedagogic work with yo... more Prof. Dr. Rainer Loidl, has a Doctorate in Sociology and 4 years of social-pedagogic work with youth. He is a Professor at the degree program Social Work and Management at the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM Graz (2004-present). Research and teaching visits have taken him into Berlin (Germany), Berkeley (USA), Dublin (Ireland), Warsaw (Poland), Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Baia Mare (Romania). Working fields include topics as Labor Market, Working Time Management, Vocational Education and professions. Organization, management, leadership, entrepreneurship; Social economy, social policy, social entrepreneurship; Performance measurement, Quality Management, impact research in social services; Youth, family, elderly, people with handicaps; Domestic Violence; Quality of Life research; Evaluation research and methods in social research. Marie-Therese Sagl is a social worker and doctoral student in sociology; junior researcher at the degree program Social Work and Management at the Univ...
Abstract. The mission of a social enterprise is to improve the living conditions of individuals a... more Abstract. The mission of a social enterprise is to improve the living conditions of individuals and to contribute to social-economic welfare, which are traditionally the agenda of social work. From a sociological theory of profession view and supported by experiences in six case studies on SROI (Social Return on Investment) in social enterprises in Austria we discuss the implementation of socioeconomic performance measurement models as identity-formation and profession development of Social Work. SROI programmatics and semantics are understood as a professionalization strategy for the acquisition of societal acknowledgment. If organizations fail in presenting performances and effectiveness, their legitimacy is put into question and consequently the acknowledgment is discredited. In pursuing both economic and social “double-bottom-lines ” social enterprises are challenged to create complex value and performance measurement models and tools and to “signal ” performance, efficiency and...
Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch ge... more Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.
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