Empirical Research on the Practical Effects and Support Systems of Developmental Social Work through Social Entrepreneurship

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02310
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Oh Sewoong 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 准教授 (00708000)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 社会起業 / 社会的企業 / 開発的ソーシャルワーク / 開発志向のソーシャルワーク / タイムバンキング / 社会福祉法人 / 国際比較

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, we verified the effectiveness of a social welfare organization's practice of developmental social work using a methodology called "social entrepreneurship," which creates social enterprises that possess both social and business qualities. Additionally, we examined the creation of an effective support system to revitalize social entrepreneurship. First, we summarized the entrepreneurial process and development-oriented practical elements based on interview surveys of social enterprises in Japan and Korea whose mission is to address local issues. We also analyzed practice cases of time banking in Japan, Korea, and the United States, and explored the ideal methods of sustainable organizational management and their similarities with developmental social work.

Free Research Field

社会福祉組織の運営管理

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、制度の狭間の問題や地域資源開発機能の弱さが指摘されているが、開発志向の実践は、昨今のソーシャルワークに求められる重要な実践課題であり、ソーシャルワーカーの開発的志向を高めるための具体的な実践方法論の構築が求められている。本研究を通して得られた研究成果を基に、ソーシャルワーカーの開発志向を高めるための具体的な実践論を見出すことができた。また、それを基に実践者向けの教育コンテンツを制作し、社会福祉教育の現場で活用することができ、研究の知見を実践に活かすための工夫に努めた。