An Empirical Study on 'Intermediately Work' and 'Workplace Empowerment' in Social Enterprise Practices.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Meiji University (2017); Seigakuin University (2014-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Otaka Kendo 明治大学, 政治経済学部, 専任教授 (00364323)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYAZAKI TAKASHI 北海道大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (10190761) ; FUJII ATSUSHI 立教大学, コミュニティ福祉学部, 教授 (60292190) ; HARADA KOHKI 立教大学, コミュニティ福祉学部, 教授 (20340416) ; HASHIRII YOICHI 東京家政大学, 家政学部, 教授 (30347843)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 社会教育 / 社会的企業 / 中間的就労 / エンパワメント / 社会的排除 / 生活困窮者支援体系化 / 協同労働

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aims to explore the role of social enterprises (work integration social enterprises), which are conceived as a key agent of transition support for socially excluded people, in terms of 'intermediately work' and 'workplace empowerment'. The main tasks are: 1) to discuss the logic of regional construction of a work support system that allows diverse work styles, beyond single-track career assistance such as a transition support to general work; 2) to empirically clarify the conditions and issues of the development of social enterprise practices in creating expanded learning opportunities/spaces to reconsider the meaning of working.

Free Research Field

社会教育学