Article ID: NPR-D-17-00008
Prior study has fostered momentum in research on Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE), but it has shed no light on WISE staff members' social relationships and mutual recognition. Therefore, this study employed participant observation to reveal that in social relationships, WISE staff use "two logics" and "two relationships" to recognize one another and to create social relationships. Sometimes, however, staff members experience conflicts in these relationships. Even so, WISE never crashes because its staff care about working well together and recognizing one another. Overall then, their social relationships do nothing less than build WISE's solidarity. Finally, this study contributes to the evolving understanding of WISE in the context of recognition.
