JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
Testing a Team-Development Model: Partnership in Creating a Work-Integration Social Enterprise
Author(s): Fred Seddon, Richard Hazenberg, Simon Denny
Citation: Fred Seddon, Richard Hazenberg, Simon Denny, (2012) "Testing a Team-Development Model: Partnership in Creating a Work-Integration Social Enterprise," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 9, Iss. 5, pp. 47 - 64
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
A model of team-based philosophy is applied to test the efficacy of a partnership between a university and
a regional social enterprise development agency during the set-up and development of a work-integration
social enterprise (WISE). The research had three data collection phases ‘early’, ‘middle’ and ‘late’.
Analysis of interview data collected during the ‘early’ phase of this research evaluation revealed five
themes: ‘Communication’, ‘Unity’, ‘Concept and Planning’, ‘Personalities’ and ‘Personal Perceptions’.
These interim research findings are discussed in relation to the proposed model and its appropriateness
for the evaluation task.