an article by Toni King (Solent NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK; ImROC, Nottingham, UK) and Sara Meddings (Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Worthing, UK; ImROC, Nottingham, UK) published in Mental Health and Social Inclusion Volume 23 Issue 3 (2019)
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a preliminary outline of the international presence, commonality and differences between Recovery Colleges.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used a short e-mailed survey to create a map of Recovery Colleges internationally and review Recovery Colleges outside the UK. Questions gathered descriptive and qualitative data to gain an overview of the mode of delivery and aspects respondents felt were noteworthy.
Findings
This paper identifies Recovery Colleges in 22 countries in five continents (including the UK). Participants described wide variance in their context. Despite adaptations, the operational models and inherent principles of each were closely aligned to those developed in the UK.
Originality/value
This paper provides the first baseline of Recovery Colleges on an international scale. It provides evidence of a high degree of commonality despite variance in setting and highlights the internationally valued transformational power of this model.
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Friday, 25 January 2013
From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe
an article by Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd (Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, Vouliagmeni, Greece), Sarah Jack (Lancaster University, UK) and Alistair R. Anderson (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK) published in Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Volume 25 Numbers 1-2 (January 2013)
Abstract
Although entrepreneurship seems to offer a universal economic solution, there are some doubts about whether it is universally attractive.
We argue that entrepreneurship is a socially constructed concept and consequently the meanings, and hence the appeal, of the enterprise will vary internationally. We argue that how entrepreneurship is understood affects how attractive it seems.
Accordingly, we investigated the meanings of entrepreneurship by analysing a range of metaphors of entrepreneurship gathered from schools across Europe. We found that both the meaning and understandings of the practices vary considerably.
For most, the concept of entrepreneurship as an engine of the economy is attractive, but for some, the practices of entrepreneurs were considerably less appealing. We find links between national socio-economic contexts and attractiveness. We argue that culture and context seem to influence the social constructions of entrepreneurship and hence the attractiveness of entrepreneurial options.
We also find that the pedagogical national narratives of the entrepreneur stand in dynamic tension with the performative national processes of entrepreneurship.
Abstract
Although entrepreneurship seems to offer a universal economic solution, there are some doubts about whether it is universally attractive.
We argue that entrepreneurship is a socially constructed concept and consequently the meanings, and hence the appeal, of the enterprise will vary internationally. We argue that how entrepreneurship is understood affects how attractive it seems.
Accordingly, we investigated the meanings of entrepreneurship by analysing a range of metaphors of entrepreneurship gathered from schools across Europe. We found that both the meaning and understandings of the practices vary considerably.
For most, the concept of entrepreneurship as an engine of the economy is attractive, but for some, the practices of entrepreneurs were considerably less appealing. We find links between national socio-economic contexts and attractiveness. We argue that culture and context seem to influence the social constructions of entrepreneurship and hence the attractiveness of entrepreneurial options.
We also find that the pedagogical national narratives of the entrepreneur stand in dynamic tension with the performative national processes of entrepreneurship.
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