Pluralité de parties prenantes et d'objectifs dans les entreprises sociales d'insertion

Third sector literature underlines the existence of a plurality of stakeholders and a multiplicity of goals as the typical features among the others qualifying characteristics of Social Enterprise. This article deals with these topics with reference to the reality of 15 Belgian work integration social enterprises. First the presence of different categories of stakeholders is verified. Results show the prevalence of third sector organizations representatives and the significant amount of permanent staff delegates and business enterprises representatives. The multiplicity of goals is then analyzed verifying the hypothesis of three main categories of objective within work integration social enterprises: occupational and social integration, production of goods and services, advocacy and lobbying. Collected data show that the first two mentioned goals have the same importance within organizational mission. Finally the relationship between the two topics is investigated.