Defining and conceptualizing social work entrepreneurship

This article presents the results of a study investigating social work students' and professionals' perceptions of social work entrepreneurship (SWE). A purposive sample of 52 social work professionals and 82 social work students was selected to participate in a survey that used a two-item closed-ended and five-item open-ended questionnaire. Despite the study limitation imposed by self-selection of the sample, the findings help to define and conceptualize social work entrepreneurship. The author makes a case for including entrepreneurial training in the social work curriculum.