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Publication Ideological evolution of social entrepreneurship: Insights from Chile 1960–2020(2025) Barton, Marieshka; Kimmitt, Jonathan; Poblete, Carlos; Muñoz, PabloSocial entrepreneurship is often framed as a transformative force foraddressing societal challenges, yet its ideological underpinnings remainunderexplored, particularly outside of the Global North. This studyaddresses this omission by exploring the role of ideologies in shapingthe evolution of social entrepreneurship in Chile between 1960 and2020, a context marked by ideological polarisation as well as a vibrantcontemporary social entrepreneurship sector. We use historical meth-ods to explore the role of Catholic Social Teaching and neoliberalism inshaping approaches to social welfare, leading to social entrepreneur-ship’s emergence (1990–2010) and growth (2010–2020). Our findingsreveal an ideological synthesis that forms the basis for contemporarysocial entrepreneurship, underpinned by dimensions of messianism,markets, and managerialism. By highlighting the role of religious andeconomic ideologies in structuring the field, we offer new insights intothe contested nature of social entrepreneurship and its role in contemporary social change.Publication The deterioration of self-worth in entrepreneurship(2023) Muñoz, Pablo; Barton, Marieshka; Braun, Susanne; Chowdhury, Farzana; Jayne-Little, Nicola; Komes, Jessica; Rowland, Joanne; Sykes, Katherine; Smith, Jason; Talbot-Jones, Clare; Taggart, AdeleThis paper explores the deterioration of self-worth in entrepreneurship. Using a 15-month participatory action research in the North of England, we found mismatches between expectations and experiences at three interacting levels—purpose, autonomy, and achievement—which surface as entrepreneurs reflect on execution, performance, and fulfillment experiences. Mismatches materialize as incongruence between the ideal states under pursuit and the actual experiences, which compound leading to a diminished sense of control, direction, and worthiness, which in turn further fuels a cycle of negative emotions, involving anxiety, isolation, shame, and guilt. We discuss implications for entrepreneurs’ mental healthItem The magical language of un-realistic venture ideas in social entrepreneurship.(2022) Barton, Marieshka; Muñoz, PabloAs social entrepreneurship gains maturity, research has begun to explore the less alluring aspects of the field, including the heroic stance of social entrepreneurs, the assumed moral superiority of their intentions, and the misleading emphasis on solutionism. In this paper, we explore a central component of this criticism, which is the construction of un-realistic venture ideas in social entrepreneurs’ pitches for social change. We analysed social venture business plans and the written feedback provided by judges during a social venture competition, and we used speech act theory to analyse the claims and promises triggering judges’ disbelief. We discovered three linguistic artefacts that underlie the construction of un-realistic venture ideas in social entrepreneurship, which we label holism, devotion, and enlightenment. While these artefacts trigger disbelief, they also play an expressive role as they channel both contestation and dreams. We leverage magical realism to forward an alternative explanation of how venture ideas in social entrepreneurship can act as a cultural form of social protest, which can be seen as a historically contingent, modern revolution.