Service Leadership Education Embedded in a Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework

Linda Wong; Yanto Chandra

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-515-0_4

Service Leadership Education Embedded in a Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework

Linda Wong
, Yanto Chandra

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Chapter in an edited book (as author) › Academic research › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Despite the importance of services in Hong Kong’s economy and the role of leadership in the services sector, little is known about how Hong Kong’s universities played a role in nurturing future service leaders. Drawing on the notion that “everyone can be a leader” which rejects the trait-based perspective of leadership, we demonstrate how City University of Hong Kong (CityU) pioneered the development of service leadership education that is embedded in the social innovation and entrepreneurship framework. We elaborated CityU’s approach to service leadership and showcased how we implemented the framework in two undergraduate courses that embrace the spirit of service learning and social entrepreneurship. We conclude that universities in Hong Kong need a “paradigm shift” in how they sharpen and unleash the creative potential of their target beneficiaries and should give a greater focus on discovery-enriched learning to better prepare young future leaders in the fast-changing world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Quality of Life in Asia
Publisher	Springer
Pages	51-65
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-515-0_4
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Quality of Life in Asia
Volume	6
ISSN (Print)	2211-0550
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-0569

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Entrepreneurship
Service leaders
Service leadership education
Social innovation
Undergraduate courses

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Administration
Demography
Development
Education

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Service Leadership Education Embedded in a Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework

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