Designing theoretically and evidence based social procurement programmes in construction: a capability empowerment approach

Bridgeman, Jemma and Loosemore, Martin 2021. Designing theoretically and evidence based social procurement programmes in construction: a capability empowerment approach. Presented at: 37th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM 2021), Virtual, 06-07 September 2021. Published in: Scott, Lloyd and Neilson, Christopher J. eds. Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Proceedings of the 37th annual conference. ARCOM, pp. 168-177.

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Abstract

Social procurement policies require companies to develop and implement initiatives to create social value, yet many programmes created in response to these emerging policies lack a reliable empirical and theoretical foundation. Addressing this problem and brining a new theoretically informed evidence-based approach to social procurement research in construction, this paper presents a theoretically informed and methodologically robust social return on investment (SROI) analysis of a construction training programme developed to reduce the risk of youth homelessness. Mobilising Sen and Nussbaum's Capability Empowerment Approach, the paper provides robust, testable and transparent evidence of the social impact of the programme on the lives of the homeless people who went through it. Robust theoretically informed social procurement initiatives are critically important in ensuring that social procurement policies have their intended social outcomes.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Publisher:	ARCOM
ISBN:	9780995546356
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 May 2022
Last Modified:	16 May 2022 13:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149644

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