Abstract
The Kibbutz Harduf community in Israel is exceptional even among traditional collectives. The community’s ideology is a combination of collective, collaborative values and anthroposophical beliefs. Its mission is to provide healing and inclusion within the kibbutz through social enterprises. This study, employing the mixed methods research approach, is the first conducted of the Kibbutz Harduf community. The goal of the study was to examine the impact of inclusion initiatives on the community. The study findings indicate that the combination of the community’s guiding principles and their practical and daily application contributed to the creation of a new image and branding of Harduf as a community with a unique destiny.
Abstract
The paper extends the Framework for Service Driven-driven Social Community by the inclusion of value co-creation, taken from the Service-Dominant Logic, and test the corresponding hypotheses. We, following a quantitative approach, surveyed members of two social communities, one in Africa, another in South America. We applied Structural Equation Modelling. The results validate almost all the Modified Model in the two samples and reinforce its potential to increase both self and collective wellbeing. Within the Framework, there are just a few relationships of different magnitude between one and the other community.