Articleshttp://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/141732026-05-15T12:49:52Z2026-05-15T12:49:52ZRedefining Entrepreneurship: Philosophical Insights in a Post-individualist EraLeite, Eduardo Manuel de AlmeidaAudretsch, DavidLeite, Anahttp://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/143792024-10-23T16:58:36Z2024-06-02T00:00:00ZRedefining Entrepreneurship: Philosophical Insights in a Post-individualist Era
Leite, Eduardo Manuel de Almeida; Audretsch, David; Leite, Ana
In the dynamic landscape of post-individualist entrepreneurship, this study delves into the profound interplay between philosophy and entrepreneurship. Guided by foundational philosophical tenets, including Spinoza’s ‘conatus’ and ‘affects’, Schopenhauer’s asceticism, and Nietzsche’s diverse perspectives, their implications for modern entrepreneurship are dissected. Employing a critical and analytical approach, the convergence and divergence between philosophy and entrepreneurship are explored. The methodology integrates philosophical works, entrepreneurship theories and social network concepts to unveil fresh insights into contemporary entrepreneurial behaviour. This study not only identifies significant resonances between these philosophical underpinnings and entrepreneurship but also confronts the challenges posed by philosophical contrasts. For instance, while Spinoza’s concept of ‘conatus’ resonates with the entrepreneurial drive for innovation and perseverance, Schopenhauer’s asceticism introduces a contrasting perspective, questioning the sustainability of entrepreneurial desires in the face of materialism and temporary gains. This juxtaposition challenges individuals to reevaluate the essence of entrepreneurial success, suggesting that it extends beyond mere financial gain to include deeper satisfaction and a more meaningful purpose that transcends fleeting desires. The study’s results offer tangible benefits for entrepreneurs, illuminating the emotional complexities, ethical implications and the intricate dynamics within entrepreneurial networks.
Leite, E. M. de A., Audretsch, D., & Leite, A. (2024). Redefining Entrepreneurship: Philosophical Insights in a Post-individualist Era. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 33(2), 239-267. https://doi.org/10.1177/09713557241255399
2024-06-02T00:00:00ZCareer Metaphors and Significant Childhood Experiences in Social Entrepreneurs’ Career ChoiceCohen, HillaBaruch, Oshrit KaspiKatz, Hagaihttp://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/143782024-10-23T16:53:39Z2024-05-01T00:00:00ZCareer Metaphors and Significant Childhood Experiences in Social Entrepreneurs’ Career Choice
Cohen, Hilla; Baruch, Oshrit Kaspi; Katz, Hagai
This article examines the role of childhood experiences and metaphors in social entrepreneurs’ (SEs) career choice processes through a psychoanalytic lens. Metaphors are a unique projective tool to explore SEs’ subconscious processes. A total of 104 in-depth semi-structured interviews and 24 in-depth life-story interviews with SEs were conducted based on psychoanalytic theories emphasising family dynamics, childhood experiences and mental processes. The SEs were asked about significant childhood experiences and for a metaphor that describes their occupation. The metaphors they chose were justice fighter, caregiver, creator, leader and martyr. Thematic analysis showed specific recurrent significant negative childhood experiences, especially loneliness, family crisis and abuse and feeling lost, among others. Analysis revealed strong correspondence between specific metaphors and childhood experiences. Interpreted through a psychoanalytic lens, these findings denote compensation processes that underlie career choices and offer a deeper understanding of how and why SEs choose, develop and narrate their careers. In conclusion, using such psychoanalytical tools is recommended in SEs’ career training.
DOI: 10.1177/09713557241255409
2024-05-01T00:00:00ZProcess Typologies of Identity Construction in EntrepreneurshipKulshrestha, ReetiSengupta, SubhanjanSahay, ArunadityaChandra, Yantohttp://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/143772024-10-23T16:49:54Z2024-05-01T00:00:00ZProcess Typologies of Identity Construction in Entrepreneurship
Kulshrestha, Reeti; Sengupta, Subhanjan; Sahay, Arunaditya; Chandra, Yanto
Entrepreneurship researchers are becoming increasingly interested in identity in entrepreneurship, often reflecting on the construction of identity in entrepreneurship as an ongoing process. This literature review identifies four groups of process typologies on identity construction in entrepreneurship: cause and effect, active and passive, salience and centrality, and sameness and otherness. This grouping of past typologies makes two contributions to directing future research on identity construction in entrepreneurship. First, it outlines the key past findings on how entrepreneurs construct their identities and highlights the different ways in which identity construction is processual in entrepreneurship. Implications for future research on identity construction and understanding entrepreneurship as a processual phenomenon are discussed.
DOI: 10.1177/09713557241255404
2024-05-01T00:00:00ZA Consequence of Social Entrepreneurial Intent: The Good LifeZhang, YangMcGuire, StephenWang, JinfengFu, Tsu-TanTang, RobertPerusquía, Juanhttp://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/143762024-10-23T16:44:50Z2024-05-01T00:00:00ZA Consequence of Social Entrepreneurial Intent: The Good Life
Zhang, Yang; McGuire, Stephen; Wang, Jinfeng; Fu, Tsu-Tan; Tang, Robert; Perusquía, Juan
This study examines the relationship between personal dispositions, social entrepreneurial intent (SEI) and the good life in a sample of 2,000 college students in Los Angeles, Manila, Mexicali, Taipei and Yantai. Social cognitive career theory posits that a specific career choice—in this case, becoming a social entrepreneur—affects individuals’ experience of a good life, and SEI mediates the relationship between personal dispositions and the good life. This article presents and empirically tests a broad conceptualisation of the good life—going beyond happiness and satisfaction— to include subjective and psychological well-being, freedom to make life choices, quality of social relations and pathways to reach goals. Extending the previous research, the study finds that the personal dispositions of trust, optimism, generosity and healthy life expectancy were robust predictors of SEI and that SEI mediated the relationship between personal dispositions and the good life. Finally, cultural context mattered; longterm orientation, low masculinity and high indulgence partially moderated the disposition-to-SEI-to-good life relationship.
DOI: 10.1177/09713557241255403
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