Entrepreneurial passions and identities in different contexts: a comparison between high-tech and social entrepreneurs
| dc.contributor.author | Yitshaki, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kropp, F. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examines entrepreneurial passion and components of entrepreneurial identity – sameness, otherness, and identity centrality and salience – in two different contexts, high-tech and social entrepreneurship. Based on life story interviews of 45 high-tech entrepreneurs (HTE) and social entrepreneurs (SEs), passion and identities are linked for each group but evolve differently. For HTEs, passion is composed of a strong challenge to lead a meaningful activity and to leave a ‘fingerprint’. SE passion is characterized more in terms of enthusiasm and excitement and a desire to make a mark. HTEs’ identities are central to their self-concept while SEs’ identities can be more salient than central. SE identities are more synchronized than those of HTEs. For HTEs, otherness is dominant in their self-concept; however, they also maintain a concept of sameness. The findings of this study expand the literature by showing that passion is a dynamic motivational construct that is associated with entrepreneurs’ self-concept of their role identities. The interrelations between entrepreneurial passion and self-concepts of role identities are perceived differently among entrepreneurs who operate in different contexts. In addition, this study also expands the literature on entrepreneurial identities and affect. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Ronit, Yitshaki and Fredric, Kropp | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2016; 28(3-4):206-233 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/08985626.2016.1155743 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0898-5626 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1464-5114 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/104354 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis Group | |
| dc.rights | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, Trading as Taylor & Francis Group | |
| dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2016.1155743 | |
| dc.subject | Entrepreneurial identities; entrepreneurial passion; self-concept; affect; high-tech entrepreneurs; social entrepreneurs | |
| dc.title | Entrepreneurial passions and identities in different contexts: a comparison between high-tech and social entrepreneurs | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |