Entrepreneurial Identity and Identity Work

ISBN-13: 9780367220143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 136 str.

Claire M. Leitch; Richard T. Harrison

Opis

This book focuses on identity, identity formation, and identity work, highlighting the key features of contemporary research on entrepreneurial identity. This book was originally published as a special issue of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.

Spis treści

1. Identity, identity formation and identity work in entrepreneurship: conceptual developments and empirical applications  2. Identity capital: an exploration in the context of youth social entrepreneurship  3. Entrepreneurial passions and identities in different contexts: a comparison between high-tech and social entrepreneurs  4. Entrepreneurs’ social identity and the preference of causal and effectual behaviours in start-up processes  5. Developing optimal distinctiveness: organizational identity processes in new ventures engaged in business model innovation  6. Emergent identity formation and the co-operative: theory building in relation to alternative organizational forms 

O autorze

Claire M. Leitch is Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Head of the Department of Leadership and Management at Lancaster University Management School, UK. She is Editor of International Small Business Journal.

Richard T. Harrison is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Co-Director of the Centre for Strategic Leadership, at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK.　He is founding co-editor of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance.