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The emergence of entrepreneurial action: At the crossroads between institutional logics and individual life-orientation

Watson, Tony; Spedale Latimer, Simona

Authors

Tony Watson

Simona Spedale Latimer



Abstract

© The Author(s) 2013. This article builds upon a growing body of research calling for a more contextual approach to entrepreneurship studies. It combines theoretical resources from Joas’s theory of creative action with institutional logics thinking. A model of the emergence of entrepreneurial action is developed as an outcome of a continuous dialogue between theoretical and empirical work. Entrepreneurial action is shown as emerging at the crossroads between tensions at the general level of institutional logics and tensions at the level of an individual’s life-orientation. Two main insights are offered for future theoretical and empirical developments. First, that it is possible to move beyond the artificial separation of ‘context’ and ‘individual’ in entrepreneurship studies to investigate the complex interweaving of individual, organisational and societal levels that comprises entrepreneurial activity. Second, the concept of entrepreneurial action has a relevance far beyond the creation of new business ventures and activities engaged in by owner-managers.

Citation

Watson, T., & Spedale Latimer, S. (2014). The emergence of entrepreneurial action: At the crossroads between institutional logics and individual life-orientation. International Small Business Journal, 32(7), 759-776. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242613480376

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 2, 2013
Online Publication Date Apr 2, 2013
Publication Date Nov 1, 2014
Deposit Date May 21, 2018
Journal International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship
Print ISSN 0266-2426
Electronic ISSN 1741-2870
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 7
Pages 759-776
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242613480376
Keywords Business and International Management
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1094212
Publisher URL https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0266242613480376