Entrepreneurial identity : the process of becoming an entrepreneur / edited by Thomas N. Duening, Matthew L. Metzger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duening, Thomas N., editor.

Metzger, Matthew L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.) ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Entrepreneurship is an academic discipline that, despite decades of growth in research and teaching activity lacks a traditionally distinct or common pedagogy. In this book, editors Thomas N. Duening and Matthew L. Metzger explore entrepreneurial identity as a new basis upon which curricula can be constructed for aspiring entrepreneurs. Critically, this perspective is based on the insight that there is a fundamental difference between venture development and entrepreneur development. Unfortunately, most current interventions for aspiring entrepreneurs focus on the former at the expense of the latter. The editors have collected work from an international team of authors with diverse views on how identity theory applies to entrepreneur development. Chapters focus primarily on macro-level identity issues (that is, how do these entrepreneurial archetypes form, persist, and sometimes change) or micro-level identity issues (that is, how can educators and resource providers identify, communicate, and incentivize identity construction among aspiring entrepreneurs). This book provides a general theoretical background and offers numerous suggestions for application and further research. One example of this is the 'For Further Reading' feature at the end of each chapter which is perfect for assisting those who want to delve deeper into various topics. This essential resource will be of interest to researchers, resource providers and students alike.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Entrepreneurial identity : professional virtues moderate attraction and persistence / Thomas N. Duening

2. The entrepreneur in the age of discursive reproduction : whence comes entrepreneurial identity? / Rebecca Gill

3. Visualizing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as comic book heroes : an examination of the role of cartoon and caricature in the parodization of the entrepreneurial persona / Robert Smith and David Boje

4. Entrepreneurial identity and motivation / Blake Mathias

5. Learning to become entrepreneurial : fostering entrepreneurial identity & habits / Karen Williams-Middleton and Anne Donnellon

6. Teaching the aspiring entrepreneur / Matthew L. Metzger

Index.

Notes:

Contributors include: D. Boje, A. Donnellon, T.N. Duening, R. Gill, B. Mathias, M.L. Metzger, R. Smith, K. Williams-Middleton.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78536-371-9