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| Author: | Watson, T.J. |
| Title: | Entrepreneurial action, identity work and the use of multiple discursive resources: the case of a rapidly changing family business |
| Journal: | International Small Business Journal
2009 : JUN, VOL. 27:3, p. 251-274 |
| Index terms: | entrepreneurship family firms case studies |
| Freeterms: | discourse identity work ethnography |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Research is increasingly questioning the way in which the notion of entrepreneurial (henceforth as: entprl.) self or identity was initially used to elucidate the connection btw. the variety of relevant discourses existing in contemporary societies and the everyday actions of entprl. actors. Two developments are made in order to take this trend further: 1. the concept of identity is refined by identifying two intertwined aspects: a self-identity one and a discourse-related social identities one. Both these aspects of entrepreneurs' identity work are influenced by discourses existing in the society around them. 2. existing empirical research is supplemented by a very close focus on individuals in a specific entprl. context. A case study is presented in which two principle figures are seen in a growing family firm being influenced by, making use of and contesting a variety of discursive resources. This analysis of entprn:ly related identity work in practice shows how people in entprn. contexts use discursive resources in a negotiated, shifting, creative and nuanced but often ambiguous manner. |
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