Understanding Creative Entrepreneurs’ Work Practices: The Varying Conversation between Artistic and Economic Rationales
Margot Leclair,
Cédric Dalmasso
Abstract:Research on creative organizations often questions how artistic practices can be squared within the rational decision-making of economic thinking. This paper examines how the relational language, or conversation, between artistic and economic rationales unfolds for creative entrepreneurs. Through ethnographic work with a designer-entrepreneur, this paper presents a fine-grained analysis of the conversation the designer cultivates between artistic and economic rationales through work practices. We contribute to… Show more
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