Who is the Entrepreneur? Prototypical Views of the Entrepreneurial Role across Three Cultures

Yao, Xin; Farmer, Steven M.; Kung‐Mcintyre, Kate

doi:10.1108/s1571-502720160000029009

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“…According to self-verification theory, individuals are motivated to formulate plans and engage in activities that support, reinforce, and confirm their identity aspirations (Burke & Reitzes, 1981). For example, individuals who strongly aspire to see themselves as an entrepreneur will be motivated to search for a new business idea since being an innovator and having creative new business ideas is a core aspect of the entrepreneurial identity (Baron, 1999;Cardon et al, 2009;Yao, Farmer, & Kung-McIntyre, 2016). These individuals are likely to engage in discovery-oriented behaviors such as discussing potential new business ideas with friends, family, and potential business partners both because this is the first logical step toward becoming an entrepreneur and because it is relatively easy to do, requiring no financial or contractual commitments.…”

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Awakening the entrepreneur within: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration and the role of displacing work events.

Seibert¹,

Nielsen²,

Kraimer³

2021

Journal of Applied Psychology

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This study develops and tests a model of the transition from paid employment to entrepreneurship using a sample of 226 adults currently in paid employment. Building on a seminal but largely untested insight from Shapero (1975), we used theoretical logic from event system theory to propose that displacing work events moderate the effect of entrepreneurial identity aspirations, a possible-self role identity, on engagement in nascent entrepreneurial activities (discovery and exploitation behaviors). Results show that entrepreneurial identity aspirations were more strongly positively related to entrepreneurial discovery behaviors among employees who experienced a displacing work event in their current workplace; discovery behaviors in turn related to entrepreneurial exploitation behaviors. The moderation effect was significant for four of the six displacing events examined in this study. Our findings have implications for the literatures on entrepreneurial career transitions, entrepreneurial role identity, and event system theory and offer validity evidence for the nascent entrepreneurial behaviors scale.

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Awakening the entrepreneur within: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration and the role of displacing work events.

Seibert¹,

Nielsen²,

Kraimer³

2021

Journal of Applied Psychology

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“…In the present case, we compare the identity tied to the former entrepreneur role with that tied to one's current work role. The entrepreneur role identity is primarily defined by the act of running one's own business, but is also associated with prototypical characteristics such as recognizing and creating opportunities, being creative/innovative, and taking risks (Yao et al., 2016); the current work role identity is a combination of (a) one's current job responsibilities or professional role and (b) one's status as an employee, not running their own business.…”

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When old and new selves collide: Identity conflict and entrepreneurial nostalgia among ex‐entrepreneurs

Nielsen,

Gish

2023

Personnel Psychology

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People undergoing career transitions often bring aspects of old roles into their new work contexts, and this interface can create conflict between lingering aspects of one's work self and the newer aspects of one's work self. Yet, we know little about how this conflict between old and new selves shapes employee outcomes. We examine this issue among ex‐entrepreneurs—individuals who have transitioned from a business owner to a wage employee. Drawing from role identity theory, we develop a model of the consequences of conflict between a lingering entrepreneur identity and a current work role identity. We propose that ex‐entrepreneurs who experience higher levels of identity conflict will be more likely to experience burnout and less likely to engage in boosterism of their employer, and that these relationships are explained by lower levels of perceived professional identity growth (i.e., progressive identity). We further suggest that the negative effect of conflict on progressive identity is exacerbated by nostalgia for one's entrepreneurial past. In a three‐stage field survey of ex‐entrepreneurs and their romantic partners, we found support for these hypotheses using both partner‐rated outcomes and self‐rated outcomes. We discuss implications for the literature on entrepreneurship careers and work identity in organizations.

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“…Entrepreneurial identity papers focused specifically on China are few, but it may be that the research cited above does not quite capture the development of an entrepreneurial identity in China. Yao et al (2016) suggested that while the 'entrepreneur prototypes' (characteristics and behaviours) in China, Taiwan, and the United States have similarities across cultures, there are also enough cultural differences to display a relationship to a country's individual values and their exposure to entrepreneurship.…”

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Exploring entrepreneurial roles and identity in the United Kingdom and China

Bell

Liu

Zhan

et al. 2018

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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This article examines entrepreneurial identity in both the United Kingdom and China through the lenses of identity theory and social identity theory to develop a deeper and more holistic understanding of the concept of entrepreneurial identity. By examining the entrepreneur as both a role and an identity, this article explores how an entrepreneur views the role of the entrepreneur, the counter-roles to the entrepreneur, and the “self-as-entrepreneur” and seeks to understand how entrepreneurs construct their identity as an entrepreneur. By looking at the role identity in different social constructs, a more nuanced view of entrepreneurial identity can be uncovered for entrepreneurs in both the United Kingdom and China. The study argues that entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom use counter-roles to bridge the disconnect between their understanding of the entrepreneur-as-role and the self-as-entrepreneur, whereas entrepreneurs in China have less conflict reconciling the two and use the counter-role as a way to paint entrepreneurship as a “calling,” justifying their abandonment of other identities.

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Who is the Entrepreneur? Prototypical Views of the Entrepreneurial Role across Three Cultures

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Awakening the entrepreneur within: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration and the role of displacing work events.

Awakening the entrepreneur within: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration and the role of displacing work events.

When old and new selves collide: Identity conflict and entrepreneurial nostalgia among ex‐entrepreneurs

Exploring entrepreneurial roles and identity in the United Kingdom and China

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