Young People’s Self-Meaning Making Through Entrepreneurship in Poland, Slovenia and the UK: Implications for Human Resource Management in SMEs

Rant, Melita Balas; Dziewanowska, Katarzyna; Petrylaite, Edita; Pearce, Alison

doi:10.15458/2335-4216.1010

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“…(R. Jones, personal communication, 2021a). Balas Rant et al (2021) found that young people base a business start-up decision on their own values and competences, personal support from friends and family and institutional support. The 'pull' from cottage owners and 'push' from the course coincided to form the conception of LT through a process of 'bisociation'.…”

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Lundgren Tours: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire. A young entrepreneur survives and thrives after the ‘double-whammy’ of Brexit and Coronavirus

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Dziewanowska

2022

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Lundgren Tours (LT) is an awarding-winning regional tour company founded by a student entrepreneur in 2016. In 2020, the UK left the EU and the country's first Covid-19 patients were identified, leading to international anti-coronavirus restrictions and the cancellation of tours for 12 months. The case considers several aspects (explained in ‘Themes’) of the catastrophe through the founder's eyes, revealing the influence of entrepreneurial psychological capital and how striving to survive disaster can lead to new strengths and opportunities.

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Section: The Lundgren Tours Storymentioning

confidence: 99%