Entrepreneurial identity and role expectations in nascent entrepreneurship

Author: Lundqvist Mats   Middleton Karen Williams   Nowell Pamela  

Publisher: IP Publishing Ltd

E-ISSN: 2043-6858|29|5|327-344

ISSN: 0950-4222

Source: Industry and Higher Education, Vol.29, Iss.5, 2015-10, pp. : 327-344

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Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been defined as an individual↔new value creation dialogic. To study how entrepreneurial identity evolves, this article, drawing on entrepreneurial learning theory, adds an entrepreneurial role expectations dialogic. Longitudinal evidence from nascent entrepreneurs working in venture teams on invention disclosures offers an illustration of dialogics, including how they evolve over time to build entrepreneurial identity. In contrast to the theory of planned behaviour, the findings suggest that becoming entrepreneurial does not stem primarily from intention but rather from interacting with new value creation and role expectations in an immediate team environment.