...Zeineb Djebali; MariaLaura Di Domenico; Mark N. K. Saunders Purpose This study examines self-defined interpretations of age by later-working-life (LWL) social entrepreneurs and how these influence constructions of their social entrepreneurial identities (SEIs). Design/methodology/approach...

...Sarah Preedy; Peter McLuskie; Andreas Walmsley; Kelly Smith Purpose To examine the process of entrepreneurial identity and intent formation in higher education and to assess the contribution of enterprise and entrepreneurship education (EEE) as part of this process. Design/methodology/approach...

...Judith Woods; James A. Cunningham; Maura McAdam; Kristel Miller Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how female academic entrepreneurs navigate and negotiate their changing role identities. In particular, the study is interested in the coping strategies–the identity work–undertaken...

... Feminism Identity Inequality Intersectionality Praxis Threshold concept Intersectionality is a Black feminist concept that has transformed notions of inequality across disciplines, both within feminist scholarship and everyday feminism (Davis, 2008 ; McCall, 2005). Once “outsider knowledge...

...Cherisse Hoyte; Hannah Noke Cherisse Hoyte can be contacted at: ac0170@coventry.ac.uk A sensemaking approach (Weick, 2012 ; Sandberg and Tsoukas, 2015) offers a way to examine both individual and organisational levels (Kieran et al., 2022) of identity as they coevolve...

...Ana Burcharth; Pernille Smith; Lars Frederiksen Purpose This paper investigates how a new entrepreneurial identity forms in conjunction with prior work-related identities during sponsored self-employment after an emotional job loss. Design/methodology/approach The authors empirically examine...

... 2021 22 11 2021 24 11 2021 27 11 2021 10 12 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Entrepreneurs Human capital Identity Nonaggressive antisocial behavior, as a category, is broad and includes...

...Hayfaa A. Tlaiss; Maura McAdam Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore how Arab Muslim women entrepreneurs construe success, their identity as successful and the influence of Islam on these construals in the country-specific context of Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach To achieve our...

...Arien Arianti Gunawan; Caroline Essers; Allard C.R. van Riel Purpose This article explores value-based motivations to adopt ecological entrepreneurship (ecopreneurship) practices and investigates how intersections of social identities such as gender, religion and ethnicity influence...

...Helle Neergaard; Sarah Robinson; Sally Jones Purpose This paper introduces “pedagogical nudging” as a method, which can transform student dispositions and their perceived “fit” with the field of entrepreneurship. The authors investigate what characterises the identity change process experienced...

...Hamizah Abd Hamid; Conor O’Kane; André M. Everett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how ethnic migrant entrepreneurs (EMEs) utilise identity work to build legitimacy in a host country. According to optimal distinctiveness theory (ODT), legitimacy is achieved by balancing conformance...

... By linking pre-migration and post-migration lives through Bourdieusian class analysis, the analysis yielded three distinct types of habitus of the women-intersectional identity constructed through interweaving of certain historical and cultural practices and conditions, labelled as women (immigrant...

...Rebecca Stirzaker; Rafal Sitko This paper challenges the traditional discourse of entrepreneurship, which produces a homogenous view of entrepreneurs and omits key historical and social variables in the process of identity formation. The current paper adds to increasing calls to develop more...

...Daniela Werthes; René Mauer; Malte Brettel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries develop an entrepreneurial identity. It also aims to expand research on cultural and creative entrepreneurship. Design/methodology...

... consistent with entrepreneurship may be unnecessary for – and possibly contradictory with – activities consistent with professional roles. The purpose of this paper is to address the question of how two highly important role identities (professional and entrepreneurial) relate to entrepreneurial orientation...

...Karen Verduyn, Pascal Dey, Deirdre Tedmanson and Caroline Essers; Banu Ozkazanc-Pan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine identity formation and networking practices relevant for high-technology entrepreneuring or the enactment of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley by Turkish business...

... their working experiences. Findings – The paper suggests that IPs do not have a fixed narrative schema to narrate their professional identities, as they struggle to reconcile their professional acts with their personal ambitions. These findings point to a disconnection between the political rhetoric...