Understanding relational qualities of entrepreneurial learning: towards a multi-layered approach
Understanding relational qualities of entrepreneurial learning: towards a multi-layered approach
The aim of this paper is to present a multi-layered relational framework of entrepreneurial learning by embedding the conceptual tools of a continental thinker, Pierre Bourdieu, in a social constructionist paradigmatic approach. Through a longitudinal study based on participant observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, entrepreneurial learning processes of five nascent entrepreneurs who have formed a venture team have been examined as a case study. Relational qualities of entrepreneurial learning can be illuminated by exploring dispositions and different forms of capital that nascent entrepreneurs hold at the micro-individual level, which are inextricably linked to the meso-relational level of developing an entrepreneurial habitus as they navigate through the process of business venturing. Such a multi-layered conceptualisation of entrepreneurial learning transcends individual-, team-, firm- and network-level analyses of the subject by generating insights from both micro- and meso-layers.
entrepreneurial learning, nascent entrepreneur, venture team, Bourdieu, social constructionism, relational approach
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Karatas-Ozkan, Mine
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9 August 2011
Karatas-Ozkan, Mine
f5b6c260-f6d4-429a-873a-53bea7ffa9a9
Karatas-Ozkan, Mine
(2011)
Understanding relational qualities of entrepreneurial learning: towards a multi-layered approach.
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 23 (9-10), .
(doi:10.1080/08985626.2011.577817).
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present a multi-layered relational framework of entrepreneurial learning by embedding the conceptual tools of a continental thinker, Pierre Bourdieu, in a social constructionist paradigmatic approach. Through a longitudinal study based on participant observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, entrepreneurial learning processes of five nascent entrepreneurs who have formed a venture team have been examined as a case study. Relational qualities of entrepreneurial learning can be illuminated by exploring dispositions and different forms of capital that nascent entrepreneurs hold at the micro-individual level, which are inextricably linked to the meso-relational level of developing an entrepreneurial habitus as they navigate through the process of business venturing. Such a multi-layered conceptualisation of entrepreneurial learning transcends individual-, team-, firm- and network-level analyses of the subject by generating insights from both micro- and meso-layers.
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Published date: 9 August 2011
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entrepreneurial learning, nascent entrepreneur, venture team, Bourdieu, social constructionism, relational approach
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Management, Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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Local EPrints ID: 80454
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80454
ISSN: 0898-5626
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