Dr James Cunningham j.e.a.cunningham@rgu.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Family entrepreneurship in communities: social context and the creation of social value.
Cunningham, James; Seaman, Claire
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Claire Seaman
Abstract
For some time now, studies in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activity have acknowledged the importance of context. This growing realisation that entrepreneurial behaviour does not happen in a vacuum, but is instead informed by the structures, relationships and social settings which surround it has inspired a number of insights in the areas of social enterprise, rural entrepreneurs, gender and localised differences in perspectives of entrepreneurship. The implications for research work are plenty and challenge the very ontological and epistemological roots of our collective endeavour. The context of the entrepreneurial event should not in itself be seen as a fixed a priori situational factor, something which can be controlled for and descriptively detailed as a limitation of the study. The disciplines of sociology and anthropology instead tell us that context is performative in nature, it directly influences, generates, colours and even extinguishes perceptions of and by the enterprise, and thus informs with great force how entrepreneurial activity takes place. The practice of business creation and development is something which continually reads from and interacts with the surrounding and situational context. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of viewing context as an informative feature of entrepreneurial activity, it that it opens us up to a world of diversity and heterogeneity in how businesses and individuals believe, behave and become. Each entrepreneurial event can be seen as a unique mix of the various contexts which have shaped it.
Citation
CUNNINGHAM, J. and SEAMAN, C. 2022. Family entrepreneurship in communities: social context and the creation of social value. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 16(2), pages 189-195. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-04-2022-220
Journal Article Type | Editorial |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 3, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 3, 2022 |
Publication Date | Mar 31, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Apr 14, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 14, 2022 |
Journal | Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy |
Print ISSN | 1750-6204 |
Electronic ISSN | 1750-6212 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 189-195 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-04-2022-220 |
Keywords | Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial activity; Relationships; Social settings; Family firms |
Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1628979 |
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