دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی کارآفرینی غیر متعارف - الزویر 2018

ABSTRACT

The present article, which opens this special issue, focuses on unconventional forms of entrepreneurship not captured sufficiently by current theory. Changes in society and escalating economic difficulties have led to a mutation in entrepreneurship, driven less by conventional professional interest and more by passion, a new paradigm that in turn has opened the door to an unconventional approach to entrepreneurship. We here seek to discern the main elements that help define the unconventional entrepreneur, including 1) the role that passion plays, notably in the pursuit of leisure and adventure; 2) the important role of tribes before, during, and after entrepreneurial creation; and 3) liquid society as a cause of the identity crisis and a factor of the quest for entrepreneurial recognition. Lastly, we discuss the possibility of this unconventional entrepreneur being part of a type of governmentality as a perfect example of neoliberal alienation.

Conclusions

This conceptual piece focuses on unconventional entrepreneurship in light of the recent transition to a liquid society and the consequences for (mainly Western) individuals and entrepreneurship. The article reveals the centrality of passion - lived in a community or tribe context – as a way for people to give meaning to their personal lives. Against this backdrop, the rise of impassioned entrepreneurship becomes a vehicle to imbue professional life with meaning. Connecting passions that link private and professional lives help people gain emotional and cultural competencies, assets they can use to successfully lead companies through liquid contexts. The other side of the coin, however, is the risk that people who have become the entrepreneurs of their own lives will suffer alienation rather than self-fulfilment. The present article has therefore re-investigated contemporary entrepreneurship issues by incorporating so-called unconventional forms into an updated theoretical framework rooted in sociology. As a theme linked to the recognition of opportunities and the creation of new artefacts and solutions, entrepreneurship does not develop independently of the environment and society in which individuals and economic actors operate and make their life choices. Forms of entrepreneurship portrayed today as unconventional have their own justification in a context of societal change that in turn impacts the diffusion and re-composition of the entrepreneurial function.