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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 28, Issue 3-4, Pages 206-233Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2016.1155743
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Entrepreneurial identities; entrepreneurial passion; self-concept; affect; high-tech entrepreneurs; social entrepreneurs
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- Ariel University
- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
- Entrepreneurship Commercialisation and Innovation Centre
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This study examines entrepreneurial passion and components of entrepreneurial identity - sameness, otherness, and identity centrality and salience - in two different contexts, high-tech and social entrepreneurship. Based on life story interviews of 45 high-tech entrepreneurs (HTE) and social entrepreneurs (SEs), passion and identities are linked for each group but evolve differently. For HTEs, passion is composed of a strong challenge to lead a meaningful activity and to leave a fingerprint'. SE passion is characterized more in terms of enthusiasm and excitement and a desire to make a mark. HTEs' identities are central to their self-concept while SEs' identities can be more salient than central. SE identities are more synchronized than those of HTEs. For HTEs, otherness is dominant in their self-concept; however, they also maintain a concept of sameness. The findings of this study expand the literature by showing that passion is a dynamic motivational construct that is associated with entrepreneurs' self-concept of their role identities. The interrelations between entrepreneurial passion and self-concepts of role identities are perceived differently among entrepreneurs who operate in different contexts. In addition, this study also expands the literature on entrepreneurial identities and affect.
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