Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory
There is a great deal of potential for ethnography to play a far more significant role in organisation and management studies. Under this premise, this research looks to understand the nuances and to provide insights into how things work in a small electrical systems integration business using ethno...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2009
|
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22971/ |
| _version_ | 1848792485938069504 |
|---|---|
| author | Fox, Gregory |
| author_facet | Fox, Gregory |
| author_sort | Fox, Gregory |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | There is a great deal of potential for ethnography to play a far more significant role in organisation and management studies. Under this premise, this research looks to understand the nuances and to provide insights into how things work in a small electrical systems integration business using ethnographic methods. Borrowing heavily from identity theory, this dissertation investigates the practical elements of entrepreneuring and its implications for entrepreneurial identity using participant observation and interviews to extract salient results. The work begins with a brief overview of the methodological considerations for ethnography before moving to an examination of the theoretical principles behind research. The results of this research are then categorised thematically under individuality, psychology and relationships before concluding with an assessment of the relative success of this project. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T18:45:10Z |
| format | Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) |
| id | nottingham-22971 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T18:45:10Z |
| publishDate | 2009 |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-229712018-01-06T06:47:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22971/ Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory Fox, Gregory There is a great deal of potential for ethnography to play a far more significant role in organisation and management studies. Under this premise, this research looks to understand the nuances and to provide insights into how things work in a small electrical systems integration business using ethnographic methods. Borrowing heavily from identity theory, this dissertation investigates the practical elements of entrepreneuring and its implications for entrepreneurial identity using participant observation and interviews to extract salient results. The work begins with a brief overview of the methodological considerations for ethnography before moving to an examination of the theoretical principles behind research. The results of this research are then categorised thematically under individuality, psychology and relationships before concluding with an assessment of the relative success of this project. 2009-09-11 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22971/1/%28N1DT09%29_MSc_Entrepreneurship_Dissertation.pdf Fox, Gregory (2009) Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | Fox, Gregory Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory |
| title | Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory |
| title_full | Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory |
| title_fullStr | Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory |
| title_short | Exploring Entrepreneurial Action in a Small Firm using Identity Theory |
| title_sort | exploring entrepreneurial action in a small firm using identity theory |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22971/ |