Walking the tightrope and stirring things up: Exploring the institutional work of sustainable entrepreneurs DOI
Daniel Arenas, Marta Strumińska‐Kutra, Paolo Landoni

et al.

Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 29(8), P. 3055 - 3071

Published: June 22, 2020

Abstract Sustainable entrepreneurs (SEs) operate under different institutional pressures, but they also aim to provoke changes in their environment order advance the goals of sustainability. These are not always large‐scale, successful transformations. This article adopts concept work explore how SEs engage purposive, mundane activities both fit and influence prevailing environment. In particular, our findings allow us introduce discuss four specific types work: making sustainability convenient, politicizing economic action, maneuvering around regulation, relational work. At end, we suggest that may find themselves a situation where transform commercial logic promote while trying adapt to, hence reproducing, this same would like transform.

Language: Английский

Material expertise: The case of the craft entrepreneur Lucie Rie DOI Creative Commons
Robin Holt, Rene Wiedner

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 6, 2024

Abstract Research Summary By following the historical case of world‐renowned potter Luce Rie, we study relationships between accrual material expertise, entrepreneurial actions, and successful craft venture outcomes. Drawing from Sennett's consciousness framework Fisher's resource‐based propositions effective enhance understanding drivers such how expertise can contribute to self‐imposed constraints, these constraints may positive Our findings thereby a nuanced intimacy human agency in entrepreneurship reveal approach managing tension novelty control at heart strategic entrepreneurship. Furthermore, our analysis contributes broader reflection on definitions success, value generation, growth. Managerial Craft‐based ventures are increasingly recognized as vital thriving sustainable economies. However, actions that outcomes remains limited. In this article, drawing Lucie Rie using theoretical insights literature, focus role expertise. We identify entrepreneur's intimate their materials help them act upon opportunities, overcome problems, engage community, innovate support viability well achieve motivate first place, namely continually refine shape audiences' skilled making.

Language: Английский

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Mobilising affect for public art: Affective practices in voluntary organising DOI
Christina Lüthy

Organization Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 45(11), P. 1555 - 1577

Published: Aug. 12, 2024

Voluntary organising frequently relies on affective intensities to direct organisational efforts. However, it is not well understood how these are cultivated across time and different contexts engage coordinate heterogeneous actors. By applying a practice approach affect, this paper proposes the concept of practices theorise affect mobilised in materially driven (inter)actions shape actions relationalities around goals. The analysis ethnographic data from long-term public art project reveals that four - enticing, envisioning, attending asserting pivotal sustaining distributed process voluntary organising. sense fascination, enthusiasm, care discomfort mobilise instigates participation, support, acceptance compliance diverse partners, volunteers local public. Contributing turn theory, theorises processes as situative accomplishments an ongoing translocal process, highlighting important role played by vibrant presence matter practices. Additionally, study expands our understanding interplay engages aligns individuals groups fostering coalitional moments process.

Language: Английский

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2

Navigating an Identity Playground: Using sociomateriality to build a theory of identity play DOI Open Access

Taryn L. Stanko,

Patricia C. Dahm, Brooke Lahneman

et al.

Organization Studies, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 43(1), P. 81 - 103

Published: July 7, 2020

The construct of identity play, which involves the exploration and experimentation with possible future selves, is underexplored in organizational literature. To extend theory on we take a narrative inquiry approach examine qualitative interview data context virtual environments. Using sociomateriality perspective, contribute to play three ways. First, reveal how unfolds via sociomaterial intertwining not just human agency, but also material situated work practices, self-representations. Second, offer new definition that goes beyond selves uncover narratives self, improbable impossible self. We demonstrate particularly shapes others’ experiences thus has implications Finally, affordances emerged: plasticity appearance, behavior, perspective.

Language: Английский

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17

A review of the physical context of creativity: A three‐dimensional framework for investigating the physical context of creativity DOI Creative Commons
Annika Blomberg, Tomi J. Kallio

International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(3), P. 433 - 451

Published: Jan. 5, 2022

Abstract Many organizations are investing considerable resources in building and designing what termed ‘creative offices’. In this paper, we bring together two lines of academic enquiry that have attracted the interest scholars from different disciplines: organizational creativity physical space organizations. These study use concepts lean on ontologies; consequently, their relation is underexplored extant literature. To provide a better understanding ways which relates to creativity, offer an integrative review based three‐dimensional framework comprising (i) elements workspace, (ii) social dynamics (iii) between creativity. This used context Based our review, outline three directions for future studies broader aligns with contemporary conception as process.

Language: Английский

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11

Walking the tightrope and stirring things up: Exploring the institutional work of sustainable entrepreneurs DOI
Daniel Arenas, Marta Strumińska‐Kutra, Paolo Landoni

et al.

Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 29(8), P. 3055 - 3071

Published: June 22, 2020

Abstract Sustainable entrepreneurs (SEs) operate under different institutional pressures, but they also aim to provoke changes in their environment order advance the goals of sustainability. These are not always large‐scale, successful transformations. This article adopts concept work explore how SEs engage purposive, mundane activities both fit and influence prevailing environment. In particular, our findings allow us introduce discuss four specific types work: making sustainability convenient, politicizing economic action, maneuvering around regulation, relational work. At end, we suggest that may find themselves a situation where transform commercial logic promote while trying adapt to, hence reproducing, this same would like transform.

Language: Английский

Citations

15