Understanding entrepreneurial success: A phenomenographic approach

Angel, P; Jenkins, A; Stephens, A

Understanding entrepreneurial success: A phenomenographic approach

Angel, P Jenkins, A Stephens, A

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL-RESEARCHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 2018, 36, (6), pp. 611-636
Issue Date:: 2018-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Angel, P
dc.contributor.author	Jenkins, A
dc.contributor.author	Stephens, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1914-8377
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-03T21:44:15Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-03T21:44:15Z
dc.date.issued	2018-09-01
dc.identifier.citation	INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL-RESEARCHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 2018, 36, (6), pp. 611-636
dc.identifier.issn	0266-2426
dc.identifier.issn	1741-2870
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161291
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p> Entrepreneurship research has predominately focused on firm-level conceptions of success and the personal factors that help predict them but has stopped short of investigating what it means to entrepreneurs. When entrepreneurial success has been studied at the individual level, the approach has been to identify common success criteria and examine the importance of these to the entrepreneur. However, criteria-based approaches overlook the possibility that entrepreneurs may ascribe different meanings to common success criteria, and this can influence how entrepreneurs develop their firms. In this article, we adopt a phenomenographic approach to explore what success means to entrepreneurs. Our analysis reveals four qualitatively distinct understandings of entrepreneurial success and shows that entrepreneurs interpret common success criteria differently depending on their underlying understanding of success. These findings extend the literature on entrepreneurial success by illustrating that entrepreneurs not only vary in the importance they place on different success criteria but also vary in how they understand these different success criteria. </jats:p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL-RESEARCHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0266242618768662
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1503 Business and Management, 1505 Marketing
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management
dc.title	Understanding entrepreneurial success: A phenomenographic approach
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	36
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
utslib.for	1505 Marketing
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-09-03T21:44:14Z
pubs.issue	6
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	36
utslib.citation.issue	6

Abstract:

Entrepreneurship research has predominately focused on firm-level conceptions of success and the personal factors that help predict them but has stopped short of investigating what it means to entrepreneurs. When entrepreneurial success has been studied at the individual level, the approach has been to identify common success criteria and examine the importance of these to the entrepreneur. However, criteria-based approaches overlook the possibility that entrepreneurs may ascribe different meanings to common success criteria, and this can influence how entrepreneurs develop their firms. In this article, we adopt a phenomenographic approach to explore what success means to entrepreneurs. Our analysis reveals four qualitatively distinct understandings of entrepreneurial success and shows that entrepreneurs interpret common success criteria differently depending on their underlying understanding of success. These findings extend the literature on entrepreneurial success by illustrating that entrepreneurs not only vary in the importance they place on different success criteria but also vary in how they understand these different success criteria.

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