Abstract
Drawing on the concept of
projectivity, we develop a more future-orientated theory of entrepreneurship as
projecting, which, at its core, explains how projects and narratives complement
each other to enable actions towards an unknown future. Its application, we
argue, can help researchers and practitioners deepen their understanding of
uncertainty as a temporal phenomenon and its consequences for entrepreneurship
as temporal activity. We will show how the entrepreneurship literature that
relates uncertainty to knowledge (Knightian uncertainty) has inherently dealt
with temporal aspects of uncertainty without having them made explicit. We will
then connect these insights with the literature on projectivity and projecting
by focusing on the insights of the New York School of relational sociology.
Synthesizing these literatures, we will create a research agenda that enables studying
entrepreneurship as projecting. While such an agenda advances entrepreneurship
by emphasizing its future orientation, it also contributes to the emerging
research on future making in organization and management studies more generally.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | 2022 |
Antal sider | 27 |
Status | Udgivet - 2022 |
Begivenhed | 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wien, Østrig Varighed: 7 jul. 2022 → 9 jul. 2022 Konferencens nummer: 38 https://www.egos.org/2022_Vienna/General-Theme |
Konference
Konference | 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022 |
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Nummer | 38 |
Lokation | Vienna University of Economics and Business |
Land/Område | Østrig |
By | Wien |
Periode | 07/07/2022 → 09/07/2022 |
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Emneord
- Projectivity
- Entrepreneurship
- Future making
- Temporality
- Uncertainty