Group conditions for entrepreneurial visions: role confidence, hierarchical congruences, and the imagining of future in entrepreneurial groups
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Entrepreneurial group dynamics significantly shape business visions. Role confidence and narrative structures influence future expectations, impacting business strategy and growth.
Area Of Science
- Entrepreneurship Studies
- Sociology of the Future
- Small Group Dynamics
Background
- Entrepreneurial visioning is crucial for new ventures.
- Entrepreneurial groups act as arenas for future imagination.
- Group conditions can influence the content of these visions.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate how group conditions shape entrepreneurial visions.
- To explore the interplay between group dynamics and future expectations in entrepreneurship.
Main Methods
- An in-depth case study methodology was employed.
- 12 entrepreneurial groups were analyzed.
- The study utilized an entrepreneurship-as-practice lens, integrating sociological theories on the future and small groups.
Main Results
- Entrepreneurial vision content is configured by fictional expectations and future orientation (continuing or divergent).
- Two key group conditions identified: role confidence and hierarchical congruence.
- Lack of role confidence hinders future business thinking; challenging narrative hierarchies enable divergent future orientation.
Conclusions
- Group conditions critically influence the formation of entrepreneurial visions.
- The study highlights the politics of expectations within entrepreneurial groups.
- Future research should consider group context in understanding entrepreneurial vision development.
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