University of Twente Student Theses
Professional, Liminal and Entrepreneurial Identities
Brand, Daphne Karoline (2021) Professional, Liminal and Entrepreneurial Identities.
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| Abstract: | In this thesis, an effort has been made to broaden current professional identity, liminal entrepreneurial identity and entrepreneurial identity research. By means of qualitative research in the form of narratives, fifteen Dutch entrepreneurs who worked for an employer before, have been interviewed about how they construct the difference between their previous professional self and current entrepreneurial self. The research shows that entrepreneurs construct these differences by describing their role identity, identity conflicts and their emotional identity. Regarding role identity, the entrepreneurs described the perception of their changes according to their leadership role, self-confidence, dependency, importances in life, passion, flexibility, responsibility, sociality, freedom, self-focus, mindset, comfort zone, view on society and goals. According to identity conflicts, the entrepreneurs described the perception of their changes by their misfit, fights and arguments, creativity, doubtful social surrounding and work-life balance. The way how entrepreneurs constructed changes about themselves through their emotional identity were about the observation of their life and work satisfaction and emotions. This research has given concrete insights, explanations and examples by showing real-life quotations and stories on how entrepreneurs describe the difference between their previous professional self and current entrepreneurial self. Although each participant has experienced his or her own unique change to becoming an entrepreneur, the results also illustrate that participants show similarities and opposites in their identity changes. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | Business Administration MSc (60644) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/87550 |
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