Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Careers

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Gibb Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
General Model ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Career Orientation ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Comprehensive Theory ◽  
Parallel Streams ◽  
Entrepreneurial Careers

Parallel streams of theory and research regarding entrepreneurship and careers has led to a dearth of comprehensive theories regarding the careers of entrepreneurs. This article describes four core dimensions of theory that are essential in developing a comprehensive theory of entrepreneurial careers: (1) a theory of career choice; (2) a theory of career socialization; (3) a theory of career orientation; and (4) a theory of career progression from entry to exit. A general model is presented that articulates various aspects of theory building along each of these four dimensions. Implications for both theory and practice regarding entrepreneurial careers is also discussed.

Something old, something new: Enabled theory building in qualitative marketing research

2021 ◽  
pp. 147059312110322
Author(s):  
Pierre-Yann Dolbec ◽  
Eileen Fischer ◽  
Robin Canniford
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Research ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Novel Theory ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Analytical Tools

“Enabled theorizing” is a common practice in marketing scholarship. Nevertheless, this practice has recently been criticized for constraining the creation of novel theory. To advance this conversation, we conduct a grounded analysis of papers that feature enabled theorizing with the aim of describing and analyzing how enabled theorizing is practiced. Our analysis suggests that enabled theorizing marries data with analytical tools and ontological perspectives in ways that advance ongoing conversations in marketing theory and practice, as well as informing policy and methods. Based on interviews with marketing and consumer research scholars who practice enabled theorizing, we explain how researchers use enabling theories to shape research projects, how researchers select enabling lenses, and how they negotiate the review process. We discuss the implications of our analyses for theory-building in our field, and we question the notion of originality in relation to theory more generally.

Factors that inform the career choice of medical students: implications for otolaryngology

2002 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 839-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ranta ◽  
S. S. M. Hussain ◽  
Q. Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
House Officer ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Senior House Officer ◽  
Specialist Registrar ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Medical Specialities

Knowledge of the factors that inform the career choice of medical students may help plan the workforce for medical specialities. To determine which factors inform the career choice of medical students we carried out a survey of medical students at the start of their educational block in Otolaryngology. Of 202 questionnaires handed out 169 were returned (84 per cent). Students were asked to rank factors according to their importance in their career choice. The single most important factor was career progression. Other factors include on-call commitment, teachers as role models, and the interest for a particular subject. At the present time progression from senior house officer grade to specialist registrar grade in Otolaryngology is delayed. If this issue is not addressed the influx of applicants into Otolaryngology training programmes will be reduced, limiting the pool from which candidates can be chosen for a career in Otolaryngology.

Theory and Practice of Regional Integration: The Case of Comecon

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 942-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Korbonski
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
History Of

It is generally recognized that the last decade or so witnessed a proliferation of studies dealing with different aspects of regional integration. While most of them discussed the origin and history of various international organizations, some, especially those of a more recent vintage, ventured into the thicket of theory building in an effort to engage eventually in some kind of comparative analysis.

scholarly journals Human Resource Management At The Crossroads

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narayan Krishna Prabhu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Choice Making ◽  
Is Management ◽  
Financial Scandals ◽  
Work Done

Getting work done through other people is management; heterogeneities and complexities are managerial issues. Studies in management in 20th and 21st centuries focused on principles of management and management practices. The management theory jungle continues to be dense and impenetrable. Pessimism rules the roast with organizations perceived as insensitive. There is a divide between theory and practice. Epistemology of management practice and management theory building needs to be understood. HRM processes have to be evaluated along with choice making. Theories have to be self fulfilling by changing conditions under which they work. A number of failure stories have been analyzed, impacting several role holders. Searching for evidence for the various failures have provided live instances of actual situations which have caused trauma to the role holders. Financial scandals along with issues of corporate governance have generated conflict. Reviewing practices one perceives repeat errors perpetuated by managers; they are engaged in handling symptoms rather than curative aspects. Grand exits follow. Managers do not consider it safe and seem to work under such constraints. How long will they wait.

scholarly journals Professional Self-determination of Modern Teenagers: Problems and Solutions

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-263
Author(s):  
O.B. Ilyina
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
General Process ◽  
Professional Self

Professional self-determination in adolescence for many years has been one of the hot topics of psychological theory and practice. Research in the field of personal and professional self-determination, career choice, continues to be a priority. Professional self-determination is part of the general process of socialization of adolescents, a necessary condition for their success and competitiveness in today's socio-economic realities. And it raises the question of what should be psychological and educational support in these conditions? Problems of career choice are considered on three sides: in the context of the social situation in which there are modern teenagers; from the perspective of adolescents themselves, choosing the profession; taking into account the peculiarities of psycho-pedagogical support of professional self-determination of teenagers nowadays. Analysis of problems leads us to the possible ways of solving them, and the need to build a new model of career guidance.

The impact of PHTPS on trip quality, trip value, satisfaction and word of mouth

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1517-1538
Author(s):  
Mohamed Battour ◽  
Muhammad Khalilur Rahman ◽  
Md. Sohel Rana
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The study aims to determine the impact of non-Muslim tourists’ perception of halal tourism products and services (PHTPS) on trip quality, trip value, satisfaction and word of mouth (WOM) towards halal tourism destination. Design/methodology/approach A total of 375 non-Muslim tourists were surveyed in Malaysia using partial least square technique. Findings The findings showed that PHTPS has a significant impact on all four dimensions. The strongest relationship was found between PHTPS and trip quality, followed by PHTPS–WOM, PHTPS–satisfaction and PHTPS–trip value. Originality/value This study provides new insights into the theory and practice of non-Muslim tourists’ PHTPS and WOM towards halal tourism destination. The findings are valuable to tourism operators, managers and marketers with the understanding and responsibility to develop halal tourism products and services from non-Muslim tourists’ insights.

Constitutions and the Metropolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-77
Author(s):  
Ran Hirschl
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Spatial Governance

Extensive urbanization and the consequent rise of megacities are among the most significant demographic phenomena of our time. Our constitutional institutions and constitutional imagination, however, have not even begun to catch up with the new reality. In this article, I address four dimensions of the great constitutional silence concerning the metropolis: ( a) the tremendous interest in cities throughout much of the social sciences, as contrasted with the meager attention to the subject in constitutional theory and practice; ( b) the right to the city in theory and practice; ( c) a brief account of what national constitutions actually say about cities, and more significantly what they do not; and ( d) the dominant statist stance embedded in national constitutional orders, in particular as it addresses the sovereignty and spatial governance of the polity, as a main explanatory factor for the lack of vibrant constitutional discourse concerning urbanization in general and the metropolis in particular.

scholarly journals A prática do Mentoring com jovens engenheiros - um estudo exploratório

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-250
Author(s):  
Italo Fernando Minello ◽  
Marcos Aurélio Ferreira ◽  
Reinaldo Yonamine ◽  
Isabel Bohrer Scherer
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Career Orientation ◽  
Pilot Phase ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Mentoring Practice

The article presents the differences of some practices, such as mentoring, counseling and coaching, known as Developemental Relationship Programs, focused on mentoring and specificities. Based on results of a pilot phase with engineers recently graduated and others in the last year at Escola Politecnica USP. This research introduces the implementation process of the mentoring practice, reinforcing aspects of this process. The goal was to investigate the possibility in adopting classical assumptions on career orientation and counseling of those engineers, with support of senior professionals acting at diverse companies and enterprises. As a research method it was chosen the exploratory type, with data collected through two surveys, one driven to last year students and another to the recently graduated engineers. Based upon results analyses observed the need to, in spite of the experience of the mentors, a previous preparation of participants. The discussions, are in general, centered in the transition from university to work market; mentees' feedback need and sky rocket career; engineers have modeling skills, rational abstraction, but not even able to context reading, among other. Related to characteristics higher considered by mentees regarding mentors are interest in advise, knowledge and professional experience; regarding career choice are satisfaction and vocation. The topics to be developedin following phases are career trajectory options, decision make process and motivation. Based on the conclusions, recommendations were made, granting sequence of the project.

Positioning, Articulating, and Crafting Conceptual Articles on Entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
pp. 104225872110570
Author(s):  
James J. Chrisman ◽  
Hanqing C. Fang ◽  
Lloyd Steier
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Entrepreneurship Theory

Conceptual articles are important for theory building but the special challenges of developing conceptual articles on entrepreneurship has not been fully considered. We begin to fill this gap by discussing the nature of conceptual articles on entrepreneurship, particularly those geared for publication in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. We introduce three dimensions of the entrepreneurship discipline—uniqueness, relevance, and multiplicity—and discuss how they can affect the positioning of conceptual articles and the articulation of their contribution. We also enumerate some basic principles for crafting good conceptual articles and present guidelines based on our discussion.

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