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A Phenomenological Inquiry of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Phenomenon Based on the Lived Experiences of Founder-Owners of Private Companies.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A Phenomenological Inquiry of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Phenomenon Based on the Lived Experiences of Founder-Owners of Private Companies./
Author:	Kelly, Timothy G.
Description:	208 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-08B(E).
Subject:	Occupational psychology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3687227
ISBN:	9781321646702

A Phenomenological Inquiry of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Phenomenon Based on the Lived Experiences of Founder-Owners of Private Companies.
Kelly, Timothy G.

A Phenomenological Inquiry of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Phenomenon Based on the Lived Experiences of Founder-Owners of Private Companies. - 208 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2015.

Identifying leadership and organizational factors most related to a new company's long-term financial success is a frequent multidisciplinary research topic. One factor generally found positively correlated to an organization's success is the presence of an entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Although EO has been studied prolifically since first introduced in 1983, several fundamental aspects of the phenomenon remain open to debate including its source, dimensionality, and manifestation. This study used a descriptive phenomenological psychological methodology to collect and analyze data provided by 11 founder-owners (FOs) of privately owned U.S. companies who described in vivid detail their lived experience with the EO phenomenon at their respective firms. The research was important in light of recent scholarly requests for industrial-organizational (I/O) psychologists to focus their field of study more on entrepreneurship research. This psychological research resulted in two unique contributions to the study of entrepreneurship and, more specifically, the EO phenomenon. Phenomenological reduction of the collected data produced approximately 300 psychological meaning units yielding a clear and rich description of the EO phenomenon. Further data analysis generated an intersubjective general psychological meaning structure (containing source, dimensionality, and manifestation characteristics) of the EO phenomenon complementing and expanding scholarly thought surrounding it. The phenomenon's source elements were shown to include aspirational, anti-bureaucratic, and behavior reinforcing dimensions, among others. In addition to the dimensions of risk, innovation, and proactivity commonly associated with EO, this study found a distinct presence of additional dimensions, including competitive awareness, constant learning, customer focus and concern, and opportunity recognition. Finally, several rather novel manifestations of the EO phenomenon were discovered including public recognition; a sense of community among employees; and, internal descriptors to its manifestation that included control, paranoia, pride, and fearlessness. This research supports the need for further exploration of the EO phenomenon using additional qualitative methodologies and theories within the field of I/O psychology to continue to expand our understanding of the phenomenon beyond what currently exists. Developing a more robust understanding of the EO phenomenon will advance its practical applications and economic diffusion, yielding numerous potential organizational, social, and economic benefits.

ISBN: 9781321646702Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122852
Occupational psychology.

A Phenomenological Inquiry of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Phenomenon Based on the Lived Experiences of Founder-Owners of Private Companies.
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