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Chrysavgi Sklaveniti
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PublicationReflecting with Pierre Bourdieu: towards a reflexive outlook for parctice-based studies of entrepreneurshipIn recent times, practice-based approaches have gained momentum as theoretical tools to understand entrepreneurship. Even if this project is far from finished, in this paper we argue that it needs its own critical assessment by zooming in on one of the major implications which comes with taking the practice turn, namely the question of reflexivity. Drawing on Bourdieu’s rich and refined conception of reflexivity, which forms an inherent part of his practice theory, we delineate the importance of incorporating this notion in how we further apply Bourdieu in practice-based entrepreneurship studies, while also opening up for a reflexive outlook of the practice turn in entrepreneurship studies. In particular, we argue that reflexivity is not so much a self-involved scholarly issue but rather a matter of attending to the social and intellectual unconscious embedded in our research and analytical tools, which can bring both epistemic and civic renewal in the ways practice-based approaches are developed in entrepreneurship studies. In the conclusion, we underline that the practice turn, without a reflexive outlook, will rather maintain the status quo of the field of entrepreneurship studies instead of realizing the promise it holds for the study of entrepreneurship.Type: journal articleJournal: Entrepreneurship & Regional DevelopmentVolume: 32Issue: 3-4: Entrepreneurship as Practice
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PublicationProcesses of entrepreneurial leadership: Co-acting creativity and direction in the emergence of new SME venturesThis article offers a novel theoretical conception about processes of entrepreneurial leadership in the emergence of a new small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) venture. It draws on shifts in relational connections among venture participants to conceptualize entrepreneurial leadership through processes of creativity and direction. These processes demonstrate that the co-action of venture participants makes up entrepreneurial leadership and drives the new venture forward. This allows to understand the emergence of a new venture from a lived perspective, flowing from relational processes under which the establishment of the organization is (re)constructed relationally and is made eligible to participants in its narrow and broader societal surroundings.Type: journal articleJournal: International small business journal : ISBJVolume: 35Issue: 2
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PublicationThe Empirical Expression of Relational Leadership: Turning Points in Responsive Interplays.This paper responds to this year’s Academy call to opening governance and exploring practices that mandate for action. I wish to respond to the call from the leadership field of studies, drawing on the division’s interest in process thinking. The paper questions the dominant individualistic lens in leadership studies as problematic in the fluctuating, ever-changing process of becoming (Chia & Holt, 2009), and proposes a relational understanding that goes beyond dualistic assumptions of separation (Gergen, 2009). This is explored in an empirical study, focusing on the processes of relating in responsive interplays in dialogue, where turning points punctuate the expression of leadership. The paper ends with a discussion about leadership as an ongoing, polymorphic process in pursuit of co-created direction.Type: journal articleJournal: Academy of Management ProceedingsIssue: 1
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PublicationService Workers Emotional Experiences of Autonomy and Control in their Relationship to Mobile Technologies( 2017-07-03)Our paper explores how inanimate objects relate to emotions of autonomy and control, by studying relationships workers develop with communication and information technologies (CIT) in two different knowledge-intensive service firms. Drawing on psychoanalytic objectrelations theory, we develop an alternative approach to emotions by suggesting that workers build inner representations of important agents, which form the basis of bi-directional relationship experiences. Methodologically, our paper presents ego-map interviews as a means to illustrate the character and intensity of these relationships. Our empirical findings indicate that expectations of co-workers towards CIT are internalized, and consequently influence workers‘ feelings of being controlled through CIT. Drawing on Winnicott, we argue that CIT may be understood as «transitional objects», through which workers attempt to reduce psychological pressures that result from the internalized expectation to constantly perform and be «turned on».Type: conference paper
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Publication'After' the practice turn: an Invitation to reflexive entrepreneurship studies( 2017-11-17)In recent times, practice-based approaches have gained momentum as theoretical tools to understand entrepreneurship. Even if this project is far from finished, in this paper we argue that it needs its own critical assessment by zooming in on one of the major implications which comes with taking the practice turn, namely the question of reflexivity. Drawing on Bourdieu’s conception of reflexivity which forms an inherent part of this theory of practice, we delineate the importance of incorporating this notion in how we further develop and expand the practice turn in entrepreneurship studies. In particular, we point at Bourdieu’s idea of the scholastic space – the social and intellectual unconscious embedded in our research and analytical tools – to inform how practice theory can stimulate reflexive research in the context of entrepreneurship. In conclusion, we argue that the practice turn-cum-reflexivity can form an invitation to transform entrepreneurship research into a reflexive entrepreneurship studies.Type: conference paper
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