Missing the Point? Finding Contextual Detail in Entrepreneurship and Small Firm Scholarship

Dominic Michael Chalmers, Eleanor Shaw
2014 Academy of Management Proceedings  
Entrepreneurship scholarship can be characterized by a trend towards functionalism. This has arguably led to findings that trade the contextualization of entrepreneurial processes for abstract generalizations. A methodological response is proposed that draws on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to form the basis of a more nuanced conception of the entrepreneur.
doi:10.5465/ambpp.2014.56 fatcat:3upsfevqd5gl3ke2j5nbd3ckly