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Breaking Free or Locking In: How Socially Disadvantaged Individuals Achieve or Reject an Aspired Identity in an Entrepreneurial Context

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Jiang, Winnie Y.; Zhao-Ding, Amy; Qi, Shelly
Non-TUM Co-author(s):
ja
Cooperation:
international
Abstract:
This research examines how individuals achieve or reject an aspired identity when they perceive it as conflicting with some existing identities. We conducted an inductive, qualitative study of 61 socially disadvantaged women in China who were provided an entrepreneurial opportunity. This opportunity activated these women’s aspired identity of being business owners as well as their existing identities of being women from a humble background. They perceived these identities as in conflict, which g...     »
Intellectual Contribution:
Discipline-based Research
Journal title:
Academy of Management Journal
Journal listet in FT50 ranking:
Academy of Management Journal
Year:
2024
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.5465/amj.2022.1104
Publisher:
Academy of Management
E-ISSN:
0001-42731948-0989
Date of publication:
06.05.2024
Judgement review:
None
Key publication:
Ja
Peer reviewed:
Ja
Commissioned:
not commissioned
Technology:
Nein
Interdisciplinarity:
Nein
Mission statement:
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Ethics and Sustainability:
Ja
SDG:
SDG 5: Gender equality; SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth; SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
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