en pl
en pl

Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

Show issue
Year 2012 
Volume 10 
Issue 1-2

Re-Storying the Entrepreneurial Ideal: Lifestyle Entrepreneurs as Hero?

Lynnette Claire
University of Puget Sound

2012 10 (1-2) Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

Abstract

Media and entrepreneur support organizations glorify empire building entrepreneurs, reflecting a world-view of older generations. Research on nascent entrepreneurs reveals that few of them are building organizations that fit the old ideal. Instead, their priorities and the stories they are creating better reflect the career view of the generation now entering the workforce (Generation Y). When asked about future organizational success, the 187 nascent entrepreneurs in this study focused on relationships, integrity and lifestyle. This paper explores which types of entrepreneurs may be held up as exemplary as the Baby Boomers leave positions of power and Generation Y enters the workforce: What the stories may be, and what impact this may have on education, economy, families, and public policy.

Full metadata record

Cite this record

APA style

Claire, Lynnette (2012). Re-Storying the Entrepreneurial Ideal: Lifestyle Entrepreneurs as Hero?. (2012). Re-Storying the Entrepreneurial Ideal: Lifestyle Entrepreneurs as Hero?. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, 10(1-2), 31-39. (Original work published 2012)

MLA style

Claire, Lynnette. “Re-Storying The Entrepreneurial Ideal: Lifestyle Entrepreneurs As Hero?”. 2012. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, vol. 10, no. 1-2, 2012, pp. 31-39.

Chicago style

Claire, Lynnette. “Re-Storying The Entrepreneurial Ideal: Lifestyle Entrepreneurs As Hero?”. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 10, no. 1-2 (2012): 31-39.