Yes / This article examines a ‘deprived’ UK community to identify how (dis)connections between
context and enterprise are produced within accounts of a particular locality. We used a
discursive psychological approach to examine how the community depicted itself as a context for
enterprise. Our analysis identified three discursive repertoires mobilised by a range of voices in
the community which combined to portray an unenterprising community and create a conceptual
deadlock for enterprise. We suggest it is too deterministic to assume context is fixed and controls
the potential for entrepreneurial development. Instead, we should consider social practices,
including talk, that help construct the contexts in which entrepreneurship is expected to occur. / The research resorted in this article was funded by an Economic and Social Research Council studentship.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8567 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Parkinson, Caroline, Howorth, Carole, Southern, A. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted manuscript |
| Rights | The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in International Small Business Journal by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © 2016 SAGE Publications Ltd. |
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