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Showing posts with label Creativity. Show all posts
Between unemployment and entrepreneurship: The liminal transitions of EU necessity entrepreneurs
Between unemployment and entrepreneurship: The liminal transitions of EU necessity entrepreneurs
We focus on situated entrepreneurial stories from Spain, Ireland and the UK drawn from ethnographic research. While governments and institutions, along with the media, promote a particular narrative –the empowered individual who ‘puts an innovative product in the market’– to encourage people out of unemployment by becoming more entrepreneurial, our interviewees do not recognize themselves in this institutionalised narrative. It is necessity, rather than opportunity (Hessels et al, 2008), that is pushing, rather than pulling (Amit and Muller, 1995; Gilad and Levine, 1986; Storey, 1982), them to become self-employed. The process is also experienced as more fragmented and fraught with difficulties than the official narrative outlines. Forced to create their own paid employment, they are ‘necessity entrepreneurs’ who wished they had the option of secure employment. We make explicit their liminal experiences in the transitory state between employment, unemployment and entrepreneurship. By engaging with these alternative experiences of the entrepreneurship process, we hope to: “access deeper organiz[ing] realities, closely linked to [people’s] experiences” (Gabriel, 1999: 270); complement the dominant understanding of entrepreneurship present in most research, institutional and media contexts (Jones and Spicer, 2005; Kenny and Scriver, 2012); and expand our understanding of entrepreneurship as a critical process with implications for social change and innovation (Dey and Steyaert, 2010, 2012).
9th International Conference in Critical Management Studies
Stream: Critical Entrepreneurship Studies
University of Leicester, UK, 8-10 July 2015
The liminal transitions of Irish and Spanish necessity entrepreneurs
The liminal transitions of Irish and Spanish necessity entrepreneurs.
Lucia García-Lorenzo, Lucia Sell-Trujillo, Paul Donnelly. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Ethnography symposium (2014).
Spanish and Irish necessity entrepreneurs to better understand the process of becoming an
entrepreneur. Working with narratives, media articles, and policy documents, we illustrate how
necessity entrepreneurs do not recognize themselves in the institutionalized entrepreneur narrative
as empowered, creative and independent individuals. It is necessity, not opportunity that is pushing,
not pulling, them to become entrepreneurial. The transition process is also experienced as more
fragmented than official narratives outline. In exposing these liminal stories, the paper aims to
expand our understanding of entrepreneurship, presenting a more nuanced view of both
entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial process.
Hard(ly) at Work
Dr. Lucia Sell-Trujillo. October 2014.
For most of us, having a pay check at the end of the month means much more that having resources. Being employed positions us in a socially constructed structure that validates our existence and makes us feel useful. It enables us to manage our life; it positions us as independent beings, despite lacking the freedom.
For most of us, having a pay check at the end of the month means much more that having resources. Being employed positions us in a socially constructed structure that validates our existence and makes us feel useful. It enables us to manage our life; it positions us as independent beings, despite lacking the freedom.
Spanish Creativity and Resistance in times of Austerity and Crisis
Spanish Creativity and Resistance in times of Austerity and Crisis
Dr. Miguel Imas and Dr. Lucia Sell-Trujillo (Seville, 2013)
Funded by Kingston University & Santander Research Mobility Scheme
As a consequence of the financial crisis, Spaniards have had to witness profound transformations related to the austerity measures and economic scarcity. As a consequence, social conditions and relations have undergone considerable changes, to the point of transforming the outlook of the subject and eventually, the political sphere. This research engages in close participation in the everyday life of particular communities: partaking in the general assemblies organised by the 15M social movement; witnessing social and artistic actions organised by the movement flo6x8; and engaging in community life through Corralas and neighbourhood of Seville. Our preliminary ethnographies tell complex and interwoven tales of the deteriorating living conditions they are experiencing in this region, the practices developed by the communities and families to counter the discourse and measures of austerity and the capacity shown by people to generate creative strategies to supersede and combat their precarious situation.
Dr. Miguel Imas and Dr. Lucia Sell-Trujillo (Seville, 2013)
Funded by Kingston University & Santander Research Mobility Scheme
As a consequence of the financial crisis, Spaniards have had to witness profound transformations related to the austerity measures and economic scarcity. As a consequence, social conditions and relations have undergone considerable changes, to the point of transforming the outlook of the subject and eventually, the political sphere. This research engages in close participation in the everyday life of particular communities: partaking in the general assemblies organised by the 15M social movement; witnessing social and artistic actions organised by the movement flo6x8; and engaging in community life through Corralas and neighbourhood of Seville. Our preliminary ethnographies tell complex and interwoven tales of the deteriorating living conditions they are experiencing in this region, the practices developed by the communities and families to counter the discourse and measures of austerity and the capacity shown by people to generate creative strategies to supersede and combat their precarious situation.
“Les Misérables, Deuxième Partie, Insurrection and Resistance at the Heart of Entrepreneurship”
Paper presented at the 8th International
Conference in Critical Management Studies
10 Jul 2013-12 Jul 2013
The University of Manchester. Manchester, United Kingdom The current crisis has created a new spirit of resisting the main business models that affect the way in which people work and generate new businesses. In particular, the neoliberal narrative of entrepreneurial wealth and innovation has been superseded (and challenged) by narratives that emphasise the resilience and resistance of communities across part of Europe. Like in the case of Argentina’s financial crisis, these communities appear to alter the way in which we understand entrepreneurship embracing critical discourses that act and enact forms of resisting the cannons of how to generate, produce and work. Here, we found new forms of entrepreneurial activities that reflect practices forgotten in Europe and which are usually associated to barefoot entrepreneurs and indigenous entrepreneurs. Thus, these epitomise a new spirit of entrepreneurship embedded in insurrection and revolt.xxxx
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10 Jul 2013-12 Jul 2013
The University of Manchester. Manchester, United Kingdom The current crisis has created a new spirit of resisting the main business models that affect the way in which people work and generate new businesses. In particular, the neoliberal narrative of entrepreneurial wealth and innovation has been superseded (and challenged) by narratives that emphasise the resilience and resistance of communities across part of Europe. Like in the case of Argentina’s financial crisis, these communities appear to alter the way in which we understand entrepreneurship embracing critical discourses that act and enact forms of resisting the cannons of how to generate, produce and work. Here, we found new forms of entrepreneurial activities that reflect practices forgotten in Europe and which are usually associated to barefoot entrepreneurs and indigenous entrepreneurs. Thus, these epitomise a new spirit of entrepreneurship embedded in insurrection and revolt.xxxx
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Cultures of Un(der)employment: Living with employment vulnerability in Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain.
ORGANIZING ALTERNATIVES IN POST-CAPITALIST SOCIETIES
Paper presented at the 8th EGOS Organization Studies Summer Workshop. Mykonos, Greece, May 2013.
Current research in organizational culture aims to reflect the rapidly changing environment of contemporary organizations, where inter-organizational alliances (Boyacigiller and Adler, 1991; Brannen and Salk, 2000; Vlaar et al, 2007) and the effects of international markets and multinational market processes are commonplace (Ailon-Souday and Kunda, 2003; Hermans and Kempen, 1998; Martin, 2002; Riad and Vaara, 2011). Moving from earlier paradigms, where organizational cultures were described as systems of shared collective meanings within particular organizational boundaries (Pettigrew, 1979; Schein, 1990), recent research puts more emphasis on the discontinuous and fragmented cultural meanings that permeate our post-industrial organizations (Alvesson, 2002; Bourne and Edwards, 2012; Czarniawska, 1992; McKenna and Rooney, 2012). Following this tradition, this paper sets out to expand our understanding of organizational cultural processes exploring the effects of the current financial crisis on employment and organizations through the experience of young un(der)employed Europeans.
Paper presented at the 8th EGOS Organization Studies Summer Workshop. Mykonos, Greece, May 2013.
Current research in organizational culture aims to reflect the rapidly changing environment of contemporary organizations, where inter-organizational alliances (Boyacigiller and Adler, 1991; Brannen and Salk, 2000; Vlaar et al, 2007) and the effects of international markets and multinational market processes are commonplace (Ailon-Souday and Kunda, 2003; Hermans and Kempen, 1998; Martin, 2002; Riad and Vaara, 2011). Moving from earlier paradigms, where organizational cultures were described as systems of shared collective meanings within particular organizational boundaries (Pettigrew, 1979; Schein, 1990), recent research puts more emphasis on the discontinuous and fragmented cultural meanings that permeate our post-industrial organizations (Alvesson, 2002; Bourne and Edwards, 2012; Czarniawska, 1992; McKenna and Rooney, 2012). Following this tradition, this paper sets out to expand our understanding of organizational cultural processes exploring the effects of the current financial crisis on employment and organizations through the experience of young un(der)employed Europeans.
Re-imagining Organisation from the European Precariat: The Emerging Creative-Resistence Organisation.
CONFERENCE. 19 – 20 September, Seville University, Seville
Dr. Miguel Imas, Dr. Lucia Sell-Trujillo, Dr. Lucia Garcia-Lorenzo, Dr. Paul Donnelly,
The European financial crisis and the subsequent introduction of austerity programmes, following an imposed model of economic recovery from the IMF and the European Central Bank, have caused social and emotional meltdown in a large number of urban and rural communities. In particular, communities at the periphery of Europe have suffered the most, with some experiencing over 50% unemployment, along with the destruction of social and housing benefits, as well as a deterioration in their overall quality of life. At the same time, people have come to show an incredible resilience, résistance and creativity in response to these austerity measures, (re-)creating spontaneous, improvised and highly challenging ways of organising – from occupation of factories in Greece to buildings in Spain, from artistic interventions to alternative currencies – to express, reflect and critically question the current socio-economic system. All of these practices reflect a desire to act and enact new forms of collective participation and co-collaboration based on solidarity and other community integrative acts that can transcend the current discourses of austerity under the umbrella of economic neoliberalism.
This seminar, organised by the University of Seville and Kingston University, attempts to engage with these emerging organising activities, giving a space for an intellectual debate on these discourses and practices to challenge the current theoretical representations on how people (re-)organise, (re-) create their spaces, and enact new ways of interacting.
Dr. Miguel Imas, Dr. Lucia Sell-Trujillo, Dr. Lucia Garcia-Lorenzo, Dr. Paul Donnelly,
The European financial crisis and the subsequent introduction of austerity programmes, following an imposed model of economic recovery from the IMF and the European Central Bank, have caused social and emotional meltdown in a large number of urban and rural communities. In particular, communities at the periphery of Europe have suffered the most, with some experiencing over 50% unemployment, along with the destruction of social and housing benefits, as well as a deterioration in their overall quality of life. At the same time, people have come to show an incredible resilience, résistance and creativity in response to these austerity measures, (re-)creating spontaneous, improvised and highly challenging ways of organising – from occupation of factories in Greece to buildings in Spain, from artistic interventions to alternative currencies – to express, reflect and critically question the current socio-economic system. All of these practices reflect a desire to act and enact new forms of collective participation and co-collaboration based on solidarity and other community integrative acts that can transcend the current discourses of austerity under the umbrella of economic neoliberalism.
This seminar, organised by the University of Seville and Kingston University, attempts to engage with these emerging organising activities, giving a space for an intellectual debate on these discourses and practices to challenge the current theoretical representations on how people (re-)organise, (re-) create their spaces, and enact new ways of interacting.
“Les Misérables, Deuxième Partie, Insurrection and Resistance at the Heart of Entrepreneurship”
Paper presented at the 8th International Conference in Critical
Management Studies; 10 Jul 2013-12 Jul 2013; The University of
Manchester. Manchester, United Kingdom.
The current crisis has created a new spirit of resisting the main business models that affect the way in which people work and generate new businesses. In particular, the neoliberal narrative of entrepreneurial wealth and innovation has been superseded (and challenged) by narratives that emphasise the resilience and resistance of communities across part of Europe. Like in the case of Argentina’s financial crisis, these communities appear to alter the way in which we understand entrepreneurship embracing critical discourses that act and enact forms of resisting the cannons of how to generate, produce and work. Here, we found new forms of entrepreneurial activities that reflect practices forgotten in Europe and which are usually associated to barefoot entrepreneurs and indigenous entrepreneurs. Thus, these epitomise a new spirit of entrepreneurship embedded in insurrection and revolt.
See more here: Entrepreneurship as resistance
The current crisis has created a new spirit of resisting the main business models that affect the way in which people work and generate new businesses. In particular, the neoliberal narrative of entrepreneurial wealth and innovation has been superseded (and challenged) by narratives that emphasise the resilience and resistance of communities across part of Europe. Like in the case of Argentina’s financial crisis, these communities appear to alter the way in which we understand entrepreneurship embracing critical discourses that act and enact forms of resisting the cannons of how to generate, produce and work. Here, we found new forms of entrepreneurial activities that reflect practices forgotten in Europe and which are usually associated to barefoot entrepreneurs and indigenous entrepreneurs. Thus, these epitomise a new spirit of entrepreneurship embedded in insurrection and revolt.
See more here: Entrepreneurship as resistance
Las voces desde el sur de España
ENGLISH Tradicionalmente, se ha culpado a los científicos sociales de vivir en el mundo de las ideas, mientras que los hacedores de la política pública trataban de temas que afectan a la vida real. Sin embargo, las reclamaciones contemporáneas están cambiando poco a poco la situación. Desde la investigación estamos tratando todavía de traer las preocupaciones de la calle a las revistas académicas, un reto difícil debido a los tiempos y requisitos en la carrera académica. Sin embargo, desde el campo de las políticas públicas, los retos son mayores. Los responsables políticos y sus instituciones se encuentran con la necesidad desesperada de articular mecanismos que sean lo suficientemente ágiles para hacer frente a situaciones muy graves y urgentes que están pasando en nuestras sociedades. Puede ser debido a la lentitud del ciclo de las políticas públicas, que no logra adaptarse a una realidad social muy volátil. Pero esta lentitud ha sido creada paso a paso por unos principios rígidos que se han tomado como válidos pero están desvirtuados. La gestión de lo público se entiende como la distribución de lo común y esa parsimonia escudada en papeles y sellos no puede justificarse como legítima si no es capaz de adaptarse a las necesidades reales de sus usuarios: los ciudadanos.
En España, en general, y en el sur en particular, hay una clara percepción de que el sistema existente está generando políticas o leyes que no son eficaces para hacer frente a las necesidades básicas de su pueblo y, por tanto, las personas no están siendo tratadas de manera justa. A esta situación se le suma el desencanto generalizado de los ciudadanos con las consecuencias de una democracia bipartidista, que también afecta a sus representantes políticos, embarrados en escándalos de corrupción. En este contexto, las instituciones se perciben ajenas, desfasadas y posicionadas en contra del ciudadano.
En España, en general, y en el sur en particular, hay una clara percepción de que el sistema existente está generando políticas o leyes que no son eficaces para hacer frente a las necesidades básicas de su pueblo y, por tanto, las personas no están siendo tratadas de manera justa. A esta situación se le suma el desencanto generalizado de los ciudadanos con las consecuencias de una democracia bipartidista, que también afecta a sus representantes políticos, embarrados en escándalos de corrupción. En este contexto, las instituciones se perciben ajenas, desfasadas y posicionadas en contra del ciudadano.
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