The social effects of entrepreneurship on society and some potential remedies: four provocations
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A rapidly growing research stream examines the social effects of entrepreneurship on society. This research assesses the rise of entrepreneurship as a dominant theme in society and studies how entrepreneurship contributes to the production and acceptance of socio-economic inequality regimes, social problems, class and power struggles, and systemic inequities. In this article, scholars present new perspectives on an organizational sociology-inspired research agenda of entrepreneurial capitalism and detail the potential remedies to bound the unfettered expansion of a narrow conception of entrepreneurship. Taken together, the essays put forward four central provocations: 1) reform the study and pedagogy of entrepreneurship by bringing in the humanities; 2) examine entrepreneurship as a cultural phenomenon shaping society; 3) go beyond the dominant biases in entrepreneurship research and pedagogy; and 4) explore alternative models to entrepreneurial capitalism. More scholarly work scrutinizing the entrepreneurship–society nexus is urgently needed, and these essays provide generative arguments toward further developing this research agenda.
Date Issued
2023-10
Date Acceptance
2023-06-01
Citation
Journal of Management Inquiry, 2023, 32 (4), pp.251-277
ISSN
1056-4926
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Start Page
251
End Page
277
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Management Inquiry
Volume
32
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2023, This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10564926231181555
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-06-20