Journal of  Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research

Identifying and introducing the interrelated themes of entrepreneurial action and existentialism; A Phenomenological study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Department of Business Creation, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Objective:
This article first seeks to identify existential themes and concepts in entrepreneurship on one hand and themes and components of entrepreneurial action on the other hand. It also seeks to determine the interrelated components and concepts of entrepreneurial action with the existential themes and outlines how themes of these two fields are related.

Method:
This is a qualitative research and in terms of its purpose is fundamental. its methodology includes phenomenology and comparative comparison. after studying the literature of existentialism and conducting phenomenological interviews with 5 entrepreneurs, existential themes in entrepreneurship were extracted. then, by studying the literature of entrepreneurial action its components were identified. finally, through comparative comparison, interpretive analysis, and the use of thematic coding, the relation of each of the components of entrepreneurial action with existential themes was determined.

Results:
51 existential themes in entrepreneurship were elicited Due to analyzing the results of the interviews and came in 8 main clusters. also, 39 components of entrepreneurial action implied in the literature were extracted and categorized into 7 main clusters. In the end it was depicted which components of entrepreneurial action are related to which themes of existentialism. 30 out of 40 components of entrepreneurial action were identified to have a semantic and conceptual relation with existential themes.

Conclusion:
The findings indicates that entrepreneurial action can be well understood and interpreted by existentialism and shows deep relation between these two scientific and conceptual fields.
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