Mental mobility’ in the digital age
Entrepreneurs and the online home‐based business
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11489404 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marialaura Di Domenico (0000-0002-7821-0783, University of Surrey), Elizabeth Daniel (0000-0001-8106-5364, The Open University), Daniel Nunan (0000-0002-0514-3276, University of Reading) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 266-281 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Technology Work and Employment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1072 • E-ISSN: 1468-005X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ntwe.12034 |
| OpenAlex | W2154193786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 52 |
Home‐based online business ventures are an increasingly pervasive yet under‐researched phenomenon. The experiences and mindset of entrepreneurs setting up and running such enterprises require better understanding. Using data from a qualitative study of 23 online home‐based business entrepreneurs, we propose the augmented concept of ‘mental mobility’ to encapsulate how they approach their business activities. Drawing on H oward P . B ecker's early theorising of mobility, together with V ictor T urner's later notion of liminality, we conceptualise mental mobility as the process through which individuals navigate the liminal spaces between the physical and digital spheres of work and the overlapping home/workplace, enabling them to manipulate and partially reconcile the spatial, temporal and emotional tensions that are present in such work environments. Our research also holds important applications for alternative employment contexts and broader social orderings because of the increasingly pervasive and disruptive influence of technology on experiences of remunerated work
Business · Epistemology · Liminality · Mindset · Mobilities · Phenomenon · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |