Entrepreneurial engagement in a depleted small town

Legitimacy and embeddedness

Bibliographic Data

ID23150697
AuthorsJo Bensemann (0000-0002-4975-4247, Massey University, corresponding author), Lorraine Warren (0000-0001-7459-0136, Massey University), Alistair Anderson (0000-0003-2385-0211), Alistair R Anderson (0000-0002-1072-4593, Lancaster University)
Year2021
Volume27
Issue2
Pages253-269
Publication date2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Management & Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1833-3672 • E-ISSN: 1839-3527
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/jmo.2018.63
OpenAlexW2898906777
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited77

Our study of entrepreneurial engagement within a depleted New Zealand community contributes to understanding the role of place and legitimacy in entrepreneurial practice. General decline characterised Stanton until a newcomer entrepreneur started several businesses that rejuvenated the town. She became a local economic hero to many stakeholders; but others deployed social narratives of place that drew on different values. Our analysis of interactions shows how perceptions of place legitimise or vilify and we demonstrate how place intercedes upon economically generated legitimacy of entrepreneurial practice. Social constructions of place and notions of embeddedness influenced this entrepreneurial enactment. Conceptually, we challenge ideas about universal legitimacy ensuing from economic entrepreneurial benefits. Our theoretical contribution offers socio-spatial propositions for understanding entrepreneurial legitimacy through place.

Embeddedness · Entrepreneurship · Epistemology · HERO · Legitimacy · Narrative · Perception · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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