Demetry, Daphne and Doern, Rachel. 2019. 'I’m a Chef! Negotiating Identity Conflict in Craft-based Entrepreneurship'. In: Academy of Management Conference (Symposium on Against the Grain: Managing and Defying Expectations in Nascent Craft Food Markets). Boston, United States 9-13 August 2019. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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At its core, starting a business is an identity transformation (Burton, Sørensen, & Dobrev, 2016). However, taking on the new identity of “entrepreneur” can be especially difficult for those individuals who already possess a salient identity rooted in craft work. Whereas craft work is focused on learning a skill slowly and on doing just one thing well over time for its own sake (Sennett, 2008), entrepreneurship imposes upon individuals the need to learn things quickly and to engage in a broader portfolio of activities. For craft entrepreneurs, this invariably means spending some time away from the very craft around which the business is based. We ask, what strategies do individuals use to balance these mismatched identities? And what are the consequences of these identity conflicts?

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Dates:	Date Event 10 August 2019 Accepted
Event Location:	Boston, United States
Date range:	9-13 August 2019
Item ID:	26238
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2019 09:50
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2019 13:41
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/26238

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