TY - JOUR

T1 - Striving for Entrepreneurial Autonomy

T2 - A Comparison of Russia and the Netherlands

AU - Van Gelderen M.,

AU - Широкова, Галина Викторовна

AU - Shchegolev V.,

AU - Беляева, Татьяна Васильевна

N1 - V. Gelderen M. Striving for Entrepreneurial Autonomy : A Comparison of Russia and the Netherlands [Electronic resource] / M. V. Gelderen, G. V. Shirokova, V. Shchegolev, T. V. Beliaeva // Management and Organization Review. - 2019. - URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/068550CD975F0B9EBD608F808E0C4DA5/S174087761900024Xa.pdf/striving_for_entrepreneurial_autonomy_a_comparison_of_russia_and_the_netherlands.pdf, free. - Title from screen.

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Autonomy is a primary motive, as well as source of satisfaction, for those who start and run their own business. Autonomy is not inherent to business ownership – owner/founders must make concentrated efforts to achieve and maintain autonomy. This study aims to increase our understanding of autonomy by investigating how it is experienced, the factors that affect it, and the actions that business owners take to attain and retain it. We study these topics in the setting of an emerging market – Russia – and compare the outcomes with a similar study conducted in the Netherlands. Our cross-cultural comparison reveals that the way autonomy is experienced and attained can be viewed as an expression of survival values in Russia and of self-expression values in the Netherlands. We posit an underlying structural similarity by theorizing the level of experienced entrepreneurial autonomy to be the outcome of the balance of power and dependencies.

AB - Autonomy is a primary motive, as well as source of satisfaction, for those who start and run their own business. Autonomy is not inherent to business ownership – owner/founders must make concentrated efforts to achieve and maintain autonomy. This study aims to increase our understanding of autonomy by investigating how it is experienced, the factors that affect it, and the actions that business owners take to attain and retain it. We study these topics in the setting of an emerging market – Russia – and compare the outcomes with a similar study conducted in the Netherlands. Our cross-cultural comparison reveals that the way autonomy is experienced and attained can be viewed as an expression of survival values in Russia and of self-expression values in the Netherlands. We posit an underlying structural similarity by theorizing the level of experienced entrepreneurial autonomy to be the outcome of the balance of power and dependencies.

KW - comparative analysis

KW - entrepreneurial autonomy

KW - independence

KW - the Netherlands

KW - qualitative study

KW - Russia

KW - РОССИЙСКИЙ ИНДЕКС НАУЧНОГО ЦИТИРОВАНИЯ

KW - РОССИЙСКИЙ ИНДЕКС НАУЧНОГО ЦИТИРОВАНИЯ

U2 - https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2019.24

DO - https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2019.24

M3 - Article

JO - Management and Organization Review

JF - Management and Organization Review

SN - 1740-8776

ER -